Apple TV LED

[richardhunt]

I just got a used AppleTV, it works great, but I noticed the status LED in the front is faint compared to my other apple TV. Do these LED's loose their brightness over time, I didn't think LEDS did that. When the machine boots, the orange LED is as bright as my other apple tv though.

[roidy]

Yep the same thing happened to mine. One day I looked at it and the white led was half as bright as I remembered, but the orange led was ok. I posted about it on the official Apple forum and it seem a lot of people have had this happen.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6637400&#6637400
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9058726&#9058726

[sandman42]

Mine seems to have done that too. I've had mine since day one, and now the white LED is so dim that the 'flicker' you see when the :apple:TV detects commands from the remote is barely perceptible. Doesn't seem to make any difference otherwise, and doesn't bug me.

[ipedro]

You're right. I actually almost forgot it had an LED.

I can't see mine unless the room is completely dark. It used to be quite bright. I wonder if this is a firmware thing. I don't think LED's lose their brightness over time. They either work or they don't.

[Bye Bye Baby]

Old age tech

[Bruce0]

Mine just doesn't come on any more at all.

I got the Apple TV the first day the showed up. I got a second one when the upped the disk size. The older one just doesn't have an LED any more... I assume it has come loose inside (these thing run hot, maybe the glue melted) and fallen away from the hole. Does anybody know how it is attached inside?

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Yep the same thing happened to mine. One day I looked at it and the white led was half as bright as I remembered, but the orange led was ok. I posted about it on the official Apple forum and it seem a lot of people have had this happen.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6637400&#6637400
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9058726&#9058726