InfraRed Receiver LED

Dear sirs,
when I've got a new MacBook and once again at home I have seen that my IR window was flashing with white light. Now it is not flashing. Remote control working correctly.
When IR Receiver window should to flash with light?

Dens Discover wrote:
Dear sirs,
when I've got a new MacBook and once again at home I have seen that my IR window was flashing with white light. Now it is not flashing. Remote control working correctly.
When IR Receiver window should to flash with light?
That's not the IR receiver. That's the sleep light. It goes solid if in a reduced power state, and starts flashing like a "heartbeat" when it goes to a sleep state.
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