ASUS ROG Ally units may have a major hardware fault — here's why

[Windows Central]

Several reports have surfaced offline, pinpointing a hardware flaw in the ASUS ROG Ally. Users have indicated it's breaking their SD cards, believing overheating is the main cause of this problem.

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[Thretosix]

I hope they figure this out. The ROG Ally is looking pretty nice. I'm not a fan of handhelds, this unit may change my mind.

 

[1078mac]

Hasn't happened here yet, but it does get pretty warm on some titles so certainly seems possible. I keep having the on screen keyboard pop up randomly after games covering the crate software. It's all doable and gaming is great, but just not as slick as steam deck interface. I remind myself deck had a ton of issues initially and still has some here and there. However I don't blame windows for these flaws anymore than I blame Linux for the deck interface working better. I means Linux doesn't have a set gaming interface either. Valve made it happen. So really it's on Asus to improve the consistency of their software Oh and I updated the SSD to 2tb and it was the fastest hardware fix I have ever done. Reinstalling everything was super easy due to Asus' cloud recovery as well

 

[dirtyvu]

I hope they figure this out. The ROG Ally is looking pretty nice. I'm not a fan of handhelds, this unit may change my mind.

I've been loving the ROG Ally, having played with it about 3 hours a day for 2 weeks.

Battery is not amazing but it's not bad either. If you want a marathon session only on battery, this isn't the machine but then again, play a AAA title on other portables, you won't get great battery life either.

I can't imagine having games on SD cards as SD cards are slower than the SSD. But I guess for those want that, you might have to worry. I have Xbox Game Pass Ultimate so I have no issues with dumping and adding games frequently.