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by TheWoodsy 1035 days ago
I get much better sleep in a completely dark room. I've solved this issue innumerable times with Blu-Tack, electrical tape and straight-up de-soldering or unplugging lights.

3090, Unplugged leads with tweezers. Mobo, Blu-Tack. NIC, Blu-Tack - Notable mention of Intel NICs where you can disable LEDs in ethtool. Bedside lamp, Tape. Standing fan, Tape. yada yada etc. etc.

Only Gadgets I've remembered with light pollution considerations easily accessed is my Mitsubishi AC, Onkyo Reciever and LG OLED TV. All have a night mode where I can disable all illumination.

1 comments

Take your computer out of your room?

Also, you can turn motherboard LEDs off in every bios I've ever used. And the status LEDs, which usually only light up for errors.

Everyone can tape over lights, not everyone can move their PC to a different room :)
> Take your computer out of your room?

That’s not really an option eg for people who share a flat.