[geeks] Octane lightbar

[Kevin]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Thanks all.  I'll probably go the quick route and pickup one
form Reputable.

/KRM

On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:06:54 -0500
Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com> wrote:

> Kevin <kevin at mpcf.com> wrote:
> 
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > Hash: SHA1
> > 
> > Is the light bar thing on Octanes supposed to be on all
> > the time or just when booting up?  Mine is red during on
> > boot up, during what i assume to be POST.  Then, once the
> > machine is booted up the light shuts off and stays off.
> > 
> > I was just curious to know if these things normally do
> > that or not.  I always kind of assumed it glowed green or
> > something similar during normal operation.
> > 
> 
> This is a FAQ.  The lightbar is used for diagnostics
> (similar to beeps in peecees) at boot time, and as a nice
> 'gee-whiz' thing while it's running. The fact that yours
> doesn't light up means that the incandescant bulbs on the
> lightbar have burned out.  The working nature of the red LED
> during boot means that the circuit is good, and all you need
> to do is replace the bulbs.
> 
> Do yourself a favor and replace the two burned out bulbs
> with a single LED - won't ever burn out.  Instructions at:
> http://www.k-huhn.com/octane_mod/
> 
> -- 
> Kurt
> kurt at k-huhn.com
> _______________________________________________
> GEEKS:  http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks


- -- 
keyserver: http://pgp.mit.edu/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE+L6e84pH/bZtToq0RAtjzAJwLR3W47euFUOAK5wj2OZtgqFZAUACfRCr4
WV0n+rihS/jybfhmRejVHkw=
=kdbo
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----