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    How to disable/change Asus M6N extra buttons?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by donnadie, Jul 27, 2004.

  1. donnadie

    donnadie Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was wondering if anyone knew how to turn off or change the function of either the quicklaunch buttons at the top or the Audio DJ buttons on the side? Any suggestions would be great.
     
    donnadie, Jul 27, 2004
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  2. highlandsun

    highlandsun Notebook Evangelist

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    If you stop the HControl.EXE process then all of the buttons will be disabled.

    If you want to change what the buttons do, you'll need to figure out the code inside the Hcontrol program; it talks to the ATKACPI device driver and there are several commands it receives from the driver to tell it that buttons have been pushed. It then kicks off the appropriate program to take action.

    There seem to be more functions inside HControl than we have buttons for, I found the string "notepad.exe" inside there and I'm sure we don't have a button to quicklaunch notepad. Dunno, haven't got the time to look any further.
     
    highlandsun, Jul 30, 2004
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  3. pstrisik

    pstrisik Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm looking at the Asus USA site and the M6 page.

    Here's the link:
    http://usa.asus.com/products/notebook/m6series/m6000n/m6000n_overview.htm

    If you use the "explore" thingy and look at the left side of the machine, all the way towards the front, there is a switch that is labeled "Audio DJ Power Switch". Does this turn off those pesky buttons???

    Someone with one of these machines please check and let us know!!

    .....Peter
     
    pstrisik, Aug 3, 2004
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  4. Underpantman

    Underpantman Notebook Virtuoso

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    no this button enables the cd/dvd drive to be used without powering up the os. ie so you can listen to CDs.
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    :)
     
    Underpantman, Aug 3, 2004
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