What Is ROG KeyBot?

Fancy a free keyboard upgrade? KeyBot is a custom designed hardware IC included on on all ROG Maximus VII motherboards. It means any regular USB gaming keyboard can activate some of the special functions of ROG motherboards, perform key macros and multimedia functions. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="595" caption="The KeyBot IC"][/caption] You can find the KeyBot IC on the easily on back of the Hero, Ranger and Gene and it can be turned on/off via the button on the front. [caption id="attachment_32049" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="The KeyBot can be turned on/off via the button on the motherboard"][/caption] Using the dedicated USB port, KeyBot allows wake-up from S5 and boot into one of three different modes: CPU Level UP, XMP or DirectKey into the BIOS. With the corresponding Windows software, the F1-10 keys can be assigned to custom key macro's, shortcuts or functions. The software design has also been unified to match other new and upgraded ROG software.