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How to disable this blinking light on a WD External Hard Drive? (europe.pub)

submitted 4 weeks ago by brokenwing@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I am on Arch Linux and I want to disable this activity indicator light on a WD hard drive. I know there is a software on Windows for doing that, but since I am on Linux, how could I do it? This light is annoying when I am in a dark room.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I found a bit of plasticine / modeling clay to be very effective.

Because in the rare case that some circuit relies on the led acting as a resistor (planned obsolescence), you'd break the device with forcefully removing it.

(the green part)

[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What about pliestocene?

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

What's that? Not the geological epoch, right? As long as it doesn't conduct electricity and blocks light i guess.