ROG Connect And RC Bluetooth Guide

ROG Connect

This is a guide to show you step by step how to setup your ROG Connect and RC Bluetooth. For those of you that don't know about ROG Connect, its pretty much the coolest invention ever! You can remotely control and overclock your system on the hardware level. There is no software tweaking through windows OS, everything is handled directly on the iROG chip changing settings in the BIOS real time!

ROG Connect is pretty straight forward: Download the latest ROG Connect software and install it on your netbook or notebook. connect the ROG Connect USB cable from the notebook and to the ROG connect USB port:

Here we have a Crosshair IV Extreme, but it will work on all models with ROG Connect support. Before opening the ROG Connect application, you need to press the ROG Connect button. It will light up green when on. Then go ahead and open up the program on your notebook and you are ready to go.

As you can see here, we have changed the value of the CPU bus speed to 214, then hit apply.

And here is our result. This app is in the AI SUITE II. It can also be verified through CPU-Z.

ROG Connect features and functions:

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RC Bluetooth

Note that RC Bluetooth only comes in the ROG Extreme models such as the Maximus III Extreme, Rampage III Extreme, Crosshair IV Extreme, and Maximus IV Extreme.

In this setup, we will show you how to connect using an Android phone. First you should download the latest drivers from the ASUS support site.

If you have an Android phone, you should download the program called Astro file manager from the marketplace (it's free!)

Be sure to have the Bluetooth module on your Extreme board:

We will attempt to transfer your RC Connect files to your phone over Bluetooth, so add new connection:

Be sure to have your phone on discovery mode:

Find your phone from the search results:

Click on wireless transfer:

Click on your phone:

Add in the entire zip file. Attempting to just add the apk file will not transfer:

Accept the file transfer:

Which leads to:

Success!

Open the folder:

Open the Android folder:

Click on the install file:

Then install:

Before you open the app, be sure to turn on the RC Connect button which should light up blue. You do NOT need to turn on the ROG Connect button.

Once the ROG app installs, open the app and press the settings button. Click on devices:

you should be able to find RC bluetooth and connect to it.

If all goes well, you should be connected and should see this menu pop up. you are not connected.

here are some shots in action. changing the bus speed to 207MHz and adjusting the CPU speed in real time on the system through the hardware.

And the result:

Other things you can monitor through your droid:

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And adjust your display settings:

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Let us know how you get on in the forums and on ROG Facebook!

This article was originally written by Brian @ ASUS.