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    Acer Gemstone...Too many leds. Disabling them.

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by oikset, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. oikset

    oikset Newbie

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    Hi. Ive had the 5920 Gemstone for two months now, really like it. The only thing that really irks me is that there are waaaaaaaay to many LEDs on this thing. Sometimes it feels like a disco or something.
    You have the left side LEDs
    (orange wireless led, bluetooth)
    You have your right side ones (media buttons)
    The leds on the bottom (AC led and battery led)
    The leds on top (power button led, and that weird led that leads to the power chord!).
    Is there any way of disabling the leds? IF not, is there a way of stopping the orange wireless led from blinking all the time?

    Thanks!

    Marco
     
    oikset, Nov 13, 2007
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  2. warrick88

    warrick88 Notebook Guru

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    Push the wireless button once and it will stop blinking :)
     
    warrick88, Nov 13, 2007
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  3. Gotmilk0112

    Gotmilk0112 Notebook Enthusiast

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    But doesn't pushing the WiFi button turn WiFi off? I know it does that on mine...
     
    Gotmilk0112, Nov 13, 2007
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  4. anthony99

    anthony99 Notebook Consultant

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    yes it does :)
     
    anthony99, Nov 13, 2007
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  5. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    I think this involves some registry hacking...

    Anyone?

    Well, I guess you can cover the LEDs with something if they annoy you that much.
     
    Patrick Y., Nov 13, 2007
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    xtremesportx Notebook Enthusiast

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    it doesnt work
     
    xtremesportx, Nov 14, 2007
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    emailer Newbie

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    i completely agree, this is a nice notebook, and these leds are washing my brain out... in fact i've found this forum searching for a way to disable them
     
    emailer, Jun 14, 2008
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  8. elbubi

    elbubi Notebook Consultant

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    Here´s a tip to disable the orange Wi-Fi led:

    Run "regedit" (Start-Run) and then look for "Ledmode" under HKLM\System\Currentcontrolset\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} and change the value to 0. Then reboot. If you don´t find it under that specific registry chain, just search for "ledmode" and you´ll surely find it. (Worked great for my intel device).

    I tried to disable the "blink" instead of the entire led, but this was the best I could do...

    Regards and hope it helps!!!

    P.S: That blinking is reeaaaaally maddening!!!
     
    elbubi, Jun 14, 2008
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  9. Folker_92

    Folker_92 Notebook Geek

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    Hacking LEDS??))) This is something new :p
     
    Folker_92, Jun 14, 2008
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  10. bigozone

    bigozone JellyRoll touring now

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    actually there was a thread a few months back with similar info about the same issue...but different model,,

    and just last week i had someone asking this same ? about a differnet model after installing an after market blue tooth,, the LED opperated when BT was off.. and needed to change it
     
    bigozone, Jun 14, 2008
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  11. Forced

    Forced Notebook Geek

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    Quick off topic quesition, the Bluetooth button is the bottom button on the far left right?


    I don't guess mine has that...
     
    Forced, Jun 15, 2008
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  12. nougat

    nougat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Am i the only one?? i LIKE the leds!! i don't notice the red led flashing so much - just now and again!!

    i LIKE them!!
     
    nougat, Jun 16, 2008
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  13. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    sticky tape. the wife has a couple of bits of sticky tape over leds.
    women: :D
     
    hoggie, Jun 16, 2008
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    voracity Newbie

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    I came across this post while trying to stop the blinking on my Dell Inspiron with newly installed Intel 4965AGN.

    I did essentially what elbubi suggested, except I changed the LedMode to 2. This stops the WiFi light blinking and keeps it on permanently. I also didn't have to reboot (just disable/enable the wireless adaptor).
     
    voracity, Jan 18, 2009
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