Quoted from schudel5:Wait! What? That doesn't happen...LEDs last F-O-R-E-V-E-R. The only thing the new board system will present is it's own issues and problems. When something goes bad on this new MMR system (surface mount I suppose) it won't be repairable but by only a few people. I can fix a burned GI connector in under 10 minutes, but I've tried surface mount repair. Yeah...sux big time.
Died... dead, dead, deadski. Meter says power was there, surface mount LED was kaput. Belly up, bereft of life, bought the farm, checked out, done for, expired, offed, perished, pushing up daisies....
"It's dead Jim".
LEDs do die, they don't all last as long as they're supposed to, so some day you will need to replace a dead LED. Take notice of this when you're looking at those surface mount boards.