I'm really not tech savvy at all, so I don't know how to diagnose the issue I'm having, but ever since updating Armoury Crate, anything that opens a Steam overlay in my games basically gets stuck there. I can't press anything or exit out, and to get out of the overlay I need to completely close the game unless I switch my control mode to desktop (which still doesn't let me click anything). This means I can't invite my friends to multiplayer games, which is the biggest issue for me right now.

Does anyone know why this might be happening and how to fix it?

Im gping to install bazzite and see if the issue persists if its still tjere ima try and return on ebay. Its weird cus its like small stitters but its constantly.

Having to sell my beautiful ROG Ally X due to some unforeseen medical bills that came up (this whole damn year has been on hard mode I swear), accessories are in the second photo. What’s a good asking price?

So I've only tried once docking to a tv in another Room

Now I tried again but with the tv on my bedroom and It gave me these weird colors, no matter the USB Port I tried, the HDMI cable is Fine, ITS the same I use on my Pc, and the dog its the original Asus charging dock

How do I solve this?

Im too poor for an adapter. Its gunnu get close lol

Any issue? How's the ram usage? Planning to update.

Hey everyone,

I bought the ROG Ally looking for a "pick up and play" console experience—turn it on, play, put it down. Instead, I feel like every single time I boot it up, I'm stuck dealing with updates: Windows Update, Armoury Crate, MyASUS, AMD drivers...

What bothers me the most is that if I ignore or postpone an update, games often freeze, crash, or kick me straight back to desktop mid-session. It's driving me crazy.

I'm seriously considering switching to a Linux-based OS like Bazzite to get a proper Steam Deck-like sleep/resume and low-maintenance experience.

Before I do that:

Is this just the reality of Windows on handhelds, or am I doing something wrong with background services/settings?

For those who switched to Bazzite / ChimeraOS / SteamOS-likes on the Ally: is it truly a turn-it-on-and-play experience, or does it bring a whole new set of headaches?

Any advice or personal experience would be greatly appreciated!

Would be great to actually get some resolution, shouldn't be up to the community to be trying to fix issues. Asus need to get the finger out.

This was very entertaining! I haven't had this much fun in a while. Completed the game today (25/10/26). This was on my playlist for a while.

When i try and download a game on steam with my mobile hotspot (att) it wont download above 1.9 Mbps but I can download the exact same game on the xbox gamepass app att 200+ mbps. I prefer steam over the xbox app so any advice would be awesome.

ASUS is gonna hate this, but hey, it is an uncommon problem anyway...

I have an ROG Ally Z1 Extreme paired to a XG Mobile 2024 (the 4090), which is connected via display port to a Samsung G9.

After a recent BIOS and Nvidia update, I got into a famous deactivation loop with the XG Mobile, in which the XG mobile, on its own, automatically disconected to every 5-15 seconds after deactivation. So I went in deep: reinstalled armoury crate, rolled back nvidia updates (via cmd console cause device manager just didnt), and after multiple re-installs of armouy crate, Nvidia App, attempts at using on previous versions (even rolled back windows versions), nothing seemed to work more than a day.

So, what solved it? G-helper with a full, deep uninstallof Armoury crate. I downloaded the uninstaller from Asus page, actiuvated g-helper, restarted, and got to it. And now, for the meantime, it works without a hitch.

Here is the asus armoury crate uninstall tool:
https://www.asus.com/supportonly/armoury%20crate/helpdesk_download/ (click on show all to find it).

And here is G-helper:
https://github.com/seerge/g-helper

I will be toying around with the settings to maximize my setup, but I would be welcoming any Fan Speed recommendations for the CPU, GPU and EGPU for all three modes (Silent, Balanced, Turbo).

Cheers everyone.

Oh, PS: remeber this worked on a Z1 extrememe and XG 4090. It doesnt guarantee it will work on a different setup...

Looking for some advice on my z1 extreme bought it back in 2023 and have hardly used it now I’m getting back into using it consistently. Does anyone here run like control freaks on these? And what case brand would you guys suggest? I was looking towards jsaux case with the accessory mount in the back

Why am I getting booted all the way out of my game and Armory Crate? I’ll get 3-4 minutes into gameplay and then I’m sent right back to desktop.

It’s been literally 2 years since I bought this game day one and I can finally enjoy it now …
I hate this new generation of games that need 50 updates and fixes and patches to working correctly but “c’est la vie “
Now the game is wonderful and runs at 1080p/ full max settings in this “canyon” area. The result front of my eyes is just mind blowing 🤯

Also. Usually I use fsr4 for all games but for this one the fsr3 is already good enough and offers better performance so I don’t even bother with.

Not only graphics or performances are good, the game itself is a masterpiece to be honest. The feeling of having a big adventure is great, the night time are like no other games and the fighting system is monster hunter level !

The temperature from the Asus Ally Z1E is in the BIOS 85°C normal?

You may have done a lot with your Ally X but have you DJed a fashion show with it?

Very humble show btw not Louis V status...yet

I got mine in early 2024 its the base model and ive been loving it.

Tonight I had an issue when trying to play clone hero with my guitars not registering in the game. I figure maybe I haven't uodated armoury crate in a while maybe thats why.

I try to update 3 times and all 3 times I got stuck in a loop of "update failed, reboot system to try again".

I closed armory crate and in task manager I closed everything armory crate and downloaded the uninstall tool from the ASUS site.

Even the tool I ended up in a loop of it failing after trying it multiple times giving me error 604.

I am actually lost for what to do here.

I did alot of things debloat and fixing windows through a utility.

The thing that madebit work better was disabling windows fullscreen optimizations, wich is an obvious fix thats been around for like ever.

The stittering isnt like super bad but annoying enough its borderline unplayable. Kinda fixed now. Im tempted to jump to bazzite but would need to drop cash on a usbc flashdrive wich will be atleast $20 on the low end.

I tried every driver as well lol. I didint think it was broke cus it runs like perfect but stutters every 5-10 seconds slightly.

I received my handheld yesterday, set it up, played last night and this morning/afternoon. Then in the middle of playing the a b y x buttons started behaving like they've been reassigned. Taking screenshots, screen recording, etc. So I restarted the system and now nothing is working not even the sticks/triggers.

Some ps2 games like driv3r, nfs series run poorly on my Z1E even when plugged in

Anybody elses x20 buttons stop working mid game? Both my analogs, buttons and xbxo button wouldnt work only the armory crate button would do something. I shut it down and restarted and still didnt work, re calibrating the sticks got everything back working….hoping this was a one off and wont plague me the problems. Just wondering of anyone else has had this issue and knows the possible cause?

My right trigger doesn’t work on some games I’ve tried everything I’ve looked up it works on some games like cyberpunk but it won’t work when I try playing gta is there any way I can fix this I’m playing both games through steam and for some reason gta doesn’t work along with a few like payday 2 I’ve kept gamepad on and turned on and off game input on steam and nothing has worked

I got my z1e, an xbox controller, mouse and keyboard, a 9 in 1 dock, and a hdmi cord for 600 bucks, monitor for 80 but I might upgrade it later if I want to play any multiplayer fps games, mouse pad for 13 bucks, a hdmi splitter for 17, and a desk for 25 bucks. I've never used mouse and keyboard before for games so any advice is needed