computer case question

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pardon my ignorance (and i am quite embarrased for asking) but aside from
the Hard Drive Led on the computer case, what are the other two (lightning
bolt and light bulb). I am assuming the lightning bolt is POWER, but i am
stumped on the light bulb and mine is staying green for some reason.

thanks.
 
chanchito_cojones said:
pardon my ignorance (and i am quite embarrased for asking) but aside from
the Hard Drive Led on the computer case, what are the other two (lightning
bolt and light bulb). I am assuming the lightning bolt is POWER, but i am
stumped on the light bulb and mine is staying green for some reason.

thanks.
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This is probably an older case, yes? A 486 or P2 or something? In the
case that it is, the light bulb is supposed to represent "Power", and
therefore it is good that it stays on. The lightning bolt (probably
orange) is for "turbo". If you have a turbo button, you will find that
pressing it will turn the orange light on and off.

"Turbo?" you ask? The fast computers (of their time), 486s, where often
too fast for programs written for 286s and 386s. The 486 was when the
math co-processor was introduced (in the DX range of chips) and in
DOS-based games especially, one would find the games unplayable because
they moved so fast.

The turbo button would effectively underclock the processor, making such
games much more enjoyable. The idea was abandoned in the wake of
Windows 95, which had such dire effects that the turbo button was no
longer required.

To see this in action, find a copy of "Jill of the Jungle" and play it
in win95 and above, and then boot in with a floppy disk and try again,
and note the speed difference. It is quite substantial...

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But who wants a car that crashes 8 times a day?
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If the power supply is on normally one of the LED's is lit to let you
know the computer is still on. On my case it is a green LED.
 
Thanks a bunch. And yes it is an older case. The sad thing is that i build
my pcs and have kept this case around with me for awhile, i just had a
serious brain fart and couldn't remember for the life of me what the hell
the lightbulb one was. =(

No turbo button, but i checked inside and the wires that are coming out from
the main power button do contain a wire labelled TURBO. God i remember the
days when turbo was such a big thing. And yes, playing games was classic.
you could get some seriously messed up results. hehe

My first computer was an ibm xt. Sad huh? hehe.

Thanks again.
 
chanchito_cojones said:
Thanks a bunch. And yes it is an older case. The sad thing is that i build
my pcs and have kept this case around with me for awhile, i just had a
serious brain fart and couldn't remember for the life of me what the hell
the lightbulb one was. =(

No turbo button, but i checked inside and the wires that are coming out from
the main power button do contain a wire labelled TURBO. God i remember the
days when turbo was such a big thing. And yes, playing games was classic.
you could get some seriously messed up results. hehe

My first computer was an ibm xt. Sad huh? hehe.

Thanks again.
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Glad to help. My first (personally) was a commodore 64. They were fun!!!

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-Luke-
If cars had advanced at the same rate as Micr0$oft technology, they'd be
flying by now.
But who wants a car that crashes 8 times a day?
Registered Linux User #345134
 
Damn, I totally forgot about my Com64. That was a great machine. hehe. The
way you could double side your floppy by grabbing a hole punch and punching
out a hole on the side of the disk (hehe). Great games too: Mission
Impossible, Spy Hunter, Bruce Lee, Miner 649er, QBert, Frogger, man...good
stuff.

Although, if you want even older, i remember a buddy of mine who had a Vic
20. Nothing like using a cassette to run a computer. =)

ahh memories.
 
chanchito_cojones said:
Damn, I totally forgot about my Com64. That was a great machine. hehe. The
way you could double side your floppy by grabbing a hole punch and punching
out a hole on the side of the disk (hehe). Great games too: Mission
Impossible, Spy Hunter, Bruce Lee, Miner 649er, QBert, Frogger, man...good
stuff.

Although, if you want even older, i remember a buddy of mine who had a Vic
20. Nothing like using a cassette to run a computer. =)

ahh memories.
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Heh. My dad did that with 720k 3.5" floppys. Used a drill press. Most
of them worked afterwards to...

--
-Luke-
If cars had advanced at the same rate as Micr0$oft technology, they'd be
flying by now.
But who wants a car that crashes 8 times a day?
Registered Linux User #345134
 
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