GIGABYTE Aorus Sensor Panel and Display User Guide
- June 1, 2024
- Gigabyte
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GIGABYTE Aorus Sensor Panel and Display
How To Load the AORUS Sensor Panel Skin?
To use the AORUS sensor panel and display it on your secondary screen, follow the steps below to complete the required settings.
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Set up the secondary display
Once you have connected the secondary screen, make sure to arrange your displays correctly.
Right-click on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and select Taskbar Settings. Under Taskbar behaviors, uncheck Show my taskbar on all displays.
Then, right-click on the desktop and select Display settings. Drag and drop each display to rearrange them according to their physical layout on your desktop. Make sure Extend these displays is selected.
Tip: You can use a third-party app to lock the mouse to your primary screen . -
Download, install, and tune HWiNFO and Rainmeter
Before installing the AORUS Sensor Panel, install the two applications first. Visit the official websites of the three applications and download the latest version.-
HWiNFO (https://www.hwinfo.com/)
Configure HWiNFO64
Open the System tray on the taskbar corner, right-click on the “HWiNFO64” icon and then select Settings.
Configure HWiNFO64 with the recommended options as shown. Note: You need to re-enable the Shared Memory Support option in HWiNFO64 every 12 hours or you can install HWiNFO64 Pro.
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Rainmeter
Configure Rainmeter
Open the System tray on the taskbar corner, right-click the “Rainmeter” icon to display the Manage Rainmeter window. Before you load the AORUS Sensor Panel skin, you can clear the default skins in the top-right corner. Unload the default skins by right-clicking on each of the windows and selecting Unload skin.
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Download and install the AORUS Sensor Panel Skin
Visit the GIGABYTE website and download the AORUS Sensor Panel skin (https://www.gigabyte.com/FileUpload/Global/KeyFeature/2496/innergigabyte/download /AORUS-Sensor-Panel.rmskin.zip).
Install the AORU Sensor Panel and you will see the installed AORUS skin listed on the left-hand side panel of the Manage Rainmeter window.
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Load the AORUS Sensor Panel Skin on Rainmeter
To correctly display the AORU Sensor Panel, be sure to do the following steps.
Step 1 : Open HWiNFO64. Go to Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\AORUS\@Resources, launch HWiNFOSharedMemoryViewer.exe and open the Notepad file named Titles, Meters and Icons.
Step 2 : On the HWiNFO Shared Memory Viewer window, look for and select the GPU sensor. Under the Sensor Details section, copy the ID in the Instance column and paste it to replace the original value in “GPUHWiNFOSensorInstance” on the Notepad window. Save the changes to Notepad and close.
Step 3: On the Manage Rainmeter window, double-click the AORUS skin folder to expand and select the “.ini” file.
Click the Load button on the right to load AORUS Sensor Panel skin.
Step 4: Once the AORUS Sensor Panel appears on the desktop, you can drag it to your secondary display
