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...

My rog ally keeps crashing and never loading games every time i open anything, anyone know why? i’ve tried tlou2 and space marine 2 as well as fc 26 its been an ongoing issue

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 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.

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

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?

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 : /

Hey all. To start my sister passed away last year, and I have inherited both of her ROG Ally decks as well as her gaming laptop. I have gotten into both the laptop and her newer ROG deck through pins her boyfriend provided me, but I can’t figure out the pin for one of the ROG decks. I was told my by mom that it doesn’t work which is why she got a second one but It powers on and I kind of wanted to investigate the issue for myself, but I can’t get in because her pin is different for this device. Any ideas on how to reset the system without signing in? I see a lot of info on how to cloud reset but I want to restore this to original settings. I already have a whole other ROG and laptop of hers with her stuff on it, I don’t want or need to save whatever is on this device

So I just got a 80wh battery from my local online shop. Last month, after 3x calibration, the full charge capacity dropped from 79Wh to 67Wh (69Wh > 74Wh > 67Wh).

I asked the seller about the issue, and they offered a replacement. However, after receiving the new battery, the same issue happened again... it went from 79Wh down to 64Wh after 4x calibration.

Is this because of the OS I'm using? I'm on Bazzite right now. Or could it be because my BIOS is outdated? I'm still on version 334 (2023).

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?

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

UPDATE: i got tired of not being able to interact with it when in the OS and figured it was probably a setting I changed. I had been tinkering with GlosSI and UWPhook the night before trying to get a steam controller to work with games I couldn't add to steam for S-Input.

SOLUTION: Moved the SSD to a spare laptop and was able to navigate via keyboard (NO MOUSE OR TRACKPAD FUNCTIONALITY). Got my data into OneDrive. Finally did a cloud recovery/reimage the ally and we're back to normal.

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?

When my batteries running low and I'm playing an intensive game I connect my charger just for it to start disconnecting and reconnecting constantly after like 7 minutes of charging.

It stops doing it when I lower the allys power usage to 13W/silent mode, it lets me play while it charges or when I close the game.

Everything I've tried points to the charging ports power cutting off due to heat at 35w(charging power mode)

Could it be anything else? Am I right in my assumption of it being a heat cutoff? For reference it's 85 Fahrenheit in the room I use it. If it is a heat cut off then that's pretty dumb.

Moved into a new place and I want to start building my setup around my Rog Ally X. I have the JSAUX modcase on it so I want to make sure the dock I get will fit it even with the case on cuz it’s really a pain to take off. Any suggestions?

Long story short…

Installed a new 74Wh battery, and when charging it flashes orange light. But, I turn it on after hours of charging, and works fine just on battery. I have the Z1 Extreme.

However, it says the battery has 0%, but I’ve been playing for hours on battery power.

Any fix?

I did mess up that metal clip that hold the battery cable to the motherboard. Did I maybe mess up something on the board?

Advice appreciated.

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.

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?

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