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Name: spiritwalker
Date: January 25, 2006 at 08:02:03 Pacific
OS: windows xp
CPU/Ram: 400mhz/160mb
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does anyone know of a way that i could turn the keyboard idicator lights into a hard drive monitor light? the reason for this is, my laptop has the idicators on it, but at the front and i cant see them when the laptop is on my lap. so i want to turn the keyboard lights into a hard drive light. just so i know what my computer is doing. any one with any info would be nice. thanks.

Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.


Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.



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Response Number 1
Name: Sabertooth
Date: January 25, 2006 at 09:08:56 Pacific
Reply:

Lock and unlock the toolbar and see if that helps.

There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer.


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Response Number 2
Name: spiritwalker
Date: January 25, 2006 at 10:20:14 Pacific
Reply:

umm.. that didnt answer my question. im not having a problem, just this laptop has the hard drive, power and battery indicators in a dumb place. i want to turn the keyboard lights into a hard drive light.

Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.


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Response Number 3
Name: Sabertooth
Date: January 25, 2006 at 11:28:40 Pacific
Reply:

D'oh !!!

Sorry about that, response above was meant for another thread.

Now, with regards to remapping your activity LED from the Keyboard to the laptop's HDD, I don't think you can do that.

There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer.


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Response Number 4
Name: spiritwalker
Date: January 25, 2006 at 12:55:32 Pacific
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dang, ah well, ill see if i can maybe find a program that will sit in the system tray and tell me whats happening. thanks!

Laptop : DELL Inspiron 7000, ATi Rage Pro 8MB, PII 400Mhz, 20gb HDD, 15'' display.
Desktop : AMD Athlon 1800+, 640MB SD-RAM, 80GB HDD, ATi Radeon 9200 SE 128MB.


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Response Number 5
Name: IamBiGePaNtS
Date: January 27, 2006 at 21:30:05 Pacific
Reply:

This program NETWORK LIGHT'S does a similar thing ... might help point the way


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