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> References: <CAGBxaXm2B06xMeK%2BwBjG2C_w0casmJJ0WGCoHHA8oR8ChW5bnA@mail.gmail.com> <20230519063513.298bd9246fc615b659a2ad43@sohara.org> <CAGBxaXkcfLcGNW5AX7gORArP-XTt-3rYVOnGZPXV%2BKpJ0hd_jw@mail.gmail.com> <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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