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I like Asus hardware, but one thing I absolutely dislike from Asus is their Armoury Crate and MyAsus software that is installed on my laptop (ditto for desktops).
I finally found a good replacement, small, free, to the point and easy to use: GHelper.
I'm using this on an Asus ROG Strix G713 (2022 model, AMD 6900HX) and it works beautiful.
Fully opened (showing power profile):
GHelper supports
- RGB lights (I prefer static),
- fan speed control and profiles,
- power (CPU and GPU) profiles and limits (set mine to max),
- battery charge limit.
** Requirements that are probably already installed on your computer,
especially when your computer had Asus stuff installed - I did not need to install either:
- Microsoft .NET7 (link)
- Asus System Control Interface (stays even after MyASUS uninstall) (link)
To install:
1. Remove Asus Armoury Crate and MyAsus
I recommend using the Armoury Crate Uninstall tool (link).
And I used the usual Windows Add/Remove option to uninstall MyAsus.
2. Remove Armoury Crate notification when pressing Armoury Crate key (GHelper actually supports using this button)
Delete or move:
C:\Windows\System32\ASUSACCI\ArmouryCrateKeyControl.exe
3. in BIOS disable Armoury Crate and MyAsus options (sick that this even exists)
Seems per BIOS different, and I found mine under de advanced settings, one to nag about Armoury Crate, and one that tries to install MyAsus.
4. Download and Install GHelper
https://github.com/seerge/g-helper
Tip: Run the "debloat.bat" script as administrator (list in the files on the Github page, and mentioned at the bottom of that page as well).
The content of that script:
sc STOP AsusAppService sc STOP ASUSLinkNear sc STOP ASUSLinkRemote sc STOP ASUSSoftwareManager sc STOP ASUSSwitch sc STOP ASUSSystemAnalysis sc STOP ASUSSystemDiagnosis sc STOP ArmouryCrateControlInterface sc config AsusAppService start= disabled sc config ASUSLinkNear start= disabled sc config ASUSLinkRemote start= disabled sc config ASUSSoftwareManager start= disabled sc config ASUSSwitch start= disabled sc config ASUSSystemAnalysis start= disabled sc config ASUSSystemDiagnosis start= disabled sc config ArmouryCrateControlInterface start= disabled set /p asd="Hit enter to finish"
