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    Anyone figure out how to get the White Keyboard lights on?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by samwY, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. samwY

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    I'm liking the white lights for the keyboard the best during load up...anyone figure out how to turn them on while in windows?
     
    samwY, Dec 10, 2008
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    I thought they only came in Red, Green, Blue and Off.
     
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    when you power up the ocz whitebook the keyboard shines white

    once in windows you only get red, green, blue, off
     
    samwY, Dec 10, 2008
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    when i boot mine shines up the default color I had pre-selected.. or BSODs it reboots red, then turns back to my selected color.. occasionally when the intel screen flashes it will go teal. That's a color I'd like to keep. But, I have never seen white. :(
     
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    teal? Yeah, I had a couple of BSODs when booting up (corrupt RAID Array methinks), but it would boot up white, then red for me. Never seen teal, and I like teal :)
     
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    Should be able to use a wide Array of Colors since it's got the primarys (Red, Green, Blue) Weird though that it doesn't
     
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    Im sure a BIOS could enable them :p
     
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    Actually you're wrong buddy Primary colors are Red, Blue and Yellow. therefore all colors are not possible on this keyboard and white is the absence of color.. Maybe if you replace the Lights or chance the color filter you might be able to light it white or any other color.

    Edit- Green Orange and Purple would be on your secondary
     
    zlaker, Dec 10, 2008
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    Black is the absence of color White is the presence of all colors.

    Red Yellow and Blue are the primary colors in the Crayola world but in the LED world the primary colors are Red Green and Blue with the other colors being possible through a combination of turning on those colored lights together.

    When the Whitebook boots up White it's because all the RGB LEDs are going on.
     
    Phinagle, Dec 10, 2008
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    ^^^^ correct, the primary ones are red green and blue. if all three are on you get white. sounds odd but thats the way it works

    what bios do these ue? ill assume phoenix but maybe ami?? if its phoenix someone shoot me the bios and ill give it a look over to see what it looks like
     
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    I wonder if they don't allow mixing from a heating or power standpoint? Though LED's have a low power/heat, it's not zero. Probably more lack of creativity/time.

    And just to beat a dead horse, in the world of pigments its Red/Blue/Yellow, (things on surfaces that reflect light)

    And in the world of light, it's Red/Green/Blue, or RGB, i.e. your TV color tubes, led's, Star Wars Laser beams.
     
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    Very right..sir
     
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    you are correct. i was strictly speaking about lcd's not pigments
     
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    True that.. My mistake I got carried away with just the regular on surface colors.
     
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    I've also seen teal if i jump into the BIOS on my M17.

    Had a Orange colour flash for a few seconds once aswell, can't remember what the hell i was doing though.
     
    ScottY_06, Dec 12, 2008
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    and also there's no TRUE white in leds like we see in normal lamps
     
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    this weekend im going to open up the bios and see what it looks like i was swamped today with virus' removals.. where they all of a sudden came from ... wow i had 8 or 9 come in today with virus' on them
     
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    Good luck opening the BIOS :D lemme know if you manage to pull it off. It's encrypted tho..
     
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    I got that nice looking teal color too, on my M17, after a "Dan, stop screwing with your drivers" moment.
     
    DanInDeerfield, Dec 20, 2008
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    lol I got my teal after my "Stop trying to OC your P8400" moment =D
     
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    Could always try doing it the old-fashioned way with some rewiring of the LEDs or maybe jumping connections with a solder pen.
     
    Phinagle, Dec 24, 2008
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    lemme break out a cigarette and my bic..I'll let you know when my rig dies. :D
     
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    Well based on Dan's and Christmas's near-death experiences the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel is teal for notebook heaven so killing your rig isn't the way to see a white light.
     
    Phinagle, Dec 25, 2008
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    I've experienced teal.. it's only happened a couple times. However, red scares me..if my system BSODs the keyboard glows red thru reboot.
     
    E-wrecked, Dec 25, 2008
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