Problem with power light in Lian Li Case

[Vampirrella]

I got one of those spiffy Alu Lian Li cases and got everything transfered into it. Everything works great except the power light which is supposed to be a constant bright blue light, is barely even visable. The bright red HDD activity light burns/blinks very brightly prolly cuz it doesnt take much power to make it blink every now and then.

Is there a way to make the power light burn brighter then what its doing now? The motherboard im using is the Soyo Dragon SY-K7V Plus and i have a brand new power supply installed as well that puts out over 365watt. This should be enough power to light up everything including my LCD panel and all the power/HDD lights etc..

Anyone have an idea where my problem(s) could be or what i should look at? Over then the power light not burning at its brightest, the entire system works perfectly fine.

thanks in advance 🙂

 

[klah]

Two of us here have the same case and have noticed the same problem, check out this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=37&threadid=869901. Essentially, if you want it to be brighter you need to purchase new LED's to swap in that have a higher MCD rating.

 

[whiteboyatcal]

REALLY? I have a newer PC-60 case with the blue power LED and red HDD LED and they are freaking BRIGHT. So bright in fact, that it was burning my eyes since the comp is on top of the desk. I took the front cover off and put a piece of masking tape over the LED's and then put the faceplate back on so that the brightness of the LED's was toned down a bit on the front.

 

[nnnyyy]

Strange... the blue and red lights on my pc65 are really bright! Maybe it's because of the motherboard?

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: nnnyyy
Strange... the blue and red lights on my pc65 are really bright! Maybe it's because of the motherboard?

Actually I have the PC7 and the LED's are green and orange. I took them out of the case and tested them at 3.0v and they were still not very bright. Anyway I just ordered a bunch of LED's from here: http://www.case-mod.com/store/default.php?cPath=33_37. I got one of every 5mm they had, so hopefully I will find something that is bright enough. I will post some before and after pics once they get here.