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  Re: constant green light
 
(...) That the light stays on during Windows Suspend suggests to me that it has something to do with the power management features of your laptop. Try temporarily turning off the power management option and see if the tower behaves differently. I (...) (22 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: constant green light
 
In summary, I think now we say: Anyone interested enough to go see if their Win XP experience matches with/ differs from mine? Me, I've been reporting Yes Yes Yes in reply to the Three point quiz: Q1) Does your serial/IR tower green light shine (...) (22 years ago, 23-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: constant green light
 
(...) Any word on whether you have discovered that the power management settings of the OS have any effect on the geen light situation? I haven't had a chance to play with my serial tower on my XP desktop PC yet. John Hansen (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: constant green light
 
(...) As yet, me, re my Serial/IR Tower Green LED being stuck On, I know very little coherent & new. a) I did try searching for the word "green" in: (URL) results seemingly confirm that "everyone knows" the green LED should light only when used. b) (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: constant green light
 
(...) I had the opposite problem. It worked fine, but whenever I powered off my system the green light came on and stayed on. (2 URLs) I never did figure out the problem. Now I have a USB tower, and that works fine (plus no batteries needed). Brian (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)
 
  Re: constant green light
 
(...) That's interesting. On my new XP eMachine PC we have noticed that when we shutdown (and it powers off the PC) that we have to switch the power switch on the power strip that our computer plugs into or it will sometimes hold our phone line open (...) (22 years ago, 27-Feb-03, to lugnet.robotics.rcx)

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