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- Sep 8, 2010
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- Motherboard
- Asrock Z490m pro-4
- CPU
- i9-10850K
- Graphics
- Vega 64 (flashed Vega 56)
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
I just added a nice touch to my Mac Pro Case. I used and Arduino, and eventually scaled it down to a bare attiny85 to make the white power LED pulse while the machine is sleeping. It gets wired to the power LED pin on the motherboard, which lets the controller know the machine is running, and it gets wired to the 12v supply of one of the fans, which on my motherboard, and I assume others as well, goes dead when the machine goes to sleep. The signal goes through an optocoupler to change it to a tolerable signal for the microcontroller. Lastly, it gets wired to the LED, and gets 5v power and ground. I took it from one of the USB headers, but you could take it straight from the power supply if you want. I'm going to post the code and EAGLE files on my GitHub, so stay tuned if this sounds interesting to you.
ill post a video once I figure that out, but you've all seen a real mac do this. It's the same.
ill post a video once I figure that out, but you've all seen a real mac do this. It's the same.