I am on Arch Linux and I want to disable this activity indicator light on a WD hard drive. I know there is a software on Windows for doing that, but since I am on Linux, how could I do it? This light is annoying when I am in a dark room.

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[–] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I found a bit of plasticine / modeling clay to be very effective.

Because in the rare case that some circuit relies on the led acting as a resistor (planned obsolescence), you'd break the device with forcefully removing it.

(the green part)

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