ASUS ROG AZOTH - ASTONISHING PRODUCT BUT **bleep** ARMOURY CRATE ???

[Amiddaru]

Hello everybody,

I bought a Rog Azoth, the keyboard build quality is awesome 😲 but it seems i can t do anything with it to configure it with that wonderfull Armoury Crate Software.

My Setup : 

Motherboard Gygabyte Aorus X570 Elite Updated Bios F38a

CPU Ryzen 9 5900X

Ram 4x8 DDR4 Trident Neo Z

NVME Kingston Fury Renegade PCie Gen 4

Graphic card RTX 3090

First install was on my existing Windows 11. Uninstalled all previous devices drivers then installed Armoury Crate --> Keyboard tab went Error 2006. Tried to uninstall AC with Asus Tool --> Reinstall --> Error 2006 Still.

I watched forum and this was said to install on a fresh install of Windows 11. Did it even if it s unbelievable to have to reinstall an OS for keyboard software... 

Fresh Install

All drivers are up to date

No Gigabyte software or bloatware installed just plain simple drivers

Updated Nvidia drivers

Installation of Armoury Crate also done without the keyboard --> OK

Plugging in ROG Keris Mouse--> OK detected and able to setup it in AC

Plugging Rog Azoth --> AC ask for Framework Keyboard update --> Update done and restart--> Error 2006 on the Keyboard device running in circle each time i try to setup it

Reset of the keyboard (FN+ESC) --> Success but still error 2006

Second Fresh Install 

Same as above but everything plugged from start to finish with the 2 wireless dongle --> Error 2006 on the Azoth

Third Fresh Install

Same as above but plugged in USB C in wired mode --> Error 2006 on the Azoth

My App diag :

Item                       Version    
----                       -------    
Armoury Crate UWP App      5.4.10.0    
ROG Live Service           2.0.6.0    
Aura Service (Lighting Service)  3.06.20    
Armoury Crate lite service  5.4.10      
Aura Wallpaper Service     Non installée
ASUS AURA Extension Card HAL  1.1.0.18    
ASUS Keyboard HAL          1.2.23.0    
ASUS Mouse HAL             1.2.0.58    
KingstonDram               1.1.18      
AURA DRAM Component        1.1.23      
ENE RGB HAL                1.1.40.3    
ENE_EHD_M2_HAL             1.0.10.1    
PHISON HAL                 1.0.9.0    
Patriot Viper DRAM RGB     1.0.9.5    
Patriot Viper M2 SSD RGB   1.1.0.2    
Universal Holtek RGB DRAM  1.0.0.4    
WD_BLACK AN1500            1.0.14.0    

If anyone found a workaroud.... because i think i ve done more than my share to try to troubleshout the problem 😅

That s crazy such a good hardware with such a whimsical software. 🙄

[Nate152]

Oh, sorry to hear you're having an issue.

I just had an update for the ROG Azoth in Armoury Crate,  check for an update and see if this solves the error.

Here are the current versions after the update.

[iNSUFFZ]

My armoury crate is already at 5.4.10.0, I'll try a fresh install once I get my new m2 and see what happens then

[Nate152]

Ok, the update should be for your ROG Azoth, if you didn't get one, we still may be able to fix it by reinstalling Armoury Crate. 

But first, your error message says to disconnect and reconnect your keyboard, to confirm, have you done this?

Disconnect both the cable and the wireless dongle, reconnect them then check again in Armoury Crate.

If you have and it didn't help, try using the Armoury Crate uninstall tool and reinstalling. 

In the link below select your operating system, click "show all" in blue, the uninstall tool is the third download.

Armoury Crate - Support (asus.com)

Once uninstalled, install Armoury Crate version 3.2.5.2 (first download), Armoury Crate will automatically update to 5.4.10.0, then head to the update canter and check for updates.

You can let the cable and wireless dongle connected, with the switch on the ROG Azoth set to wired mode, which is the switch set to the center position when uninstalling/reinstalling.

This is the version I use and everything goes smoothly, your pc may reboot a time or two during the uninstall/reinstall.

Let me know how it goes after trying this.

[Amiddaru]

Don t hesitate also to switch back and forth between wired and wireless while clicking update firmware. 

That s how i ended up having it successfull.