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!

  • dhork@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Get a smart plug that you can control from your phone?

    Bonus points if you install Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi and configure the plug to turn on and off automatically based on the sunset time in your area combined with the moon phase…

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      10 months ago

      Looking into doing this, thanks for your advice.

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      10 months ago

      More realistically useful: a button under your bed hooked to HA that turns it off when you’re in bed