Dose anyone know how you can disable the flashing light your moniter gives off when your computers asleep?
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Disabling the sleep light
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Mr. Anderson
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If you can't do it through controls, try a piece of duct tape cut to fit it exactly. That or a thin piece of opaque plastic that you can superglue to the light.
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If I bought a expensive mac, last thing I'D do would be superglue something to it. That'll be, like, permanent
I have a 17" imac, and as for covering it up, ive put put on 15 post it notes on it and the thing still shines through the paper and you can still see the light from the back.
Mr. Anderson
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So I'm really curious as to why this is such a huge issue.
A good thick coating of paint (several coats maybe) might work as well.
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A good thick coating of paint (several coats maybe) might work as well.
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Eniregnat
macrumors 68000
My previous boss used to flip out on it.
"Why is you computer blinking at me?"
"Jou know it's hard to concentrate when it stares at me."
"If it just blinked on and off I could handle it, but dim-light-dim-light... just turn it off."
The HAL them on the central server bothered her also.
My former girlfriend used to put her clothes on top of my iBook so that she could sleep.
"Why is you computer blinking at me?"
"Jou know it's hard to concentrate when it stares at me."
"If it just blinked on and off I could handle it, but dim-light-dim-light... just turn it off."
The HAL them on the central server bothered her also.
My former girlfriend used to put her clothes on top of my iBook so that she could sleep.
rainman::|:|
macrumors 603
I take it from this thread of non-answers that there is there no way to disable it? My iBook lights up the whole room 😛
MoparShaha
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I find throwing clothes on the computer the best thing. My Power Mac and PowerBook light up the whole room as well, and it makes it difficult for me to sleep.
I know I'm stressed out right now, but you could:
Apply a screwdriver directly over the blinking light and then apply your basic hammer's head to the top of the screwdriver and, well, there you HAD it.
As an absolute last resort: Buy a Dell
Apply a screwdriver directly over the blinking light and then apply your basic hammer's head to the top of the screwdriver and, well, there you HAD it.
As an absolute last resort: Buy a Dell
Blink Blink..
It's a cool effect now that I moved the mac out of the bedroom into my office. That pulsing light would light up the room... I placed a CD case in front of the display sometimes before i went to bed but usually just turned off the computer completly.
It's a cool effect now that I moved the mac out of the bedroom into my office. That pulsing light would light up the room... I placed a CD case in front of the display sometimes before i went to bed but usually just turned off the computer completly.
ACK! The light would have to be giving me skin cancer before I went that route. 😛
I work computer support for the College of Education at my school, dealing with both platforms, and Dell seems to be shipping out pretty shoddy hardware these days...
(BTW, the iBook technically belongs to my school, so while I appreciate the advice, hammer + screwdriver probably would not be the most desirable method. Too hard to explain. "I... uh... fell down some stairs...")
5300cs
macrumors 68000
I doubt there's a way to disable it without physically opening it. Just throw some clothes over it. Or you can turn it around and point it at the wall or something, that's what I do (wife complained.)
You never realize how bright it is until you put it in a pitch-black room. My PowerMac is the same way ...sleeping in the same room is like sleeping a lighthouse sometimes.
You never realize how bright it is until you put it in a pitch-black room. My PowerMac is the same way ...sleeping in the same room is like sleeping a lighthouse sometimes.
Me, I just put it flush against the wall... so almost no light escapes to disturb me.
Works well enough for me, but then I'm told that I will probably sleep through earthquakes too.
Works well enough for me, but then I'm told that I will probably sleep through earthquakes too.
DavidLeblond
macrumors 68020
I do one of 3 things:
1. Leave the computer on. Usually I can sleep better with it on, possibly due to the constant hum.
2. Put it to sleep and lean a piece of cardboard over the front. I keep a piece handy for that very purpose.
3. Just turn it off. I haven't ended up doing that very much.
There might be some Open Firmware commands that can adjust the light. I remember someone saying that one of the OS X updates made his sleeping computer take shorter breaths.
1. Leave the computer on. Usually I can sleep better with it on, possibly due to the constant hum.
2. Put it to sleep and lean a piece of cardboard over the front. I keep a piece handy for that very purpose.
3. Just turn it off. I haven't ended up doing that very much.
There might be some Open Firmware commands that can adjust the light. I remember someone saying that one of the OS X updates made his sleeping computer take shorter breaths.
Powerbook G5
macrumors 68040
My roommate was annoyed with it the first couple of nights after I got my new PowerBook because the white light can be pretty intense so I just have to set it on my desk facing backwards against the backing of the desk a little to "muffle" the light.
