Subj : Flickering Power LED To : Ky Moffet From : Barry Martin Date : Mon May 20 2024 07:48:00 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! KM> ALL IS EXPLAINED! My brain hurts! KM> Are you sure you can see the rest of the PC?? I might: if I look at the front I can't see the back. ...Ah! A mirror! > > 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? ..Oo! I have some > infrared LEDs: those are invisible!! KM> Hmm. I take back what I said about superior laziness. ¯ ® ¯ BarryMartin3@MyMetronet.NET ® ¯ ® .... Hard work often pays off after time but laziness always pays off now. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .