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    Turn off LED indicators for x360?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by enochchiang, Apr 18, 2009.

  1. enochchiang

    enochchiang Newbie

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    I've had the samsung x360 for about a month now and I love everything about it except for a few minor things. One of these minor things is the blinding brightness of the front LED indicators. I was wondering if anyone knew how to turn these off? I know that with my old dell xps the bios had a way to turn it off, and I know that if I disable WLAN indicator and unplug the battery two more of the indicators will turn off, but is there anyway to just turn them all off? Thanks in advance.
     
  2. baz8080

    baz8080 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm with you on this one. I find the speed and brightness of the blinking of the power led in standby mode annoying. I'm probably just going to dab a small bit of permanent marker over the led to dull it down though, it worked on an old hp laptop that I had before!
     
  3. ichiban06

    ichiban06 Notebook Guru

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    I find it annoying too as it blinks too fast, I now use Hibernate instead so the light doesn't blink.
     
  4. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    I recommend using electrical tape or some other sort of tape in order to keep resale value up (not permanent)
     
  5. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I had this same complaint about my Zepto.

    Another option is to put a strip of normal transparent tape over the indicators and then paint over that with the market pen. Then you can pull it off if you change your mind.

    John
     
  6. baz8080

    baz8080 Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is the way to go, thanks! I coloured some scotch transparent tape with permanent marker and then laid it across the led strip. My next plan is to cut out the tiny circles with a craft knife which will look much neater.