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    turning off the led lights

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Tewka, May 22, 2009.

  1. Tewka

    Tewka Notebook Geek

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    Ok I might be the only one but I hit fn+f1 and it turns off all the lights buuut.......the harddrive activity led. Is this normal? or better yet does anyone else have this strange occurrence?
     
    Tewka, May 22, 2009
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  2. sparkyman2000

    sparkyman2000 Notebook Consultant

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    Your normal....of course I had to check
     
    sparkyman2000, May 22, 2009
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  3. Kamin_Majere

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    OMG your laptop is going to explode... i'm pretty sure i read that in the owners manual :p

    No its prefectly normal... i dont know any way (short of severing the wire to the light) to turn off the HD light.

    I guess Gateway wanted to let us still know the hard drives are working. :confused:
     
    Kamin_Majere, May 22, 2009
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  4. maskedformed

    maskedformed Notebook Evangelist

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    Does anyone know how to turn off the lights permanently (so they won't turn on after rebooting the laptop) instead of using fn+f1 every time the laptop boots up?
     
    maskedformed, May 22, 2009
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  5. t3rR0r

    t3rR0r Notebook Evangelist

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    It would probably require much more effort than to just hit the button combination each boot up haha
     
    t3rR0r, May 24, 2009
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  6. iaTa

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    Yeah, black electrical tape.

    Seriously though you could try disconnecting one of the ribbon cables which goes to the media bar. There are two and as long as you don't disconnect the power button. Wireless, numlock, capslock, HD, power lights may be a tad more tricky.
     
    iaTa, May 24, 2009
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