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    XPS 1530 can you adust control lights?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by [email protected], Oct 15, 2008.

  1. owvp702@gmail.com

    [email protected] Newbie

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    I noticed a very light blue box that is around any of the media buttons I press at the top of the laptop. You can barely see the light but it's there. Is there any way to make this brighter? I also notice these lights scroll when you power the laptop on. Thanks
     
    [email protected], Oct 15, 2008
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    sterr Notebook Guru

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    The light fades up and down. at it's max it should be just as bright as the lights for bluetooth, wifi and the others lights to the left of the power button.
     
    sterr, Oct 15, 2008
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    there is no way to keep these lit at all right?
     
    ampedxpinoy, Oct 16, 2008
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    I don't think so... if it remains lit, it's gonna burn out so much sooner... :)
     
    Aditya, Oct 16, 2008
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    An option would be nice to have them lit with the option to turn it off also. I like the way the Lenovo u330 media buttons work, with a main button to press in order to activate and light all of them.
     
    ampedxpinoy, Oct 16, 2008
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  6. Mikeoo17

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    Especially considering the life expectancy of an LED is only 20,000 to 100,000 hours!

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    I really want to set these up to stay on all the time as well. Either that or set it up so that they all come on as soon as you touch one of them. I'm sure someone knows how to hack this... If it can't be done through the software, I might be tempted to mcguiver the wiring directly to a power supply.
     
    Mikeoo17, Oct 17, 2008
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    Some of the are brighter than others, I have 2 XPS M1530s in my sig (one was a replacement system). One of the is about 3 times brighter than the other!
     
    dseo80, Oct 18, 2008
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