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Subject: Re: Flickering Power LED Date: Sun May 19 2024 08:22 am
From: Ky Moffet To: Barry Martin

BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ky!

>   >   KM> I dunno what, it's showing me a blank reply with no newsgroup
>   >   KM> identity.
>   > Well that's odd! Know I did a reply.  Was something about in that case
>   > since the Power LED is a stand-alone doesn't seem to mean a problem
>   > elsewhere.  Did answer via the BBS, not Thunderbird.
>   KM> I knew it! You use invisible electrons!!
>   
> That probably explains the flickering LED: when the invisible electrons
> pass through the light doesn't show!

ALL IS EXPLAINED!

<thinking>

Are you sure you can see the rest of the PC??


>   > What I'm going to do is create a back-up power light -- to me handy to
>   > know a system is powered.  Have a USB cable from a dead mouse; dropping
>   > resistor and LED.  Almost the most difficult part is to choose the
>   > colour of the LED!
>   KM> You don't need to go to that much bother. The LED should be on a
>   KM> cable that plugs into the motherboard's front panel header. You
>   KM> can steal one from another case or buy one for a couple bucks.

> Y'mean I don't have to go into the basement, pull the box with the USB
> ends, then pull the box with the resistors sorted in coin envelopes, and
> then the storage drawer wth the LEDs in it?  <g>  ..Oo! I have some
> infrared LEDs: those are invisible!!

Hmm. I take back what I said about superior laziness. <g>
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