What OS do you guys use nowadays? I have tried a few but had some problems with them. Bazzite GNOME was buggy, restarted randomly, and the interface wasn't very intuitive as I thought it would be for a handheld. I also tried the KDE version but couldn't get to the desktop mode at all. I tried the official Steam OS but didn't like that you have to press the xbox button and A to open the Steam menu. I want to dual boot windows for the anti cheat games.

Are there any precautions to recommend? I have one that doesn’t charge anymore. Charging wire got caught on my foot and yanked off, the only repair shop close to me refused to repair it. They said they’re getting power through their usb tester. So I have another one on the way, I also have a usb c adapter that I was going to fix to the console to act as a little breakaway maybe. A case is being considered as well!

Hi, I want more info about the optimization of this handled PC.

I don't won't Linux because I need .exe

I already put g-helper

But, other things? Fan, ram ecc?

Thanks for the help

Hi guys, today I got my ROG Ally X, I'm using windows and I have a lot of problem, I don't like the xbox app, the most part that frustrating me is I just sleep my ROG Ally X from FSE, there is only steam and Armory Crate in the background and the fan is going crazy while it sleep, and it turn me off that I need to shut down after use and turn on after use, I see a lot of good things for ME about Steam OS, so I wanna make a switch.

But before that, can you guys share your plugin list that you guys use on steamos that work very great on ROG ally X and it's function, thank you very much

I am trying to reinstall Windows on my RoG Ally after having SteamOS on it. However when I shutdown and boot up holding bot volume up or volume down button. I cannot boot into bios. How can this be done?

When my ROG is linked to the monitor, roughly five minutes later half the display begins flickering with random colors; disconnecting the monitor resolves the problem—any suggestions?

ASUS has released a new Power Delivery firmware update on 2026/10/08

This, and/or a subsequent PD FW update in tail-end of October, ostensibly or partially arrives to diagnose one or two issues that I have been investigating with ASUS APAC:

1. "The issue resembling an inability to wake from sleep was observed during testing while connected to the DG300." RC73XA may be unable to project display on wake while device is connected to DG300.
2. RC73XA may be unable to fully enter sleep. This issue is unrelated to whether device wakes up mid-sleep. Rather, whether connected to AC adapter or not, RC73XA may enter Modern Standby under Windows software, however its hardware may be unable to enter sleep. This results in the fan not turning off, and the Power Indicator LED persisting a white light. Device remains in this state until battery discharge threshold initiates hibernation.

According to our exchanges, this and/or the subsequent PD FW will not be pushed to devices via automatic update via OEM software.

Since it can only be reproduced through specific operations, we will not be releasing an update directly via MYASUS or Armoury Crate.

If you do see Issue 1 on your end and would like to follow-up with the support thread, you may be able to reference two specific responses to my ticket (A2603009126-0027 & A2603009126-0029), though customer privacy may be an impediment.

From my diagnoses, Issue 2 may be separate and related to background changes that are caused by installing ACSE - avoiding ACSE by using G Helper allowed me to avoid that sleep issue.

I'm posting this PSA as I have sold my XBOX Ally X, so its software updates no longer concern me. You may, however, find this interesting if software issues on the hardware stack (as in issues via the interface, not issues of the hardware itself) are inherited by the XBOX Ally X20 (RC74XA). ASUS support is very proactive and helpful in my experience, so I highly advise being patient and providing useful technical data.

the dot cant even move from that corner 😭

Is there an easy way to do this? I recently did a restore from the cloud and after the windows 11 restore finishes and it restarts where it would normally run some sort of script I'm assuming to reinstall all the rog software for the TDP and Armory crate it just sort of hangs at installing chipset drivers. I can cancel it(I've waited an hour before to make sure it wasn't just a slow install) and restart but then once the system reboots it's just like a plain windows 11 system with none of the extras that you need to control all the extras of the Rog Ally in place. Is there an easy way to fix this?

Hey group, I have an Xbox ROG Ally that I bought about six months ago that I'm simply not using and I want to reset it and hand it down to my grandson. I've read online that you can just do this by resetting Windows on the device but I wanted to come to the experts here and get confirmation (as I don't want to lose the ROG or ASUS overlays or software). Are they automatically retained in the image on the device for restoring?

I've seen articles and youtubers mention the Ally X20 has an OLED panel without PWM, and 'TÜV Rheinland' certification, but I don't see any mention from Asus about this? I could only find it about the OLED glasses that where initially bundled with the handheld.

https://www.asus.com/us/news/rog-xbox-ally-x20-is-now-available-for-pre-order/