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Date:      Fri, 19 May 2023 01:52:12 -0400
From:      "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>
To:        Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
Cc:        "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: OT: How to disable the lights on modern case fans
Message-ID:  <8771546B-A473-4AD1-83BD-5216E9FA4899@gushi.org>
In-Reply-To: <57420510-87C2-4167-8659-5590B436BF55@prime.gushi.org>
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Yeah, this used to be a complicated feature that you had to add =
yourself, like 20 years ago, now its annoyingly common.

Like automatic transmissions.

The answer is another fan, or failing that, some black nail polish in =
several coats.

> On May 19, 2023, at 1:50 AM, Dan Mahoney <danm@prime.gushi.org> wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>> On May 19, 2023, at 1:46 AM, Aryeh Friedman =
<aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>=20
>> On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 1:35=E2=80=AFAM Steve O'Hara-Smith =
<steve@sohara.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> On Fri, 19 May 2023 00:56:10 -0400
>>> Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> How
>>>> do I turn the damned things off (it is making it impossible to =
sleep).
>>>=20
>>>       Wire cutters ?
>>=20
>> Sad to say the LED's seem to be powered by the same wire as the fan =
it
>> self (i.e. it is a part of the 4 pin PSU connector)
>>=20
>> --=20
>> Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
>>=20
>=20
> Yeah, this used to be a complicated feature that you had to add =
yourself, like 20 years ago, now it=E2=80=99s annoyingly common.
>=20
> Like automatic transmissions.
>=20
> The answer is another fan, or failing that, some black nail polish in =
several coats.
>=20
> -Dan




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