Anyone else here SICK of color LED's on every single piece of electronic equipment

[lxskllr]

I like a lot of leds. I turn off the lights, put some music on, and stare at the lights. I find it relaxing.

 

[Pocatello]

I put electrical tape on the leds that are too bright

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

I sleep in a different room than my computer

 

[hemiram]

I'm old enough that I was mezmerized for years when digital readouts started appearing, and also old enough to remember the lightbulbs that were in everything that burned out
with an amazing frequency due to the bulbs being run at too high voltage. And having to go through the hassles of lightbulb replacements made me LOVE LEDS. As long as they aren't
so bright they are painful, I don't mind them at all.

I sleep in a differnt room from my computer too, except when I nod off in front of it!

 

[forumposter32]

I got a pair of Altec Lansing speakers that are absolutely great, except I had to cover the blue LED with a white sticker. It was actually bothering my eyes.

 

[Elcs]

Every piece? Yes.... its just ridiculous.

Some pieces? It has to be done.

An LED to show whether something is on (Speaker system, PC) or being actively used (HDD light on a case) are fine. LED's on a mobo to show power status or POST codes are fine, others arent.

Items that require no LED's to determine whether they are on or being used/accessed such as RAM, GFX cards, CPU/GPU heatsinks, fans etc. should not have LED's. The only exception I can think of to the RAM thing could be the OCZ Booster which probably has a use for LED's.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: xtknight

Originally posted by: Xanis
Yeah, alot of LEDs on some products are pretty annoying, like the "powered-on" LEDs. For Christ's sake, I think I'm smart enough to know if my product is turned on enough. Oh and those LEDs on Corsair XMS RAM modules...God I hate those things. WHY do RAM modules need LEDs?

I don't know. For the losers who stare at the insides of their case that want to know when they're memory's being accessed. It's the difference between life and death for them choosing RAM.

So lets see a loser is somebody who has a window on the side panel of there case?
I would pit my temps against your temps anyday of the week...

I have all the above yet I bet my case is cooler than your case??

You shouldn`t be slinguing around words that are mean`t to entice a flame war as loosly as you do!!

You don`t know any of us weho has lED fans are side windows on our case....

Peoiple who throw around words as loosely as you do; must in real life has some deep seated emotional issues that make the internet the proper place for you to prove what your intellect truthfully is....

Have a nice day!!

 

[boran]

I dont really care about yellow weak leds, they're good as status indicators, but I really hate the blue leds, they really illuminate my whole room at night, which is kind of very annoying.

 

[batmanuel]

The blue headlights on the Antec Sonatas are way too bright for me. The rest of the case is really understated and classy, and then you have a pair of LED on the front so bright that they actually throw light on the opposite wall when they are turned on. It is almost like Antec's designers were having to restrain themselves all through the design and then at the last minute went totally overboard with the finishing touch of the blue lights.

Anyone know if you can safely hook that light to a fan controller and turn down the brightness? I'd try it but I have a bad history with those kinds of things (I found out once that hooking a FAN ONLY connector on a Antec PSU into a fan controller is a great way to set fire to the CPU fan cable).

 

[randomlinh]

what's wrong w/ a power LED? I for one would like to know for sure power is getting to whatever.. altho.. these days, everything also has an LCD screen or something.. heh. However, I do think they could be more discrete and dimmed or something... i don't need a glowing computer sometimes.


ah, wait, i know of something I have that I'm glad has an LED.. my 7in1 card reader.. that way I know it actually has power so I'm not wondering why I can't see the memory card.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: batmanuel
The blue headlights on the Antec Sonatas are way too bright for me. The rest of the case is really understated and classy, and then you have a pair of LED on the front so bright that they actually throw light on the opposite wall when they are turned on. It is almost like Antec's designers were having to restrain themselves all through the design and then at the last minute went totally overboard with the finishing touch of the blue lights.

The Lian-Li PC-60/61 cases are like this too; the red and blue LEDs on the front are VERY bright. I agree with the general sentiment about having too many damn lights on most things. I don't mind a power LED, or a drive access LED on a system, or even connection status lights on a router, but some of it is getting a little ridiculous.

Anyone know if you can safely hook that light to a fan controller and turn down the brightness?

It should be OK, but it might not light up at a lower voltage (depends on the exact type of LED being used).

I'd try it but I have a bad history with those kinds of things (I found out once that hooking a FAN ONLY connector on a Antec PSU into a fan controller is a great way to set fire to the CPU fan cable).

Um, yeah. That would be bad. You could end up pulling WAY too much current through it if the voltage dropped too low, or driving voltage backwards if it was also hooked up at some point in the circuit to a regular +12V wire.

 

[Pariah]

Never really bothered me. I guess I just have duller senses than everyone else here. I don't really have any lights on my case, except for the HD light which isn't lit constantly since I'm not defragging my HD's 24-7. I stay away from all the kiddy case windows, glow in the dark fans and what not as they are tacky to say the least and serve no real function, except to make you look like a loser. My keyboard and network switch are the only computer components with lights on them, and they don't bother me at all. Nor does the noise my computer makes or the heat it generates. As with most things you become accustomed to them at learn to block them out. You have to be an incredibly light sleeper to be bothered by LED's on most computer equipment.

 

[djdrastic]

Behind you 100 % man .

I have the worst device on earth

An Iomega USB External Drive . The blue led in DAYLIGHT can be seen accross 2 rooms !

 

[Jeff7]

Easy solution - a black marker.
I did it in my car - the high-beam indicator light is fairly bright. Not a good thing to have a light glaring in your eyes when everything else is dark. Sharpie fixed that problem straight away.

 

[Salvador]

Heh.. I just started a post about this. Computers are one thing, but I just bought an LCD TV and a dvd player and both have the annoying LED's. The dvd player has a Red LED and the LCD TV has a bright blue LED. The ironic thing is that the dvd player has these really soft blue lights when the dvd player is on, but the bright red LED on the power button when the unit is off. Is this supposed to warn me that I need to turn my dvd player on? I don't mind status lights, but bright LED's?

The tv is the same way. No lights at all when the tv is on, but this bright blue LED when it's off. I can fix that easily. I can use a sharpie on it. I had thought about using black touch up paint, but a sharpie is a better idea. The case for the tv is flat black also, so the sharpie will be perfect. The dvd is a problem though. The LED is hidden behind something and I won't be able to get to the LED with a sharpie unless I want to see sharpie black pen smeared all over the on button. Maybe I can use one of those silver paint pens to cover that one up. If I miss the LED light, it should match the silver surrounding the LED.

I just think that it's rediculous that the manufacturers do this in the first place. I can see a computer that a kid might buy, but a LCD tv or a dvd player? Not just kids buy this stuff.

 

[albumleaf]

Originally posted by: Agnostos Insania
I'm sick of it too. Techies are supposed to be smart, we're not stupid teenage ricers. My biggest complaint is LED lights on FANS. Fans are designed the cool the computer parts, so let's add some heat-producing lights on them. Yeah yeah, the heat is negligable, but as fanatical as people are about computer temperatures I think they'd care more. Also the extra costs for running 20 lights that you can't see the vast majority of the time is stupid.

LEDS don't emit heat you idiot, that's why they're so efficient. dumbass.

 

[Crescent13]

It's starting to make me a bit annoyed.

My x-530's.
my 730B
my comp has 2 (one hdd, one power)
my surge protector has 2
my tv
my dvd player
my onkyo reciever/amplifier
my ps2
my keyboard
my infinity ps-8 sub

all theese are in my room. Just 1 room. It's annoys me when i'm trying to sleep.

 

[Tiamat]

I unplug all the "extra" ones.