Somewhere on teh intarweb "Nick Mirro" typed:
> On Apr 9, 12:26 am, "~misfit~" <misfit6...@hooya.com.au> wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "Paul" typed:
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>>> Nick Mirro wrote:
>>>> These light up when I add a Linksys WMP 300N (wireless n card in
>>>> place of onboard) to any regular PCI slot.
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>>>> The mb manual says under AI Slot Detector
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>>>> "Onboard LEDs light up when PCI devices are not correctly
>>>> installed.
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>>>> It is snugged into the slot fine. Why would it light up? MB
>>>> problem? The card works fine on another system.
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>>> This is the description from an Asus product description.
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>>> "AI Slot Detector
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>>> Assists in Proper Installation for PCIe/PCI Devices
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>>> When PCIe/PCI devices are installed, users can simply plug in the
>>> power cable and find out if these devices are successfully
>>> installed. Without even switching on the PC or entering the
>>> operating system, ASUSīs innovative on-board LEDs provide an
>>> efficient way to identify the correct way to set up the PC."
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>>> It sounds like maybe it lights up, when something is correct,
>>> but exactly what the point is, is unclear. I tried my
>>> Chinglish translator, but I couldn't make any sense out of
>>> "plug in the power cable". If a power supply is switched off,
>>> at the back of the computer, plugging in the A.C. power cable won't
>>> do anything. It sounds like their "innovation" runs off +5VSB
>>> perhaps.
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>>> If they wanted bling, why didn't they put some blue LEDs in the
>>> heatsink fins, or something equally pointless. Maybe add some little
>>> things that look like streetlamps, and plug into headers on the
>>> board. (Hmmm. I better run off and patent that now...)
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>>> I think it is supposed to light up, so in fact you did good :-)
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>> And yet the manual that came with my P5KE says:
>>
>> "AI Slot Detector
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>> This motherboard comes with onboard LEDs that light up when the
>> PCIE/PCI devices are not correctly installed. This is a reminder
>> that you should reinstall these devices."
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>> The only time I've seen one light up was when I was using a
>> different case to the one I'm using now that had the bracket-mount
>> too high and a soundcard wasn't seated properly. When I powered up
>> the PC there was no "found new hardware" box and, on peering into
>> the case I saw a red LED glowing. Bending the backplate bracket on
>> the card a bit fixed the problem. The card seated all the way and
>> the LED didn't light next time I powered up.
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>> A clean eraser is good for cleaning the contacts on a PCI card and CO
>> cleaner liberally sprayed into the slot often fixes these things.
>> Even a hair in the slot can cause issues. (It's true! My flatmate
>> has long hair and sheds. I had problems getting a card to work and I
>> finally found a hair had got in/across the PCI slot and it was
>> enough to cause the problem.)
>>
>> Good luck.
>> --
>> Shaun.- Hide quoted text -
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> Interesting. Thanks for the replies. The network card was not seated
> correctly.
I thought that may be the case.
> I then found the memory had gone bad. Will have to
> replace that.
:-(
> Seating the card correctly still causes the lights to
> come on. Could this be related to the memory that failed? I would
> expect that when I seated the card properly that the light would go
> out. It didn't. I will try again with new memory installed.
Hmmm, I can't see how the memory would have that effect. Perhaps the card is
now FUBAR due to being half-in the slot when the board was powered up?
Luck.
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Shaun.
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