r/ROGAlly • • 10d ago

Monthly What Are You Playing / Flex Scheduled Post - October 05, 2026

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This is our monthly thread to discuss what games you are playing right now. Share what you are playing, how it is playing, etc.


r/ROGAlly • • 17d ago

Mod Notice Should the mods of this sub allow posts from launcher developers

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The mods of this sub have been getting a lot of reported posts about various launchers being promoted - some of those devs have since been banned for violating our few rules we have about this such as that they must be open source or only made available on trusted paid platforms (Microsoft Store or Steam). We do not allow patreon and we frown upon the vibe created platforms using nothing but AI code. The three that have received approval to post are Winhanced, Pocketdeck, and Zendeck. No others have reached out for review.

So we open up to you guys - what do you want us to allow or not allow.

300 votes, 10d ago
139 Allow developers to post launchers freely (following rules noted above)
8 Allow only the previously mentioned launchers to post and restrict any others
45 Don’t allow any developers to post these launchers
105 Mods create a megathread and restrict launcher posts and updates to the megathread
3 Other (in the comments)

r/ROGAlly • • 3m ago

Discussion Who else rocking the OG Z1E? Just got mine yesterday with 1tb ssd and 80wah battery, loving it!

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Playing everything I throw at it, I have a 5080 desktop for any heavy games but laying in bed playing FC27, undisputed, PGA, rocket leauge man I should of got one earlier lol


r/ROGAlly • • 4h ago

HELP Help My ROG Ally fans suddenly started making a weird noise and my games are running slower

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I just got home from work and grabbed my ROG Ally to play some games. Suddenly, I started hearing this weird noise, and I noticed that the games I launched were running much slower than usual.
Everything was working fine before, so I’m not sure what happened. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Does anyone know what could be causing it?

ps: I did clean the fans but it still does the noises


r/ROGAlly • • 13h ago

Technical Tried to replace my thermal paste with ptm7950, stuck with stripped screw

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I tried to replace the thermal paste with ptm7950

My temps were 85 at 15w and 95 at 20w, 2 fans in max

What should I do to continue in this repair?


r/ROGAlly • • 14h ago

Discussion Switch to Rog Z1

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I switched from a switch lite to an asus rog ally z1 extreme, I've upgraded the battery to 74wh and ssd to 2tb, OMG, big f*skin change, I love it and all the differences are significantly noticeable, I'm glad I made the switch, i have 15 AAA games and still have 1.2TB left. I'm sooooo happy about the switch.


r/ROGAlly • • 1d ago

News New BIOS update for the ROG Ally X

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'New function of Audio' is listed in the changes, but there's no additional detail as to what this actually means.


r/ROGAlly • • 10h ago

Discussion armory crate update

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Hey guys

I had checked my armory crate today and there's update you can download but you can't install it dose anyone know about it?


r/ROGAlly • • 9h ago

Video Rog ally x RB stuck down

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I have tried removing the screws and taking apart but the top 5 screws refuse to come out idk what to don


r/ROGAlly • • 4h ago

HELP Preset TDP help

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So I just got a rog xbox ally x earlier this month. I've completely reset windows and Uninstalled armory crate and reinstalled, and still nothing.

On all the preset tdp settings the fans do not turn on at all. Ends up getting really hot and thermal throttling. however in custom, the fans work perfectly fine. I've tried everything possible found on Google and still nothing. Using custom is fine but being able to one click ajust the tdp would be nice.

I also wanted to ask others that have the same device what kinda frames there getting cause it seems low to me.

Baldurs gate 3 (act 1) no matter my settings cannot get past a steady 45 frames. And exactly the same for destiny 2. Both can reach like 55 and occasionally 60 frames but it's like i can put ultra settings and get around 30fps, or super performance everything on low and 720p and only get like a 10-15 frame boost. Im running 8gb Vram.

Every possible update has been updated and my TDP in manual i set to 35 just to see what frames I can get. And it's super good temps too, im at like 60c-up to like 78c absolutely maxed out as I can.


r/ROGAlly • • 5h ago

Question I tried everything to play theif deadly shadows and can't get the ps4 controller to work on it from my pc. I've tried ds4 and steam input and downloaded the patch, no luck. Only can move left Joy stick and touch pad look around. Games boots with no issues.

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r/ROGAlly • • 5h ago

HELP Recent updates did not fix Doom 3 on XBOX PC

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The game launches, and then crashes. It has done this ever since I got my XAX.


r/ROGAlly • • 13h ago

Question Rog Ally X (2024) to X20 (2026) drive swap possible?

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Tomorrow's the day! I'm switching from the original X to the X20 coming out, and I'm wanting to see if I can just take my SSD from one to the other without issue. I'm sure I'll have to update some drivers and things, but it's a 4TB and I don't want to have to wipe the drive first if possible. Any assistance is appreciated!


r/ROGAlly • • 1d ago

Discussion Hospital recovery fun

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This lil machine has been a life saver whilst recovering in hospital for a week. Playing my childhood favourite games has been so much fun!~ where have you all used yours?


r/ROGAlly • • 1d ago

Photo Had a long day of flying including a three hour layover.... How do people survive without a rog ally?

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My favorite game of all time is Satisfactory.


r/ROGAlly • • 1d ago

Technical The Most Common Hardware Failure on ROG Ally Xs (2024)

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I repair a lot of these gaming handhelds, ROG Allys especially. I wanted to highlight the most common hardware failure I see on these in case you find yourself in a similar situation as my customer here.

If you find your Ally X throwing a “hot USB port” error, inconsistent charging, or no power after letting the battery drain fully then it’s likely your unit has this issue. One, two, or more of these charge circuit related MOSFETs fail internally in a way that cause these problems. It’s simple enough to diagnose and fix.

Pic 1: These are typically the components I see typically go. Sometimes it’s all 4, just 1, maybe 2, etc.

Pic 2: My customer’s repair ticket. Gives some context behind what led up to the issue.

Pic 3: a thermal cam POV, an easy way to diagnose is seeing if the FET produces a significant heat signature. You can also use your fingers (ouch) or spray some isopropyl alcohol (91% or higher).

Pic 4: DMM testing. Another more accessible way to test is just to see if you have a continuous or near continuous path between the MOSFETs drain and source. That 0.003 reading is indicative of a faulty chip.

Pic 5: Just a photo of my replacing the components.

Pic 6: With the 65W charger connected and powering on the device we can see that the MOSFETs are no longer generating a heat signature indicating an internal fault. Off camera I also see that the ammeter is showing a steady high charge current.

Feel free to reach out with any questions! I made a short video showcasing this particular repair if you’re interested:

https://youtube.com/shorts/qRNQ84BXxGk?is=NGT9sr1xlswU5RTU


r/ROGAlly • • 12h ago

HELP Rog ally keeps restarting?

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I've updated all possible drivers / updates in windows, myasus , and armoury crate alongside turning off fast startups. It can happen once booting up the ally or mid game. Any possible solutions for this?


r/ROGAlly • • 1d ago

Question Hello, the update won't install—how can I fix this? Thanks for the reply.

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r/ROGAlly • • 20h ago

Discussion Rog ally Cooling tips

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Hi,

Can someone share their fan curve. I am thinking of 22w as that is the sweet spot I think but just want to check what will be the best fan curve to get most cooling as I am using a pre-installed one and it is not that great.

The game which I play is emulato and some crysis, story games & racing games


r/ROGAlly • • 13h ago

HELP I've been having issues with unity games launching on my Rog ally

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Just wondering if anyone is able to help as I've tried a bunch of things and none have worked so far

I've been playing slime rancher 2 the past few weeks on my Rog ally through steam and everything's been fine until today. When I tried opening it today I got a pop up saying "Fatal Error: Failed to load il2cpp" and a notification from windows defender saying it blocked the GameAssembly dll file .

After checking windows defender, turning ALL the options off and adding the games folder to exclusions (as well as the steamapps common folder where all my steam games are downloaded and the dll file extension) I tried again. No luck

I deleted the game assembly file and reinstalled it by verifying the files on steam. This also didn't work. Tried again after deleting and reinstalling the whole game to similar results.

Updated windows and whatever needed updating through armour crate.

I tried updating/repairing visual c++

I ran both the game and steam as administrator

tried creating another windows profile because I saw that might work.

Nothing I've tried has worked and I genuinely don't know what else to do, just wondering if anyone else has ran into this issue or if anyone has any ideas. Thank you 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️


r/ROGAlly • • 16h ago

Gaming Minecraft controller

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Hello everyone.

I’ve recently been playing Minecraft with my girlfriend ( bedrock gamepass) I’m on my ps5, and she uses my Rog Ally. It’s been working fine for months, then last night we were having problems with her accidentally tapping the screen and Minecraft would resort back to the touchscreen controls.

After fooling around with settings trying to disable the screen to prevent that from happening, after I thought I had solved it, I realized the controller no long responds correctly to inputs on Minecraft. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the controller working correctly again. I can look around, raise my shield, but cannot walk, move or do anything else.


r/ROGAlly • • 13h ago

Technical If i update my BIOS via flash usb. With SteamOS installed Will this Break it?

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i have steam os installed on rog ally z1 extreme. i know how to flash the bios since ive done it in the past when i was on windows via the BIOS.

but now im on steam os with secure boot disabled etc. if i flash my bios will it turn on secure boot? and maybe corrupt my drive since its steam os?


r/ROGAlly • • 20h ago

Question Mouse & keyboard

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Good morning, everybody. I have a quick question so when your handheld rog alley PC goes off when you're not using it and your wireless mouse and keyboard are connected to the PC wen you click or tap on either your mouse or your keyboard does your handheld PC rog ally come on because mine doesn't cause I got the handheld?

I'm just asking, because before my handheld PC used to come on, when I would on a key on my keyboard, or when I click my mouse and move it around now, it's not


r/ROGAlly • • 16h ago

Question I need a little help for desktop mode please

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Hey all I been trying play my games on tv more as my eyes are getting worse. I bought a jsaux dock abd I have tried two separate cables one is offcial 100 watt from Asus and then one that came with the ally. I got z1 exstreme. But for whatever reason with same specs and resolution the console lags really bad on the tv could that be a dock going bad and bo putting enough power to ally. Anyone reccomend a better dock thanks.


r/ROGAlly • • 1d ago

Question Installing bnet installer on steamos

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Hi guys. Picked up a ally z1 extreme for £280 from ebay. I'm looking to play wow forever when its released , am i able to get the installer if i replace windows with steamos?