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How to Hack the Eco-Button to do other things...

How to Hack the Eco-Button to do other things...
This little guide will quickly show you how to make the Eco button do your own bidding!

I got mine with a new AMD Processor

(This Guide is for Windows XP only! )
 
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Step 1Uninstalling the "Eco-Button" Software

Uninstalling the "Eco-Button" Software
If you did not install it, you can just go to the next step!
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30 comments
Nov 17, 2008. 7:27 PMPadlock says:
Thank you!!! I have pondered a way to do this, because the program that comes with it (In my opinion) is so stupid. Why not just put it in hibernate?
Nov 25, 2011. 4:09 AMDatawolf says:
What I loved to do with my PackardBell keyboard was to lock and hibernate. You cannot do that with a standard keyboard. Hopefully with the ecobutton I can hit win+L and then hit the ecobutton.
Aug 3, 2011. 8:30 AMHeyJD says:
And how would I do this on vista? xD
Nov 12, 2009. 8:09 AMecoproducts says:


www.floridaecoproducts.com/Eco-Button-ECOBUTTON.htm


Hi all,

The Eco Button is now available from Florida Eco Products. In stock and ships next day. Thank you, Paul
Apr 22, 2009. 12:24 PMvast says:
If you're lucky with your choice of computer components you might be able to save a lot of power without the eco-button. Normal standby (s1) turns off parts of the computer, but there is a standby mode called 'suspend to RAM' or s3. This turns off many more components, keeping awake little more then the RAM. This can drop the power consumption to just a few watts rather than over 100W for an s1. On my computer it takes about 3 seconds to get into a s3 deep sleep and about 10 seconds to wake again - these being triggered by the sleep & wake keys on the keyboard. Being so quick it's worth doing every time you're away from the computer for more than 10-15 minutes. If you'd excuse the pun - a power nap. So why is s1 not s3 not the default sleep mode on most computers? The deep sleep mode was not all that well supported by components like motherboards, graphics cards, USB hubs etc. Older graphics cards would often not wake with the rest of the computer or, once in deep sleep, the USB hub would not recognise a USB keyboard for the wake signal, etc. Now, more components do support s3 so if you're lucky it might work for you. To try it you'll need to get into your computer's BIOS and in the Advanced Power Management screen, change the s1 sleep state to s3. There might be some other s3 setting there which depend on what's included on your motherboard. (As always with modifying the BIOS settings, make a note of the things you change so that if it does not work you can change it back)
Feb 3, 2009. 9:04 AMsuze61 says:
I just wrote a blog post about the eco button here: http://www,greenpoma.com/blog
and included a discount code for orders.

Apr 22, 2009. 10:58 AMsuze61 says:
or, if you prefer a working link: http://tinyurl.com/d3s6hw
Apr 18, 2009. 12:26 PMvast says:
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Apr 22, 2009. 10:55 AMsuze61 says:
oooh, thanks! thanks very much!!
Apr 4, 2009. 9:05 PMMahavishnuMan says:
Wow. I had never heard about the "eco-button" until this. Just to satisfy my morbid curiosity, I researched it and found that it is nothing more than a thinly-veiled attempt to drum up money. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about conservation, but there's an eco-button on every standard PC keyboard manufactured since 1998 - only it's labeled "sleep". It turns out that, thanks to the advances in energy efficiency championed by both AMD and Intel, quite a few motherboards support undervolting and underclocking. The power management features are a great start, but since this site is all about squeezing out the last bit of performance/efficiency/savings/&c., I think someone (perhaps me) should post an Instructable on the issue. Using CrystalCPUID (a freeware utility for Windows) I have substantially lowered my CPU temperature and power consumption without sacrificing any performance over AMD Cool 'n Quiet's default settings. Actually, the throttling is snappier. Even at full clock, it's still undervolted and gives me a difference of 12 C from stock temperatures. I like to think I'm ACTUALLY doing my part to offset the carbon footprint left by Mr. Al Gore's refrigerator light when he holds the door open in a hazy 4:20 AM munchie binge.
Feb 2, 2009. 2:48 AMjamwaffles says:
er... can someone explain what an eco button does normally? im guessing it simply underclocks the processor from a daemon running, and it might supress some disk writes to save energy that way to. am i spot on or am i not? thanks
Feb 3, 2009. 9:05 AMjamwaffles says:
omg. that is the biggest waste of something vaguely cool since windoze was put on a half decent pc (apologies for the bias here). the button could at least turn off some cores in a multi core pc, or underclock something or minimise disk writes. i mean, how hard can it be?... james
Feb 4, 2009. 8:34 AMjamwaffles says:
that is true, but i reckon someone should come up with an energy saving standard - some interface that allows control of hardware through software/the button of doom or something like that. you could make millions selling the thing to people - C James Waples, 2009 lol. i am astounded that they can give you a button that is supposed to be eco friendly that just wastes a USB port and sleeps your pc. hibernate at least... james
Dec 19, 2008. 8:28 AMmillyan says:
-brilliant idea and so easy
Nov 20, 2008. 8:06 PMw0ot! says:
Well, it only opens a command prompt for me, but I s'pose it'll do.
Nov 18, 2008. 10:27 AMPKM says:
What is this eco-button of which you speak? Where does it come from? Do they come with pre-built AMD computers or something? If it were me I'd have to write some kind of flashy "self-destruct sequence" with sirens and flashing lights... then write "Do not press!" on the button and plug it into someone else's computer...
Nov 18, 2008. 11:50 AMexplosivemaker says:
.....ha ha ha....."push this button for help"......OOHHH NOOO YOUR COMPUTER IS GOING TO EXPLODE!!!!!......
Nov 19, 2008. 1:43 AMhcold says:
Can't you just go into the program properties>shortcut key and then configure it for the Eco-Button? Seems the easiest way. Unless I missed something. However, the writing batch files has a nice script kiddie thing to it.
Nov 18, 2008. 11:26 AMfwjs28 says:
step 4 should be go back not got back
Nov 19, 2008. 3:46 AMKoil_1 says:
This is sweet. It's to bad they don't make input devices like this that are sold separately. Now to make a different cover for it so it doesn't look so off with the computer...
Nov 18, 2008. 12:55 PMLuminousObject says:
This is cool. This would be a good prank to play on someone when they're away from their computer. And I think my dad has one of those. Possibilites...
Nov 18, 2008. 12:13 PMmg0930mg says:
pretty cool. However, what's the eco-button.

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