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    Charging light/indicator

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by baine4812, Mar 4, 2011.

  1. baine4812

    baine4812 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there a light or led that show you when the battery is finished charging? Most laptops I've seen have a led that lights up while it is charging and changes colors when it is finished charging.

    I don't see any light at all when the M11x is closed and the charger is plugged in. Should there be?
     
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    Orange Canary Notebook Consultant

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    On the bottom of the m11x around the battery, there is a LED battery indicator that works when the laptop is closed or powered off. I think you just touch it, or it should just show you how much you have left.
     
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    The Alien head power button (right below the LCD) will pulse to whatever color you have it set to in charging options (under AlienFX; you must open the screen to see it though). It will no longer pulse when the laptop has reached 100%. That is the easiest way to tell.
     
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    Yeah I saw that. I was hoping there was a light I could see when the lid was closed. Like if that head on the lid lit up or something

     
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