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Isn’t the use of the lock buttons, like, the standard way to test whether the OS/hardware still responds to something or if it’s reboot time?
by Sharlin 7y ago
Isn’t the use of the lock buttons, like, the standard way to test whether the OS/hardware still responds to something or if it’s reboot time?
- RyJones 7y agoThey’re soft now. It might indicate your usb driver is wedged, not if your CPU is responding to interrupts at all. This is a problem for NTP developers - finding real serial ports on modern hardware
- toast0 7y agoThe keyboard lights have always been soft. There are certainly more layers now between a keyboard and an os though.
- myself248 7y agoThe softness is precisely what made them a useful check, though. Tapping num lock has two important properties: Nothing should ever be blocking that process, and it's harmless to do and should never really affect what's happening.