Adding an external HDD light to an arcade cab

[equlizer]

I have an arcade machine and i want to add an external hdd light to the control panel of the cabinet. Would i just buy a red led and splice it from the motherboard or is there an easier way?

[Titchgamer]

Just to ask...
Why??

But to answer your q you can just  splice into the PC's HDD LED and connect it in parallel or you can just extend the existing one if you can pull it out.

[05SRT4]

I too would like to know the reasoning why.

Not sure if your Mame setup is in a cased PC or not. If so just remove the existing one and extend it. Or just buy or make something like THIS.

[leapinlew]

I'm hoping it's for something cool... like some steampunk dials

[equlizer]

I like to see the activity of the hard drive    That is the only reason.

[leapinlew]

Nice, well how about a clear hard drive case so you can see it working?



Damn, that would be kinda cool.

[equlizer]

I've done that many years ago and lucked out i got no dust inside of it.  I currently use a 1tb samsung evo SSD drive.