Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights

Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by wkat4242 on Monday January 01, 2024 @03:15PM (#38834958)

Yeah my external HDD has a blue LED that's so ridiculously bright it lights up the whole room and puts a really bright blue spot on the other side of the room.

I tried covering it with a post it (several layers) and after a month I noticed that the yellow colour had whitened completely where the LED is. Probably contains an unhealthy level of UV as well. Yuck.

I tried opening it up to replace the LED but it's clipped somehow. Very hard to open without damaging it.

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by pineaux on Monday January 01, 2024 @03:34PM (#38835108)

I have good experience with drilling a small hole in the side of the housing and through the LED. You need to aim well. Its not a good technique for all annoying LEDs.

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by archi42 on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @09:05AM (#38841671)

Sometimes the indicator LED acts as a voltage reference for some circuit. In that case, destroying it is a bad idea.

Also, I think most hotels would object ;-)

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by Workaccount2 on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @10:55AM (#38842889)

Only the cheapest of cheap electronics would use an LED as a reference.

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Re:Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights by pineaux on Thursday January 04, 2024 @05:01AM (#38865196)

Also, I dont bring a drill to a hotel.

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