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Laptop internal display no longer wokring
I have a Toshiba laptop which has a broken LED screen the screen was broken in transit, therefore you can assume that it was not handled with care. Whilst it was broken it still worked, therefore i ...
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Is it safe to cover LEDs on my fans with electric tape?
Just wondering. Some of these LEDs on my Antec 1200 case are kind of annoying since the computer is in my bedroom. Is it safe to cover these LEDs with electric tape? I've already done so for awhile ...
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Setting laptop leds in Linux
I have installed Arch Linux on my laptop. Controlling ALSA using the hardware audio keys works fine using Openbox shortcuts. I only need to make the mute button lights up, like it does in Windows.
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Differences between LED and LCD monitors, from a consumer's perspective
I'm researching possibly getting some LED monitors to replace my LCD ones.
What are the practical differences between LED and LCD monitors that a consumer would notice?
I'm looking for things like ...
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Computer runs but monitor is on power saving mode?
This stuff rarely happens, but when it does I simply restart my PC then it works fine. But today after several restart attempts it seems to be stuck.
I tried removing the video card then switched to ...
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Adding sensors on Intel Atom through GPIO
I am building a portable medical kit on Intel Atom N240 series, loaded with FC 11.
I am adding sensors (spirometer oximeter) through GPIO, (using RS 232, spi. USB is also an option). I have loaded ...
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How much is considered bleeding?
I got a new LED panel (Dell's 1080p B+RGLED) and it is great as far as color goes. Blacks are also very dark.
However, the center 1/3 to 1/2 of the screen at the both the top and bottom edges has a ...
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How can I make my computer play dead? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable power LED blinks during Vista hybrid sleep?
I have a laptop that when sleeping is perfectly quiet, which is great. What isn't so great is trying to sleep with ...
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LED backlit monitor suitable for documents/web?
I am looking to buy a 24" monitor. Sometimes I watch movies, but mostly it will be for document editing and programming (Visual Studio). I have found a product I like, and it has an 'LED backlit' ...
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How can I identify if my LCD screen has an LED backlight?
MY new XPS 15s screen broke so i had it replaced. However i'm having doubts that instead of my normal LED backlit screen I have been given an traditionally backlit screen.
How do I find out ?
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Which voltage does the Power-On/Status and the HDD activity LED connectors of a motherboard deliver?
The case I want to use does not have an option to connect the power or HDD activity LED. Therefore I would like to use some 3V LEDs I already own.
However, since they are only for 3V, I would like to ...
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Network card (NIC) with pins for control LEDs?
Some new server cases I got have network indicator LEDs at the front, which would come in quite handy given the server's location and usage. But I couldn't find NICs that have pin for connecting these ...
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Why does my mouse's LED not turn off when I shut down the PC?
Why doesn't my optical mouse's red LED turn off after I shut down my PC?
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How to test LCD monitors?
tomorrow i will be buying a second hand monitor, a Benq LED Benq 24 V2420H FullHD.
What methods can i use to test that the monitor is OK.
I mean like dead pixels etc.?
Thanks.
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My Philips Meridian 191EL2 LED monitor's brightness resets to 90 on power up
It is the inbuilt monitor menu. It just doesn't save what I set. How can I control the brightness from OS. I am on windows 7.
nvidia xfx 9500gt graphics card installed.
Thanks for help.
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HP DX5150, MS-7050 v. 1.3 Motherboard front panel pin connectors
I recently purchased and installed a MS-7050 v. 1.3 motherboard into a regular non-HP case and thus the front panel connectors are different than the original OEM connectors which are all bundled ...
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Is it possible to control the CAPS LOCK LED on OS X?
I don't use the CAPS LOCK functionality in OS X, so I disabled the key under the system preferences. Now that key is completely useless to me - ok, I could map the CMD/CTRL/ALT key to that key, but I ...
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Control keyboard LEDs
I have an IdeaPad G560 and it has a bunch of LEDs on the keyboard. I would like to use some of these. Where should I look for files controlling these? There's no led directory in /proc/acpi (where it ...
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How do you connect a card reader?
I bought a Velocity micro case which came with a card reader built in. I installed a Gigabyte 880GA-UD3H and can't find a place to plug it in.
Do most motherboards have this option? Or did just get ...
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L1953T-BF Monitor won't turn on, not even the led light, all of a sudden
Ok so I have this monitor L1953T-BF of LG since 4 years now.
It has been working perfectly since I bought it and I never made extreme uses of it.
I've been working on my PC yesterday and played ...
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Difference between a LED Backlit and LED HD Display on laptop monitor
Is there a difference between a LED Backlit and LED HD Display on laptop monitor? or are they the same that is good for the eyes
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Why does my new LED LCD TV look worse than my CCFL LCD monitor?
At work we wanted a large 1920 x 1080 monitor to use with a certain program. Since monitors with this resolution seem to currently stop at 24", we went for a LCD TV so that we could have 26", and in ...
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Flashing led after newly installed motherboard + other parts
I rebuilt my gf's old Acer Aspire today with a new motherboard (ASRock 880GMH), processor, HD and RAM. I kept the power supply, old hard disk and DVD drive hardware. Windows 7 installed onto the new ...
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DELL Studio 14 Battery LED flashing
My laptop DELL Studio 14's Battery LED suddenly flashes in orange-orange-orange-white-blank sequence. Anybody tried before?
Exact model number is DELL Studio 1435.
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Energy efficient CRT, LCD, LED?
Not intended for subjective or argumentative replies but i wanted to know in order to save some electricity bills which monitor is going to be best bet.
LED monitors are currently not available in ...
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Why do most LED monitors have low contrast ratios? (1000:1)
I was just looking on newegg.com and I noticed that there are about 28 monitors have have a 1000:1 contrast ratio but only 5 that have the 5,000,000:1 contrast ratio...how come most LED monitors have ...
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LED Cinema Display Calibration
I have recently bought an Apple 27" LED Cinema Display and am using this with a late 2008 unibody MacBook Pro. The display is working well, however some of the colours seem slightly "off" to me. Blue ...
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Laptop LEDs replacement widget
I bought a new high-end customized laptop. Surprisingly it has no LEDs besides the power button. Specifically I'm missing the hard drive LED, WiFi LED and Bluetooth LED.
I'm looking for a nice ...
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Virtual Com 1 or 2 port over USB on Windows
I have an LED sign that connects via a RJ11 connection. I have a USB adapter that goes from USB to RJ11, however when I pull up the software there is no connection to the sign becuase it is looking ...
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Best vertical displays?
I've got used to work with vertical screens. They are the best for programming in my opinion. I want to buy a new one but they are really hard to find, has i expect not to be the only one using them, ...
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Computer doesn't turn on and HDD activity LED blinks
A few months ago I built a new desktop using a barebones kit from TigerDirect. The specs are listed below.
It's been running perfectly since I fixed my previous issue.
A few hours ago, I was trying ...
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LED case connectors on a motherboard
I have the following configuration on the F_PANEL LED connectors on my motherboard:
However, I have just three two-pin wires in my case (called POWER_SW, H.D.D_LED and POWER_LED).
Do you have any ...
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Is a LED monitor better for eyes than a LCD?
Is a LED monitor better for eyes than a LCD ?
EDIT:
and if you are allergic to fluorescent light ? is going to be better, I heard that LED doesn't uses fluorescent
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Where do I connect the HDD LED wires on my RAID adapter?
I'm using a Promise FastTrak TX8660 with RAID 5. The manual (and Google) just doesn't seem to explain how exactly to connect a standard two-pin HDD LED wire to the eight available pins on the card.
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How do LCD monitors compare to LED monitors?
I'd love to get this LCD monitor, but I'm wondering if I should hold out until more LED monitors are on the market.
I really like the brightness of the 27" iMac monitor and the above monitor is only ...
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Hard Drive Light Emulator
I've just got a new Dell Inspiron, and I'm a little disconcerted without the reassurance of a flashing hard drive light, especially with long installs. Is there something that can reveal HDD activity ...
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LED Monitor brightness
I am in the market for a new monitor. I've been looking around and it seems that the general brightness for monitors is between 250-320 cd/m2.
After hours of searching, I narrowed it down to the LG ...
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Fan twitches and LEDs blink when computer is plugged in
I just finished assembling a desktop for the first time. The specs are:
Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H motherboard
Core i3 530 CPU
4 GB DDR3 RAM
1 TB SATA hard drive
500 Watt PSU
As soon as I plug in the ...
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Router startup problems
I have problems with my Tilgin Vood Router.
As I try to start my router by turning the power on (captain obvious), it generally doesn't work the first 3-4 times. This is getting very annoying.
Five ...
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Are there any 24 inch LED backlit monitors that go to 1920x1200 resolution? [closed]
I'm looking for a 24 inch LED backlit monitor to compliment my current 24 inch normal LCD monitor.
However I want it to have a native resolution of 1920x1200 and be at least 24 inches in size.
For the ...
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Why does my LED backlight laptop have a warning sticker about mercury?
I recently purchased an Asus UL30Vt-X1, which according to the specs has an LED backlight for the screen. It definitely appears to be an LED backlight, but the laptop still has a sticker that the lamp ...
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How to disable LEDs on laptop Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi-3525 [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable power LED blinks during Vista hybrid sleep?
How do I completely disable the 3 annoying LEDs 'Power', 'WiFi' and 'Charging' on my laptop? They blink at me when ...
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ThinkPad T400 backlight doesn't always turn on when booting from battery
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad T400, which I've owned for about a year. A while back, I noticed a problem in which the LED backlight would not always turn on when booting from battery. Usually, if I hold ...
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How to turn off the Acer Aspire 7738 Power Button LED light?
The Acer Aspire 7738 has a large blue light emitting power button, top left on the keyboard. Its light is rather distracting and I want to turn it off.
How can I disable this light?
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Disable pendrive blinking in Linux
I recently bought a 16GB Super Talent pen drive that seems to work well for running the Ubuntu Live "CD" in persistent mode (see this for how I installed it). One slightly annoying thing, however, is ...
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Turn LED light on when I receive a new Skype alert?
Is there a way to have one of the LED lights on my computer to light up when I get a new Skype message or alert? I found this on Ubuntu, but would like to see this functionality in Windows...
Ideas ...
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Should I be worried by wireless blinky light?
I have a desktop box with both a regular ethernet NIC and a "wireless PCI express card LAN Adapter". The NIC is plugged into a wired router (which I use to split my internet connection between this ...
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How to find out if the screen is WLED or RGBLED on Dell Studio XPS 16?
I just ordered the Dell Studio XPS 16 with i7 and 16" RGBLED screen. This upgrade from WLED LCD to RGBLED LCD charged me more $$. But now when I view the order online, it lists this part as "320-8335 ...
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Can you disable the light up buttons on the HP HDX series laptops?
I'm intrested in buying a laptop from the HP HDX series, but I have one concern.
As you can see below, they have touch sensitive buttons above the keyboard which are lit up. I cant help but think how ...
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Disable power LED blinks during Vista hybrid sleep?
Does anyone know how to disable the blinking power LED when Vista enters hybrid sleep mode? My case has a very bright blue LED that is rather distracting. I'd rather not disable hybrid sleep, as it ...
