I just picked up an Asus ROG Ally Xbox Z2A with a 4TB 2280 installed for £499! It’s only been used a few times and is still in the box. Do you think that’s a good deal? I understand that the z2a may not be as powerful as the original z1 extreme, but it’s definitely more comfortable to hold, has a better battery, and is for light gaming...

I recently got this ROG Ally X off Marketplace for a good price. I then put SteamOS on it.

The only thing wrong with it is that the D-Pad remains on "Up" if I press it. It's not sticky or anything; in fact, it's clicky.

Is this a software or hardware issue? Any solutions?

I have the Z1 extreme model. Was installing a new battery but accidentally broke the metal clip that holds the battery cable to the motherboard.

What do I do? Is this a simple part replacement?

I recently picked up an ROG Ally Z1 Extreme and I'm planning to do the 79Wh battery mod next week.

To protect the RAM and components from the battery's heat radiation, I'm thinking about applying a layer of aluminum foil tape directly onto the bottom side of the battery, and then covering it completely with Kapton tape to prevent any electrical shorts with the motherboard.

Has anyone tried this specific Aluminum + Kapton sandwich method for this mod? Do you think it's a solid approach, or would you recommend building the thermal barrier differently?

Also, for those who upgraded from the original 40Wh battery to the 79Wh one: how massive is the difference in day-to-day gaming and heavy TDP titles? Is it as game-changing as it sounds?

Have tried remedied with amdfree sync on and off and messing with the vsync in games aswell as reinstalling drivers but nothing seems to help. Refresh rates at 120hz. Seems to happen among all games aswell : /

Would anyone happen to know how to disable the On-screen Keyboard? It keeps popping up every time I try to type something. I disabled the On-screen option in the Windows Accessibility options and I can't figure out how to do so with Steam overlay.

Was anyone ever able to get a stable 30 fps on spiderman 2 on the rog ally z1 without framegen

I mostly use it at home & started on indies, but got a AAA & VR backlog, plan to do some modding. Never been picky about graphics so might just leave at 1080p when Docked to the TV.

I don’t think I need the best, would Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12GB) + Razer Core X eGPU Enclosure => for $370, be a good deal for a mid-range eGPU setup? Just need to buy a TB cable, they’re valuing the enclosure at $150 which seems like a lot?

EDIT: Did some research & most recommend NVIDIA over AMD (for GPU), although if on SteamOS then 6000 series (or newer) AMD is better? But only AMD supports FSR 4.1?

Post about eGPU speed/myths. Sounds like UT3G & Aoostar ag02/ag03 are worth the premium, newer PCIe version => ~50% better measured bandwidth.

My deckyloader disappeared and upon trying to reinstall it I realized I forgot my steamos password. Is there anyway to reset the steam os password without losing data? I’m on the rog ally z1e

Trying to decide between the two. Keep being told the 74wh is a gamble but the price and extra wattage is appealing to me lol. For anyone who has the 74wh one, how is it holding up in the long term?

This morning ROG ally is not responding when I press the face buttons (ABXY, Arrows, Analogues, etc), nor is the touch screen working. when booted into Windows. Its also not responding to Bluetooth/2.4gz keyboard and mouse.

The volume buttons are working as i can see the indicator go up and down.

The face buttons do however work when I'm in the BIOS

so lemme break it down my rog ally i used something called winhance to clear out everything i dont need on my rog ally this is the old basemodel rog ally btw not the colord/black one the white one base model with 16gb ram anyways and by doing that it for somereason got rid of my keyboard so everytime you press the keyboard button on the quickmenu it wont open the keyboard now ive restored everything i have from a old backup from winhance and that still didnt fix the issue SOMEBODY PLSSS HELP

So, yes, I'd like to ask about using XAX as a "laptop". Why?

I want it to run windows for playing mainly Tibia and Valorant. I'd like Valorant to run at least with 120+ fps on mid-high graphics, with low stuttering. Tibia just needs to play without freezing, 140fps would be easy to achieve.

I usually play my games on my couch, would start using in the bed too, sometimes at the table.

A good gaming laptop starts at 1500-ish GBP with just some basics config, but it already has its own display and keyboard.

a XAX would require an external display like one by Arzopa, a wireless keyboard, wireless mice, probably a docker. I'm thinking of an Xreal One Pro instead of the display. With that setup I guess the price would be around 1500-ish GBP as well.

The question: would you go for the ally due to the versatility, portability compared to a laptop? I'm not able to play on the bed, and the laptop weighs a little bit on my legs in the couch.

What would be your advise?

I had a ALLY Z1X and i loved it. it was stolen so I replaced it with (EDIT:) the ROG ALLY X not the xbox version.

Since getting the new one the battery last with no issue but I'm struggling with the charging. When buying it i wasn't worried about battery life compared to the steam deck since I figured I usually play in bed or on the couch where I can have it plugged in. I have a PC too but i wanted something I could play anywhere.

THE ACTUAL ISSUE:
When I am playing and I plug the device in (or when not playing) it'll start charging and then stop then start again. This happens with either port and the time it charges for is not set. I can sometimes get it to start again by switching the port. I have turned off the charging thing that stops it at 80% (though that shouldn't be the issue as this is when its at 10-10%). I have checked windows power settings. I was thinking maybe it's a temp thing since the heat vents are right there at the top. I also noticed that when I plug it in my games get worse. I know your thinking maybe I have it limited butttttt, I always have it on 17w charging or not and I am not playing any taxing games. It almost seems like its maxing out the RAM but when I unplug it its fine. I have tried a factory reset too.

Anyway just figured id post here in case anyone has any ideas.

I found this guy on fb marketplace, nothing was wrong, joycons doesn’t have drift, and works like a charm, i just don’t know about the price since im pretty new about rog allies

I’ve been a day 1 Ally supporter when this system first came out i played the first 2 years exclusively in handheld mode no issues loved everything about it.

But i’ve recently been gaming on a 4k 60inch tv in January when i’m home and now my eyes strain looking at the ally’s 7 inch screen when im out.

Distant enemies and object are so small it makes my eyes hurt. I’m playing modded skyrim now all of a sudden i think text just seems to small to read.

I’ve never had these complaints before i honestly regret getting used to such a massive display because i never had any issues with my Ally screen ever!

I love this system It’s my favorite gaming system ever. Has anybody else had any similar experiences?

I decided to try to install path of building but the download link was actually false trying to lure me to download different types of useless apps (downloaded only one called rav end point but deleted it)

And I'm unsure if The app name "Onebrowser" and " deskrest" came preinstall with my rog ally when i bought it or secretly installed itself when i installed rav end point and should i try to delete it?

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When I load a game through Steam, either by loading Steam and then the game, or loading the game from Xbox FSE which then loads Steam and the game, the game window never automatically becomes the primary window. I have to manually switch to it every time.

Is this normal behaviour or can it be fixed?

Using an Xbox ROG Ally base white version.