How do i turn off the annoying internal lights on my PC?

Factual Questions
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Hello guys and girls and others.

I have a PC that i bought maybe 5-6 year ago. It is situated im my bedroom, so that i can access SD quickly and easily. TBH i probably use it most for listening to podcasts while trying to sleep.

But one annoying thing about this sort of gaming PC is that its got a glass window on its side (the one pointing at me) which has a light show of sorts going on. Sort of the Aurora Borealis insidce my bedroom.

I was wondering f there is any way to turn this off completely, ive tried to look around in the windows settings , but to no avail.

Here is my DXdiagnosis of my PC if it helps:
System Information

  Time of this report: 11/16/2023, 05:21:52
         Machine name: DESKTOP-4US955H
           Machine Id: {C05D266E-CCDA-4751-A8A6-52D5A237AE78}
     Operating System: Windows 10 Education 64-bit (10.0, Build 19045) (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
             Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
  System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
         System Model: System Product Name
                 BIOS: 1302 (type: UEFI)
            Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHz (6 CPUs), ~3.7GHz
               Memory: 32768MB RAM
  Available OS Memory: 32684MB RAM
            Page File: 11648MB used, 25899MB available
          Windows Dir: C:\Windows
      DirectX Version: DirectX 12
  DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     User DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
   System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
      DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
             Miracast: Available, with HDCP

Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DirectX Database Version: 1.0.8
DxDiag Version: 10.00.19041.3636 64bit Unicode

So do i have to do the dirty work of going into the bios? Id hate to do that since im scared of it honestly.

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Did you look to see if they’re plugged into the wiring?

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Im not a technolgy wizard, what is connected to what did you say?

4

The light show. Look inside the case to see where the lights are. They might just be strips that are plugged into the wiring or motherboard.

5

God, please make this easier :wink:

I really dont want my hands inside the PC, I WILL shortcut or fumble my way into a non functioning PC :slight_smile:

I was thinking there is a software solution to this, BIOS or otherwise

Im pretty sure the lights are software controlled

6

Call a friend who can look inside for you. Or take it to a local store or repair shop. You could tape a piece of cardboard over the window.

7

Maybe post close up pics of the light fixtures?

Or simply cover the window with card.

8

There doesn’t seem to be one single way to do this. (Back when I had a case with lights, they were “dumb”, no software or BIOS control at all.)

I would suggest this for the window.

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could ofcourse put a piece of cardboard to cover the “window”, but my curiousity got the better of me.

10

Can you take a clear picture of the inside of your PC?

Typically, “light show” stuff is associated with gamer-oriented gear. It may be from the motherboard, or a heatsink, or an external cooler, or some other things. It may be from brands like Corsair, Thermaltake, and others. They typically have an app you can install to control the lights, but we’d need to know what you have to suggest the right tool.

ETA: Is it a well-known brand of gaming PC, like Alienware? If so, they may have their own tool.

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Usually you can do this in the BIOS (or UEFI these days).

Sometimes it can be done via apps in Windows.

Depends on the machine. We do not have enough detail to say.

12

Im not allows to embed media picture in my post by SD, but i do have pictures if anyone would like to see them in another venue

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Post them on imgur and link to them.

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Does this work? Pictures look like something out of Alien, but i promise its just a light eminating from my PCs perhaps motherboard

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No, you need to paste the link to the photo…

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If it is proper RGB, this should be the case. Though there are sometimes PCs that don’t actually plug the RGB into the proper headers. These however usually have buttons that you can use to turn them off.

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It seems to be coming from the motherboard, so i assume the solution lies in the BIOS

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That link does not work (nothing there).

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If the links dont work, any ideas of other places i can post my pics?