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Bought a PC case last year which has a green power LED. It's infuriating how bright it is in the dark, and despite being placed below my desk I can still see it
by TonyTrapp 6y ago
Bought a PC case last year which has a green power LED. It's infuriating how bright it is in the dark, and despite being placed below my desk I can still see it e.g. when playing a game in the dark. I wrote a message to the manufacturer and suggested that this is pretty annoying. They were quite dismissive and replied that it's "impossible to make it darker". I'm not an electrical engineer but I'm positive even I could accomplish that task with some additional resistors.
Edit: I should also add that the LED is part of the power button, so it's not so simple to just tape over it. If I want to play in the dark, I put a piece of paper / cardboard on top of the PC.
- tass 6y agoMy ASRock motherboard has a 'goodnight LED' setting - the power LED turns on for a couple of seconds when the computer first turns on, then turns off the rest of the time. Otherwise you can just disconnect it from the motherboard, it should be wired separately.
- Nextgrid 6y agoIt's a shame that these LEDs aren't exposed to the OS so you can control them in software; so the firmware turns them on by default to indicate power, but then once the operating system loads it is able to turn them off if necessary.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoOn my desktop PC, the plug to the power button + lights is actually split into its component parts, and each component is labelled. So I can connect to each pin on the motherboard header separately. This made it easy to yank the power and HDD activity lights, while keeping the power and reset buttons enabled.
- masklinn 6y agoMy fractal design case actually uses a separate cable for each of them. It's great.
- stassats 6y agoYou can disconnect the LED cable from the motherboard.
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- vidarh 6y agoSearch for "black dot" on Amazon. You can find stickers in various sizes that are good for dimming LEDs. Unless it's a really awkward shape you should be able to find one that'll cover the LED while keeping the button usable.