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Can I break my monitor's LED? (lemy.lol)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/ece
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I own a Samsung monitor, and when it's in standby mode the LED blinks all night. My hearing is so sensitive, and my room so quiet, that I can actually hear the LED powering on and off.

So, every night I power it off manually. Sometimes I forget as I turn my PC off, and as I'm laying comfortably in bed, falling asleep, I hear it cycling, so I have to get out of bed, walk over, and turn it off, which delays my sleep.

At this point I'm tempted to take off the bottom panel and break the LED with a screwdriver, but I'm worried that this might change how the current flows through the monitor's circuit board.

I would appreciate any advice, suggestions or insights, thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do the lazy and safe thing; Electrical tape over the light.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Light isn't the issue. It's the sound of it cycling.

[–] dohpaz42 3 points 9 months ago

Easy: turn the faucet in your bathroom on to drip. The sound of the water dripping should drown (pun intended) out the sound of the monitor. (Kidding of course).

You could try ear plugs when you sleep.

[–] agent_flounder 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Maybe a white noise generator would help?

Or listen to a lot of extremely loud music ... I wished I had half your hearing acuity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Half is probably the sweet spot. Trust me, you do not want to be this sensitive to sound. I would love to give away half of my sensitivity to you.

Ironically, I also have tinnitus and misophonia, so sleeping for me is like sleeping for you, with the lights turned on just enough to bother you.