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Questions about ASUS Armour Crate

Discussion in 'Asus' started by Dennismungai, Nov 7, 2018.

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Hello there,

A few hours ago, I came across this article: https://nasilemaktech.com/asus-armoury-crate/

Which mentions a replacement for the ROG control center seen in the current generation ASUS (ROG and TUF-based) notebooks.

An example of a supported model: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-...i7-8750H-GTX-1060-Laptop-Review.346966.0.html

Would this new software work with current generation systems such as the GM501GS? Has anyone here tested it out?

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Update: As documented here: https://www.techpowerup.com/248827/...-push-software-into-your-windows-installation

Motherboards that have this feature enabled have an ACPI table exposed by UEFI to Windows 10, called "WPBT" or " Windows Platform Binary Table", which automatically triggers its' installation on new OS installations. This is similar to Lenovo's misuse of the same feature a while back, though Asus' solution seems to be a bit more polished.

On HTG: https://www.howtogeek.com/226308/th...crapware-can-come-back-after-a-clean-install/

It seems that HP and Dell may have the same ACPI table present in some SKUs: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Aug/61

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