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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by daggermoon@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I got a HDD dock from startech.com. It works great and does everything I need. The problem is it has the brightest goddamn blue LED I have ever seen. It is so unnecessarily bright. My eyes hurt looking in the same direction as it. What the fuck should I do? Return it? De solder the stupid ass LED? It works great aside from this one issue.

Edit: I opened the thing and drew with sharpie on the LED. It's bearable to look at now.

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[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I am also a hater of unnecessarily bright lights. In your shoes, presuming I'm happy with the product otherwise, I would paint over it with a bit of nail polish.

You can get polish in any color you want these days, and it's very cheap. It dries fast and it comes with a very small brush. You can apply one coat, see if the led still shines through too much, apply another coat 15mins later once the first layer is dry. Repeat.

Edit: seeing the photo I realize the shape it has. Be careful with the polish if you use it, one coat or two probably will be okay on the inner surface but don't add more or the button may get stuck. Also wait extra before even daring to test button functionality, you don't want the button scraping off semi dry polish.

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

I might just open the thing and paint over the actual LED.

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

That's a good idea if it's an option

[-] daggermoon@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

I opened it up and coated it with a sharpie. It's good enough.

this post was submitted on 28 Apr 2025
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