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    led status indicators

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by rick29, Sep 29, 2010.

  1. rick29

    rick29 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Front led status indicators

    light bulb - power on/suspend?
    battery
    cylinder - ?? keeps blinking
    last one is the wireless.

    whats the cylinder one???
     
    rick29, Sep 29, 2010
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    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Your harddrive.
     
    ziddy123, Sep 29, 2010
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    Kaelang Requires more Witcher.

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    Welcome to computer basics 101.
     
    Kaelang, Sep 29, 2010
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    rick29 Notebook Enthusiast

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    flashing meaning it is in use?
    or something else?
     
    rick29, Sep 29, 2010
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    Jody Notebook Deity

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    Yes, it is a hard drive activity light. It flickers every time the hard drive is read or written to. If it's on solid, there's whole lotta readin' and writin' going on. If it's just flickering, something is accessing the hard drive but it's not a big continuous read.
     
    Jody, Sep 29, 2010
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