Hey Smiz, i think your problem is you bought a low voltage LED. Basically a 1.5V LED. The usb power is 5V! this would explain why it was Very bright, then now intermittant. Next t…

I just solved a wierd 'bug' with my Swann USB mini mouse. Since yesterday, my mouse stopped moving up and down at around the same time of day. I'd installed the multimedia updater…

That is weird. Why don't you try some blinking lights or move near a traffic light.

I'm going to use a blue permanent marker on the inside of the case, around the area of the opto pickups. Hopefully, that should cure it for the 3 or 4 days a year we have bright su…

iPort uses the IrDA connector on 'old' iMacs to supply a serial port. I just noticed the IrDA port on my iMac Rev D motherboard, so I thought it would be possible to solder a conne…

Thats a good point, the builtin IRDA module on the iMac used the serial port, If it would be possible to find the components/chips used for the serial connecter, and then the chip …