White status light on Apple TV (2d Gen)

The status light on my second gen Apple TV stopped working about a month ago.  The unit appears to work just fine otherwise, although it did take about a week for the iOS 5 update to show up as available.  Has anyone else experienced and fixed this issue?

Sounds as though it's failed.
One of mine died with a yellow flashing light.
Apple seem to have no interest in repairing them.
You could open it up and extract the small PATA drive if you have a use for that.
AC

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