After hearing that MSG LED is actually NOT for network connections and is almost identical to PWR LED (thanks HellTaxi), I dug this out for a test:
BUT IT DIDN'T WORK!!! So, not willing to just accept that, I got this one out and gave it a shot:
Both of them are pretty old and were pulled out of a case that was scrapped a long time ago. This is why I tried the second one, just in case the first one had died somehow. Anyway, point is: THE SECOND ONE WORKED!!! So now I can get on with the power LED idea :) Well... after I get the LED... I'll have to come back to this later.
Now, even though I had the 2 brass motherboard stand-offs held firm by the metallic cement, I noticed that when I the amp casing upside down, the board comes loose down the bottom so I have to do something about that! My first thought was these:
I don't want to add too much height though so out with the knife aaaand:
This doesn't add any height whatsoever but still holds it down. Now, to attatch it, out comes Selleys Liquid Nails:
Bonding the modified stand-offs to the electrical-tape-covered surface probably wouldn't be a good idea so I put the motherboard into position and secured it down with the existing stand-offs. After this, I grabbed a pacer (from my old school supplies, much like my Coca Cola ruler... Product placement anybody??) and extended the lead so that I could make a mark through bottom mounting holes. I then went over it with Sharpie which seems to make it reflect a bit better under light:
I then cut the tape back around these marks:
The mounts went into the bottom mounts of the board:
A little bit of liquid nails, pressed it down and tried to get the motherboard off. Unfortunately, it hadn't quite set yet and the stand-offs came off with the board BUT this gave me a good look at the positioning of the holes I had cut. They weren't right! They were too small and a bit off so I made them a bit bigger:
And this is how they sit now: