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Multilink PPP worked well on an era-appropriate Windows XP PC, after progress using an earlier Windows ME box stalled.
  • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    20 hours ago

    Perhaps the LED stays on without PSU power (CMOS battery status LED)?

    This is a relatively big channel. It’s unlikely they they would make such a mistake.

    • tal@olio.cafeEnglish
      1·
      20 hours ago

      I guess anything is possible, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a CMOS battery light, though I’ve seen a lot of motherboards with an LED to indicate that they’re getting power from the PSU. I’m pretty sure that you’d burn through a CMOS battery pretty quickly if you just left an LED always on powered off it.

      • Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        2·
        19 hours ago

        I’ve also never seen a CMOS battery LED, that was a random though.

        I just don’t the idea of them messing around the with PC with the PSU on a bit shocking.