You don't need to create a Windows USB or backup drivers, The Ally has cloud restore built into the BIOS. All you have to do after installing the SSD is run it in the BIOS and it'll download Windows 11 as well as all the required Asus software for the Ally.
So as simple as removing old ssd, putting in new one then running it and the ally will download everything needed for fresh start? Just want to clarify as this stuff can be a little tricky at times
A lot of people like to blow away their OEM install and do either a fresh install or if they are more advanced, build their own modified Windows install with all of the crap they wont ever use removed ahead of time. Dumping drivers and integrating them into a new image is pretty trivial as all you need is 2 DISM commands, one to dump and one to integrate. Since the hardware in all of these new handhelds predates Windows 10 and 11 its a good idea to pre-integrate drivers. I have read that some people can't even do a clean install without drivers because the Windows installer cannot see the storage at all without them. I've got an Ally on the way (and an AOKZOE A1Pro) and the very first thing I am doing is getting drivers up to date, dumping them and then integrating them into a modified Windows 10 image. I cannot stand looking at a start menu filled with crap I wont ever use.
Yeah let’s entrust your personal data to manufacturers who totally aren’t trying to convert ownership to subscription-based economy. Next thing you know, your data is behind a paywall. Not long after that, you’ll barely own your own device with monthly subscriptions.
Hello. Just wanted to say thank you very much for this tutorial. While I did try to restore through Asus cloud recovery first it would never work. I had all the updates installed, firmware, bios, set time correctly. It would never finish the recovery. Once I followed your instructions I had a fully functioning Ally with an upgraded ssd! Keep up the great work.
To prevent damage to the components, I would recommend disconnecting the battery first before replacing the SSD. According to some teardown videos, it can be known that the protection plate of the battery is in the middle. The battery is connected to the motherboard via a cable (black wire, white connector).
It's incredible how easy it is to get access to the ssd and upgrade it. Pity the prices for 2230 ssd's are still steep relative to 2280, but in the future the gap can narrow. Allegedly one doesn't even need to make a backup of windows 11 and the drivers since the Asus Bios has cloud restore that can grab everything automatically which is awesome.
Very unnecessary and over complex way of upgrading SSD when ASUS has cloud restore function that would install a new instance of Windows 11 with all the drivers and apps for the Ally without you doing anything. This video would just confuse a bunch of folks who never did fresh install before and would create a buggy and unstable platform as a result of trying to ‘monkey see, monkey do’ approach
What I would need to know is if your swapping the ssd without ever turning on Ally, would we need to do all that. Like take out the box, swap ssd THEN power up for first time.
Buys a 2 TB SSD on the Ally. Played a few games on it. 6 months to a year later a new handheld comes out , buy another 2 Tb SSD card to put in the new improved device and play a few games on it. A larger SSD than a 512 is only needed if Ally is your only gaming PC. I don't see the need to keep my entire steam library of PC games when majority of the time I mainly focusing on play a few games while all the other games are just taking up space.
Make sure to press the power button a few times after removing the battery too just to discharge any remaining juice that might be lingering. battery disconnections are super important, people. they'll not only prevent you from accidentally zapping yourself, but they more importantly keep you from accidentally bricking your device.
@@SirDragonClaw I know my old thinkpad had an option in Bios to disable the internal battery (so you didn't have to fiddle with any battery Cables). I wonder if the Ally has something similar
Just have to wonder, clearly it has worked ok for ETA prime otherwise we wouldn’t be here. I can’t help but feel with the fiddly battery connectors, the risk to hardware if you slip or apply to much force might be higher than problems caused by doing this without disconnecting. Has anyone any thoughts on this?
Definitely going to be the first thing I do when I get mine. Thanks for the driver doubler info, that’s going to make my life easier regardless what pc I need it for.
from my experience, the decks release saw the high end 2230's go down in price. Last year i got a 2TB western digital 2230 for my deck for $230. I've ordered one recently for the ROG and it was $160.
Agreed. In fact, prices keep coming down on aliexpress. It's now $137. I got one for my Z13 flow back in Dec '22 and it was $240. I just got my next unit delivered from aliexpress in preparation for my rog ally.
@@AcCeSsDeNiEd65 i love having 2TB on a handheld, it may be a bit overkill but it's that set it and forget it peace of mind where i'll have enough storage for anything i want
Wow great what you are doing .....but one tip ...you should disconnect the battery...once it turned on when I was working ... I like your channel hobe you do more about Rog Ally like driver update are they getting better and so on
2TB SN740 WD 2230s are going for as low as $140 USD on Aliexpress so far, if you don't mind shopping on there and waiting 3-4 weeks depending on where you live. Got 2 of them, installed one on my Steam Deck and planned on getting another for Windows/emu. Dragged my feet with getting the other one though so before you know it the Ally was announced and it also uses a 2230 on top of having a UHS-II micro sd card slot unlike the Deck.
@@MrMagicAmmo then start trusting. Even stuff that you bought from amazon are actually from aliexpress seller, but they raised the price. Start buying straight from its source and stop being scammed. Been buying 10 1tb & 2tb ssd already, all working fine (yeah im selling them for a margin to folks like you who dont trust aliexpress LOL)
Instead of getting a hub, it's faster to get a ssd enclosure and clone the drive. Then you just have to swap them and it will work out of the box. Also, it's recommended to disconnect the battery (black red cable in the middle) and discharging the device by pressing the power button before removing the SSD.
I could understand this process 3 months ago but for my 3hr research I found it better to get a 4tb Crucial P3 Plus 4TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 2280 SSD [$205us]. Use M.2 NVMe heatsink, 2280 SSD Heat Sink Support Single Double Sided with Thermal Silicone Pads for PC for the SSD [$10us]. Use PCIE4.0 Transfer Board for Rog Ally Handheld SSD Adapter 90 Degrees [this will make the installation horizontal instead of vertical so no need to cut any plastic] $10us. Yes it's expensive but easier to install & you get close to 4tb, the 2tb M.2 2230 SSD is $200us [standard replacement].
thank you, for pre-installed system I suggest to use macrium or os clone software from windows to the new ssd with m.2 adapter, after finished clone, shutdown and put new hard drive already cloned and you are good to go. It took less steps.
Getting a "Cloud Recovery Failure" when attempting to reinstall windows after the internal hard drive replacement. Any advice? Found solution hidden in the comment section from some smart guy. Here it is. "When upgrading the SSD, make sure to have the actual correct date set into the BIOS, or it will fail with the original bios and cloud recovery software." Hope this saved your time and money.
Now the official release is out, we definitely need an updated verzion but with the latest drivers now finally ready to use. So that way once everyone saved up for a 2tb ssd, it's gonna be way faster than the review unit
To get the drivers you can also go into c:\windows\system32\driverstor or something like that. Save that driverstor folder and then in device manager just point it to that folder and it should install the drivers from there.
Great video! Is there a reason why you chose the lite installation of Armoury Crate versus the full installation? I assume it's because the full install includes drivers for RGB hubs and the AniMatrix LED lighting stuff found on their laptops.
Just a word of caution to anyone doing upgrades on electronics. Please unplug any power supplies and disconnect the battery before removing components. You don't want any power flowing to any contacts you are disconnecting/connecting or you're going to have a bad time.
REQUEST: How about an install of Tiny11? Want to see how much of a possible performance difference (if any) it would make with a less bloated windows install.
Would love to see a video highlighting this ETA. Would be good to see the alternative and be a real tool for those of us who preordered and want to utilise the bios option. Great content btw
I'm not sure if this has been answered before. Does it void the warranty? It looks very harmless, it shouldn't void the warranty but I'm not sure about Asus' policy. 😅
Have you tested the microSD loading times compared to Steam Deck? I know there's a measurable difference between the SSD and microSD on the Deck but in practice I can't tell which games I have installed where. Wondering if the Ally performs similarly when running games off the microSD, hopefully I didn't miss that in an earlier video.
I bought an ssd enclosure that fits 2230 drives. I'm going to put the new drive in it and plug the enclosure into Ally. Then run Macrium Reflect to clone the Ally drive to the new drive. after that all i have to do is take out the old one, put the new one in, and then the old one can go into the enclosure to be used as an external SSD on my desktop
I have done so much research I don’t really want to spend more than $200. I am leaning towards the Retroid pocket 3+ I’m commenting on here asking for advice. Is that the one that I should buy? I’m already pissed because I know as soon as I buy it they’re gonna come out with something stronger. I just want to be able to emulate PS2 and game cube, and maybe a few Xbox games or is there something that’s a couple extra dollars? What should I do?
shouldn't you disconnect the battery before removing the SSD?? My steamdeck got fried after an SSD upgrade, because according to steam i didn't put it on Storage Mode... even though i disconnected the battery before doing any modification
between the guy telling people to disconnect the speakers thinking it was the battery and this video just yolo-ing it I wonder how many less savy people are going to to brick things hot swapping ssd's like that. The wire in the middle which is black and red looks to be the battery connector, you should carefully remove that (don't pull the wire, carefully push the white connector out) then press the power button a few times to drain any remaining power then swap the SSD
Awesome video, as usual for you. Definitely saving it for June 13th, already have the 2tb Micron SSD. I have a question, what about the windows license key? I didn't see that part in your video and it always asks for it during windows install. Do I just install it without a key, or does that not show up in the install process for this device? Thanks!
ASUS have cloud recovery built into the BIOS, no need to clone or backup drivers. Also, you didn't disconnect the battery when swapping the ssd - not necessary?
If your device is unpowered, disconnecting battery is not strictly necessary. Your only concern is a static charge that may remain from the last power on, but if you spend 5-10 minutes while removing the screws and opening the back cover, the static charge should dissipate. I would still suggest that disconnecting the battery and waiting 5 minutes just out of precaution is the safest approach.
Is it worth it to put on better thermal paste? I didn't see anything about liquid metal or premium thermal paste on the ROG listing. I’d be interested in seeing if better thermal paste would add more performance then the paste already applied.
Are you planning to redo the benchmarks with the updated drivers before the Ally’s official launch? I’d like to see if there was any optimizations made since the announcement.
You don't need to create a Windows USB or backup drivers, The Ally has cloud restore built into the BIOS. All you have to do after installing the SSD is run it in the BIOS and it'll download Windows 11 as well as all the required Asus software for the Ally.
So as simple as removing old ssd, putting in new one then running it and the ally will download everything needed for fresh start?
Just want to clarify as this stuff can be a little tricky at times
A lot of people like to blow away their OEM install and do either a fresh install or if they are more advanced, build their own modified Windows install with all of the crap they wont ever use removed ahead of time. Dumping drivers and integrating them into a new image is pretty trivial as all you need is 2 DISM commands, one to dump and one to integrate.
Since the hardware in all of these new handhelds predates Windows 10 and 11 its a good idea to pre-integrate drivers. I have read that some people can't even do a clean install without drivers because the Windows installer cannot see the storage at all without them.
I've got an Ally on the way (and an AOKZOE A1Pro) and the very first thing I am doing is getting drivers up to date, dumping them and then integrating them into a modified Windows 10 image. I cannot stand looking at a start menu filled with crap I wont ever use.
Is this confirmed?? I have seen no one do this.
Yeah let’s entrust your personal data to manufacturers who totally aren’t trying to convert ownership to subscription-based economy. Next thing you know, your data is behind a paywall. Not long after that, you’ll barely own your own device with monthly subscriptions.
@@M419.99 it isn't giving Asus access to your data, it is only downloading Windows and Asus software. Your personal files will not be restored.
Double Driver rules! I, also, have been using it for years! I'M JUST LIKE ETA PRIME! WOOHOO WOOT WOOT!
Had no idea about DoubleDriver. This is gonna make any future fresh install soooo much easier.
Hello. Just wanted to say thank you very much for this tutorial. While I did try to restore through Asus cloud recovery first it would never work. I had all the updates installed, firmware, bios, set time correctly. It would never finish the recovery. Once I followed your instructions I had a fully functioning Ally with an upgraded ssd! Keep up the great work.
I had the same issues, and this video did the trick.
To prevent damage to the components, I would recommend disconnecting the battery first before replacing the SSD. According to some teardown videos, it can be known that the protection plate of the battery is in the middle. The battery is connected to the motherboard via a cable (black wire, white connector).
This is great advice 👍
Also, after disconnecting the battery, press the power button a few times to force discharge stored energy in the motherboard
You can also simply create a image, copy over a flashdrive or ext drive, and restore. It might be easier and faster
Congratulations on one million subscribers! 🎊
You are the man.!!! Glad to see all this content to help pass the time and educate me as I wait for my pre-order to be fulfilled.!!!
It's incredible how easy it is to get access to the ssd and upgrade it. Pity the prices for 2230 ssd's are still steep relative to 2280, but in the future the gap can narrow. Allegedly one doesn't even need to make a backup of windows 11 and the drivers since the Asus Bios has cloud restore that can grab everything automatically which is awesome.
What if u dont have a stable internet connection rn?,
Very unnecessary and over complex way of upgrading SSD when ASUS has cloud restore function that would install a new instance of Windows 11 with all the drivers and apps for the Ally without you doing anything. This video would just confuse a bunch of folks who never did fresh install before and would create a buggy and unstable platform as a result of trying to ‘monkey see, monkey do’ approach
Time spent watching this video was really worth it!
Can you do a video of you soldering on an extra 16 gb of ram on the rog ally?
Really appreciate this, I have my SSD ready to go and am just waiting for the Ally!
What I would need to know is if your swapping the ssd without ever turning on Ally, would we need to do all that. Like take out the box, swap ssd THEN power up for first time.
@@qualitytouch as it happens, you have to power up the ally and update everything...THEN swap the SSD, or the cloud recovery gets stuck.
Thank you for that:) the driver situation is crucial. I didn't know about double driver that is pretty cool
Please cover cloning it as that would be very useful to a number of folks.
Buys a 2 TB SSD on the Ally. Played a few games on it. 6 months to a year later a new handheld comes out , buy another 2 Tb SSD card to put in the new improved device and play a few games on it.
A larger SSD than a 512 is only needed if Ally is your only gaming PC. I don't see the need to keep my entire steam library of PC games when majority of the time I mainly focusing on play a few games while all the other games are just taking up space.
For anyone watching this always disconnect your battery when repairing or upgrading things on your devices never skip that step
Make sure to press the power button a few times after removing the battery too just to discharge any remaining juice that might be lingering.
battery disconnections are super important, people. they'll not only prevent you from accidentally zapping yourself, but they more importantly keep you from accidentally bricking your device.
Actually this is almost always a terrible idea, you have a good chance of breaking something if you do that.
@@SirDragonClaw I know my old thinkpad had an option in Bios to disable the internal battery (so you didn't have to fiddle with any battery Cables). I wonder if the Ally has something similar
And wht about the licence of Windows ? 😅 Dont know how that works These days 😅
Just have to wonder, clearly it has worked ok for ETA prime otherwise we wouldn’t be here. I can’t help but feel with the fiddly battery connectors, the risk to hardware if you slip or apply to much force might be higher than problems caused by doing this without disconnecting. Has anyone any thoughts on this?
Definitely going to be the first thing I do when I get mine. Thanks for the driver doubler info, that’s going to make my life easier regardless what pc I need it for.
from my experience, the decks release saw the high end 2230's go down in price. Last year i got a 2TB western digital 2230 for my deck for $230. I've ordered one recently for the ROG and it was $160.
where?
Agreed. In fact, prices keep coming down on aliexpress. It's now $137.
I got one for my Z13 flow back in Dec '22 and it was $240. I just got my next unit delivered from aliexpress in preparation for my rog ally.
@@Moes_Prep_and_Tech aliexpress. SN740 2230 2TB. It's now $137
@@AcCeSsDeNiEd65 i've replied with the Ali store but my reply hasn't posted after 2 tries. I bought from JBL global sales
@@AcCeSsDeNiEd65 i love having 2TB on a handheld, it may be a bit overkill but it's that set it and forget it peace of mind where i'll have enough storage for anything i want
love your videos i got the ally myself day one and im bouts to upgrade to the 2tb ssd youve been a major help
this is easier than steamdeck ssd upgrade, well done asus
Wow great what you are doing .....but one tip ...you should disconnect the battery...once it turned on when I was working ...
I like your channel hobe you do more about Rog Ally like driver update are they getting better and so on
2TB SN740 WD 2230s are going for as low as $140 USD on Aliexpress so far, if you don't mind shopping on there and waiting 3-4 weeks depending on where you live. Got 2 of them, installed one on my Steam Deck and planned on getting another for Windows/emu. Dragged my feet with getting the other one though so before you know it the Ally was announced and it also uses a 2230 on top of having a UHS-II micro sd card slot unlike the Deck.
Yea but I don't trust aliexpress
I paid $150 for a 2TB micron on shopblt, was back ordered but finally shipped after 3 weeks.
@@FoamyKeiko I don't trust a store named after a sandwich
@@MrMagicAmmo then start trusting. Even stuff that you bought from amazon are actually from aliexpress seller, but they raised the price. Start buying straight from its source and stop being scammed.
Been buying 10 1tb & 2tb ssd already, all working fine (yeah im selling them for a margin to folks like you who dont trust aliexpress LOL)
Thank you!!!!! I was literally going to request this on your last ally video but it looks like you were already working on it!
Wish you could upgrage the battery
The intro is just perfect
wow this is easier than the steam deck ssd replacement, love it
You rock, Prime Minister. Pre ordered this. Going to be awesome!
Great ROG Ally coverage.. It's a super simple process compared to the Deck.
Wow, thank you so much for this video. I think I’ll go for the 2TB install.
Instead of getting a hub, it's faster to get a ssd enclosure and clone the drive. Then you just have to swap them and it will work out of the box.
Also, it's recommended to disconnect the battery (black red cable in the middle) and discharging the device by pressing the power button before removing the SSD.
then this video would be way shorter. i know what hes thinkoing 🤣
He literally said I prefer a clean install over a clone that's why I'm doing this method
Have you seen Dave2D's video yet. There's been some updates that improve performance, especially at lower tdp
I ordered the sabrent 2tb drive I'll have it soon. Can't wait to get my ststem
Great guide! Thanks for covering these steps!
Ay yo ETA. We in Finland just got our ROG Allys, I have mine right here. Ordered a 1tb drive today :/
I would love to see Tiny windows 11 on Rog Ally
I could understand this process 3 months ago but for my 3hr research I found it better to get a 4tb Crucial P3 Plus 4TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 2280 SSD [$205us]. Use M.2 NVMe heatsink, 2280 SSD Heat Sink Support Single Double Sided with Thermal Silicone Pads for PC for the SSD [$10us]. Use PCIE4.0 Transfer Board for Rog Ally Handheld SSD Adapter 90 Degrees [this will make the installation horizontal instead of vertical so no need to cut any plastic] $10us. Yes it's expensive but easier to install & you get close to 4tb, the 2tb M.2 2230 SSD is $200us [standard replacement].
thank you, for pre-installed system I suggest to use macrium or os clone software from windows to the new ssd with m.2 adapter, after finished clone, shutdown and put new hard drive already cloned and you are good to go. It took less steps.
In my experience with the steam deck installing os. It goes faster with an SD card for the inatall image.
i like your accent sounds like you are from the countryside hell yeah brother
Getting a "Cloud Recovery Failure" when attempting to reinstall windows after the internal hard drive replacement. Any advice?
Found solution hidden in the comment section from some smart guy. Here it is.
"When upgrading the SSD, make sure to have the actual correct date set into the BIOS, or it will fail with the original bios and cloud recovery software."
Hope this saved your time and money.
For those still wondering, The Phawx just posted a video swapping the 2230 drive and installing from the cloud bios option.
Cool thanks very much for showing this :)
Now the official release is out, we definitely need an updated verzion but with the latest drivers now finally ready to use. So that way once everyone saved up for a 2tb ssd, it's gonna be way faster than the review unit
Please can you try an Atlas OS install! it would be amazing to see the ally run on a completely stripped back windows
That’s Awsome thanks for the video
To get the drivers you can also go into c:\windows\system32\driverstor or something like that. Save that driverstor folder and then in device manager just point it to that folder and it should install the drivers from there.
You should make a video talking about the burning sd cards problems
Great video! Is there a reason why you chose the lite installation of Armoury Crate versus the full installation? I assume it's because the full install includes drivers for RGB hubs and the AniMatrix LED lighting stuff found on their laptops.
I'll probably throw a 2TB bad boy in mine just to future proof it. I tend to max out storage pretty damn quickly
I'm thinking of doing the same upgrade/reinstall. But with my own Tiny 11.
I hate the fact that knowing me in about 2 weeks I’m going to do a full on mod of the back case and cooling setup on here… cause that’s how I am… I
I hope you’ll have a video regarding either windows optimization or a stable version we could use that’s more streamlined for the ally!
Why didn't you use Asus Cloud Recovery? Would've been much more interesting to see and easier.
Takes forever to restore
amazing video !
dont forget ifixit has micron 2230 drives. little more expensive but micron pretty trusted brand
Just a word of caution to anyone doing upgrades on electronics. Please unplug any power supplies and disconnect the battery before removing components.
You don't want any power flowing to any contacts you are disconnecting/connecting or you're going to have a bad time.
Yup, this is the way. Easy on ROG Ally, as just pull both battery connectors.
REQUEST: How about an install of Tiny11? Want to see how much of a possible performance difference (if any) it would make with a less bloated windows install.
apparently there is a bios option to reinstall _everything_
i would do this over manually installing windows and drivers
Would love to see a video highlighting this ETA. Would be good to see the alternative and be a real tool for those of us who preordered and want to utilise the bios option. Great content btw
I wished they made the ram as easy to replace
now that's just asking too much.
Same
Although likely we won't have the horsepower to run games in the future that would require 32 gb. I guess we could get better texture quality?
Nowadays ram is always soldered and tricky or even not possible to replace on some devices.
@@zmb5501 Since the GPU is using part of the RAM, having more than 16GB would be quite helpful on current gen games.
How did I never knew about double driver??
WAITING on G Cloud content lol
I'm not sure if this has been answered before. Does it void the warranty? It looks very harmless, it shouldn't void the warranty but I'm not sure about Asus' policy. 😅
Is it the same Armory Crate as stock Ally? I heard stock Ally Armory Crate is "SE" version or somes like that.
I hope we can all shout a lot on social media ASUS charging an ALLY 2 in the future M.2 2280 support and 55mAH battery minimum. 2 USB4 2.0 with 80gb/s
Have you tested the microSD loading times compared to Steam Deck? I know there's a measurable difference between the SSD and microSD on the Deck but in practice I can't tell which games I have installed where. Wondering if the Ally performs similarly when running games off the microSD, hopefully I didn't miss that in an earlier video.
Could you perhaps make a video showing how to transfer save files from the steam deck to the rog? Both steam games and non-steam games?
will you post another video with the Asus new firmware just like Dave2D mention from his recent video? i'm curious with it's true performance
I REALLY need to know where you get your motion backgrounds for your handhelds
Why didn't you use built in bios option? Surely easier faster and better?
Western digital SN740 are available for a good price and better speed
good price where, only ones ive seen are more than this one
What about a cabinet for that m.2 drive?
while this upgrade is trivial for me, it is more sense just to buy a large micro sd card. loading games aren't storage speed limited.
I always just use an external m.2 enclosure to clone the stock drive to the new one before installing.
Same.
I bought an ssd enclosure that fits 2230 drives. I'm going to put the new drive in it and plug the enclosure into Ally. Then run Macrium Reflect to clone the Ally drive to the new drive. after that all i have to do is take out the old one, put the new one in, and then the old one can go into the enclosure to be used as an external SSD on my desktop
Perfekt danke 👍😃
would love to know if the performance is better with your clean install of windows without the bloatware :)
I have done so much research I don’t really want to spend more than $200. I am leaning towards the Retroid pocket 3+ I’m commenting on here asking for advice. Is that the one that I should buy? I’m already pissed because I know as soon as I buy it they’re gonna come out with something stronger. I just want to be able to emulate PS2 and game cube, and maybe a few Xbox games or is there something that’s a couple extra dollars? What should I do?
shouldn't you disconnect the battery before removing the SSD?? My steamdeck got fried after an SSD upgrade, because according to steam i didn't put it on Storage Mode... even though i disconnected the battery before doing any modification
I would love to see Diablo 2 Resurrected on this thing :)
between the guy telling people to disconnect the speakers thinking it was the battery and this video just yolo-ing it I wonder how many less savy people are going to to brick things hot swapping ssd's like that. The wire in the middle which is black and red looks to be the battery connector, you should carefully remove that (don't pull the wire, carefully push the white connector out) then press the power button a few times to drain any remaining power then swap the SSD
LOCATE Backup, but yeah
:)
Disconnect the battery before you start messing with the ssd.
Put on an eGPU to that and see how actual its power is.
Awesome video, as usual for you. Definitely saving it for June 13th, already have the 2tb Micron SSD. I have a question, what about the windows license key? I didn't see that part in your video and it always asks for it during windows install. Do I just install it without a key, or does that not show up in the install process for this device? Thanks!
SABRENT just released a 2TB SSD 2230!!!
The simple way is, install minitoolpartitions, clone your ssd into the new one using usb/type c
So this is free, right?
Does it have a microSD expansion slot? Can you just add a 1 TB SD card?
ASUS have cloud recovery built into the BIOS, no need to clone or backup drivers.
Also, you didn't disconnect the battery when swapping the ssd - not necessary?
If your device is unpowered, disconnecting battery is not strictly necessary. Your only concern is a static charge that may remain from the last power on, but if you spend 5-10 minutes while removing the screws and opening the back cover, the static charge should dissipate. I would still suggest that disconnecting the battery and waiting 5 minutes just out of precaution is the safest approach.
You can install a full length ssd with a bit of modification.
Didn't know about Double Driver. That's actually super useful. Do you plan on covering over locking if Afterburner would allow?
Would you recommend Tiny 11 Builder for this as an alternative to full Windows 11?
Have you seen this one too on Amazon? SABRENT Rocket 2230 NVMe 4.0 1TB High Performance PCIe 4.0 M.2 2230 SSD [SB-2130-1TB]
Shouldn't the power from the battery be disconnected before swapping the SSD?
yes but its super easy, just pull back on them cables to the right of that ssd and bingo.
Dang so much easier than the deck.
That Microcenter disk.
Is it worth it to put on better thermal paste? I didn't see anything about liquid metal or premium thermal paste on the ROG listing. I’d be interested in seeing if better thermal paste would add more performance then the paste already applied.
Are you planning to redo the benchmarks with the updated drivers before the Ally’s official launch? I’d like to see if there was any optimizations made since the announcement.
How did you get that wallpaper? looks sick
So if you replace the internal ssd and you bought a 1TB ssd you only end up getting 512gb since you removed the one that came with the system?