How to Fix ROG Aura Sync not seeing other devices :-
Before carrying out this fix remove existing Aura & Aura Service (lightingservice) via control panel,
goto your current lightingservice installer folder, open command prompt in the aac folder (I used LightingService 1.07.60)
/Lighting_Control_1.07.60/LightingService/aac
The following fix is used if the VGA rgb is not showing as a example, the same fix applies to all missing devices, only the GUID you look for is different and the exe you run,
In command prompt do :-
AacVGASetup -install -log log.txt
Follow the screen prompts,
Now if you get a Error when trying to install this is good, it mean this is the cause of the issue.
Open log.txt in a text editor
in log .txt look for detected related package , copy the GUID with out { and } and then load regedit
[4FB4:4FB8][2019-12-23T03:22:54]i103: Detected related package: {CF8E6E00-9C03-4440-81C0-21FACB921A6B}, scope: PerMachine, version: 3.3.43.0, language: 1033 operation: Downgrade
[4FB4:4FB8][2019-12-23T03:22:54]i103: Detected related package: {0E536061-3B55-4D45-BF58-0BDA261C94B0}, scope: PerMachine, version: 3.3.70.0, language: 1033 operation: Downgrade
in regedit edit click CTRL+f for search , paste the first GUID listed as "Detected Related package' in to search ,
Delete each occurrence of that GUID,
When you get to the end do the same with any other GUID listed in log.txt
Once you have removed the GUID install ID's for the hardware not showing repeat the above install procedue with a new log file eg:-
if i was doing Motherboard drivers for example and have already removed the GUID's (example guid 0E536061-3B55-4D45-BF58-0BDA261C94B0 )
I will now re-install the drivers from the same driver pack (eg stick with drivers from one version)
AacMBSetup -install -log-new.txt
open the new log file and make sure it does not say "Detected related package" anywhere, if it does then repeat the GUID deleting with the listed GUID from the log file, only ones next to "Detected related package" ,
The reason the system cannot find other Aura sync devices is because of mis-matched drivers being installed ,
Version 1.05 and 1.06 don't use this driver method so lightingserver.exe reports the correct hardware but wont accept input from Armoury crate but will from Aura application,
Fix for Blocked Exe warning, cannot uninstall warning driver version 1.07.22/1.07.35/1.07.35/1.07.57 are not signed so windows will not allow you to run the executable(Do not install these versions) , you will get a blocked file warning,
to fix this :-
Click windows key and type command prompt, right click on command prompt and select run as administrator ,
in prompt type
control.exe
and then click programs/uninstall programs and then remove Aura and Arua Service
close control panel.
I have been able to apply this fix repeatably to many systems, You have to make sure to remove all the guid's for the drivers in aac folder one by one, once removed you can install that driver pack normally and upgrade normally.
Removing the GUID allows the wix installer to overwrite newer versions with the older one which normally does not happen resulting in mis-matched versions between drivers (the drivers in aac folder not the Lightingserver which talks to those drivers)
Once you have reinstalled your working Aura sync and checked it's showing your devices then you can install armoury crate utility from Asus site.
Couple Of notes:Once you have removed all the Aac based drivers you can reboot, this should flush lighting service out but I have applied the fix many times without and it functioned right away, no reboot.
You can delete the Lastprofile.xml before installing Aura (which in turn installs lightingservice) , when you install Aura this file should reappear, it's a text file you can open and it should list all your devices found, this is a after effect file and has no bearing on what the system sees so replacing this file with one from a working system fixes nothing, you have to remove & reinstall the aac drivers for versions 1.7.60 and higher to function correctly in Armoury crate ,
Enjoy your Fixed for good Aura Sync/Armoury Crate
darkspr1te