24" iMac - light visible through case

Soes anyone else have their 24" in a dark room ?
At night when my room is pitch black, I can see a light shining through the case. It's NOT the sleep light, and I can see it even when the computer is turned off.
The location of the light is immidiately to the right of the apple logo.
I can see the silhouette of what looks like the same grating as on the bottom of the computer in a diagonal strip. It's too dim to get a picture, but it is visible (from up to 4-6 feet) in a dark room.
It's probably just the processor or motherboard LED or something. I was just surprised to see it. Apple markets the advantages of the ambient light sensor on the sleep light, and when turned of, a light shines through the case!
If anyone could shed some light (lol, I wasn't even trying to pun) on this, it would be greatly appreciated.
Anyone else see the same thing?
BTO 24" iMac 2.16 C2D 1GB 7600GT

I noticed the same light on my 24" the other night while it was off.
It's in the same position as you describe. It's not a bright light, if I look directly at it I can hardly see it but if I look slightly away its more obvious. Up close you can see the silhouette as mentioned.
From what I read on a forum its just an LED on the motherboard, the fact that it is near the sensor could explain why its noticeable - the plastic there is translucent to allow the IR signals to pass through? Thats what I read anyway.

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