Good luck on your quest.
You might want to read the literature again. It was never stated anywhere that this board would run VROC with anything but Intel drives. This argument came up and the wording was changed to make it even more obvious. So long as it works with intel drives you got the "feature". This isnt on ASUS, its on Intel and they got an earful as well on their forums. There is actually quite a bit going on here and a lot of reviewers sites. One reviewer, name slips my mind, ran every possible scenario and published results of what worked and what didn't. I personally tried 960 pros, didnt work...software only. Optane memory modules, work just fine but still too small with 4 drives and still not all that fast. Tried every scenario I could as I was on a quest too. So many different keys were bought by so many people as even the info for what key needed to be used wasn't available and they weren't talking except to say keys will be made available by Intel. Most keys did nothing, wasted money, Saw one member from the middle east that got his hands on a premium key and got the same thing, Intel drives only. I wish it wasnt so but........Just trying to save a fellow enthusiast some cash, headaches, ulcers and blood pressure medication...Maybe even some hair! Would be great to see someone back door Intels lock outs on this. Everyone before failed miserably, me included.
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, I'm not sure about the former” ~ Albert Einstein