Led status indicator light transfer plastic

[Kemer]

Hello, the LED status indicators on my Lenovo Z580 are not working. Actually the motherboard LEDs are working but the light doesn''t coming to the front view. The plastic part is which you can see in photo must transfer the light to the frontview but just half of the plastic is illuminating.

There are three status indicators on the front (power, battery, caps lock), and none of them are illuminated.

The plastic piece doesn't appear to be broken.

1. What are your suggestions for resolving this issue?

2. Is the plastic piece made of special material?

[mon2]

These are called 'light pipes' and they are used to deflect the direction of the original LED so it is visible to the viewer. You can try to google / check Aliexpress for 'Lenovo light pipe' to see if there is a hit. Someone in mainland China is making these. I have met with many manufacturers of the same for our enclosures we use in production but hard to say who owns the tooling for your exact Lenovo model.

[mon2]

These are called 'light pipes' and they are used to deflect the direction of the original LED so it is visible to the viewer. You can try to google / check Aliexpress for 'Lenovo light pipe' to see if there is a hit. Someone in mainland China is making these. I have met with many manufacturers of the same for our enclosures we use in production but hard to say who owns the tooling for your exact Lenovo model.

[Kemer]

These are called 'light pipes' and they are used to deflect the direction of the original LED so it is visible to the viewer. You can try to google / check Aliexpress for 'Lenovo light pipe' to see if there is a hit. Someone in mainland China is making these. I have met with many manufacturers of the same for our enclosures we use in production but hard to say who owns the tooling for your exact Lenovo model.

Thank you so much. Looks like I'm pretty lucky. I came across someone who was very knowledgeable about the subject. But it's a shame that it's such a special product. I realized that it was a completely broken part. Thanks again. Have a great day.

[mon2]

I am baffled as to why the LED does not travel through to be visible. If you indeed can see the led ON on the board, it should be ok to lift out these tiny clear plastic 'lense' like units. Perhaps a bit polarized and someone before you already messed around with the orientation? Personally have a fetish for ultra bright leds and we place them on everything. Buying them in 100,000 pc lots and the manufacturers in Asia always ask - do you want to buy Grade A or grade B? In the led world there is also 'binning' where the vendor will make sure the led from one batch will match the appearance of another for the color, intensity, etc. This is a must if making LED signs. Cannot have off colors on such devices.

Can you post a better pic of these light pipes? You may be able to cross them to other companies and buy from Mouser or Digikey. For this, you must measure with a micrometer for the length x width x height.

Unless something is blocking the led light, it should be visible through these tiny plastic parts.