[ltp] Ibm keyboard light Question

[James Knott]

Patrick Huber wrote:
> It seems to be an LED (at least on my T41p) and they don't usually fail like 
> normal bulbs. Doing a really quick search on Google for LED and MBTF I found 
> values around 75'000 to 100'000 hours before they fail. So It probably won't 
> fail while you use your Thinkpad (100k hrs = 11 years).
> 
> If it does fail, you probably have to send your Thinkpad to IBM because it 
> look's like its an SMD component.

An SMD doesn't require returning to IBM.  It only requires someone who 
can work with SMD.