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Red dot on back

#1 Post by krissto » Tue Dec 13, 2011 4:30 pm

Hi, I have noticed today, that my red dot on ThinkPad logo shines very week. Only during restart its light is strong. Afert that it is so poor, that I can see it only in very dark room. What is the reason? Is it possible some aplication can affect on diode strenght?
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Re: Red dot on back

#2 Post by Temetka » Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:41 pm

krissto wrote:Hi, I have noticed today, that my red dot on ThinkPad logo shines very week. Only during restart its light is strong. Afert that it is so poor, that I can see it only in very dark room. What is the reason? Is it possible some aplication can affect on diode strenght?
My guess is it does that to save battery power.
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#3 Post by BillMorrow » Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:56 pm

i THINK there is a place to set the red dot intensity or turn it off entirely..

later i'll look and see if i can find that setting..
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Re: Red dot on back

#4 Post by wolfman » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:27 pm

BillMorrow wrote:i THINK there is a place to set the red dot intensity or turn it off entirely..

later i'll look and see if i can find that setting..
Good to know, my brother has a Thinkpad Edge series and thought it was a little hokey...
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Re: Red dot on back

#5 Post by Temetka » Fri Apr 06, 2012 11:47 am

To be honest, I never even thought about it. My tablet is either docked, in my hand or in the folio. I hardly ever look at the back of it.
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Re: Red dot on back

#6 Post by steverichmond » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:03 am

krissto wrote:Hi, I have noticed today, that my red dot on ThinkPad logo shines very week. Only during restart its light is strong. Afert that it is so poor, that I can see it only in very dark room. What is the reason? Is it possible some aplication can affect on diode strenght?
Same here. It was working and now its only visable at start up....mmm
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