HUGE ROG ALLY MOD UPDATE - Every Mod I have done!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Here is a showcase and description of every mod I have done on my Rog Ally!
2280 nvme mod - 92mm Noctua fan mod - Flat 3d printed buttons - nvme heatsink - air flow mods - + more coming
here are some links of things I talked about in the video!
(affiliate links)
UGREEN 100W USB C Charger, Nexode combo + 3pc usb c cables: bit.ly/3Tat6yO
UGREEN 100W USB C Charger, Nexode (4 ports): bit.ly/3NddiYq
Ugreen Nexode RG 65W Charger: bit.ly/47vi7E8
Ugreen Revodok 6 in 1 USB C Hub: bit.ly/47C66Nn
Ugreen Nexode 65W 7-in-1 Charging Station: bit.ly/40GbjS7
UGREEN USB C Charger Cable 2-Pack 60W USB C Cable PD bit.ly/3GBoWIJ
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watch the ultimate backpate showdown! 3 Different backplates go head to head! + tips and tricks to get better thermals and performance using 2280 nvme with custom backplates.
just got done with a marathon watching all your mod videos to get up to speed. Great content, man!
Hey thank you so much ! 😊
watch the ultimate backpate showdown! 3 Different backplates go head to head! + tips and tricks to get better thermals and performance using 2280 nvme with custom backplates. ruclips.net/video/itFBctxWLl4/видео.html
@@cppctek will do! Thanks for the heads up!
Dude, your fan mod was just featured on a Gamer Nexus video.
Yee it was epic. Gamers nexus is the goat 🐐
The fan mod is insane already working on getting it done on mine he always goes above and beyond from the original heat sink video to this going to be insane
after seeing this video i removed the black sheet blocking the vents aswell. i ended up ruining the mesh in the process and ordered new mesh off alliexpress for a dollar. highly suggest using a razorblade for this process.
Also a couple mods I am working on myself are a more transparent D pad and button keys that I can put a LED light circle used for the Joysticks to give all the buttons RGB and they would just tie into the same connector as I would use the default ring RGB light ring so tieing it into the existing ports no problem, well beyond it being very delicate work.
watch the ultimate backpate showdown! 3 Different backplates go head to head! + tips and tricks to get better thermals and performance using 2280 nvme with custom backplates. ruclips.net/video/itFBctxWLl4/видео.html
Great video! I would love to see a community of modders like yourself form around the Legion Go. I have been using one as a Pc/tablet/switch for a little while now, and I can't wait for some fan mods and controller mods to start trickling out.
I have definitely been trying to get my hands on one. I had a possible way to get one but for now it didn’t pan out. If you get on Twitter or socials at all and can tag Lenovo and my name they may could push one out to me lol.
I know I’d love to do some modding content with it because I have actually came up with a few that I’m 99.9% will work perfectly too. If you know anyone who is selling one cheap or would trade for some pc hardware or something I’d love to hear about it. Currently I’m unable to afford one straight out though. Maybe I can find a broken one cheap or something one day or someone will donate one to the channel or Lenovo will see every one begging me to mod one and send me one lol.
Join the Cppc tek discord in the description part. We do have some members with one and I know we’re all into modding so maybe one of them will beat me to a mod
@@cppctek wow man, this is the first time i've watched one of your videos. you had me tearing up at the end. i know this is 5 months old and i'm about to watch a bunch of you vids but... if you haven't been able to get your hands on a Lenovo Go, lemme know - i''ll buy you one and have it shipped straight to you! i always need advice on stuff that i'm not smart enough to figure out, it would be a pleasure. no bullshit, man... you sounded kinda down, i sure hope things are getting better for you. :) -barbie
The rog ally modding is insane 😮
Thanks. ! Did you see the water cooled video yet ?
@@cppctek I'll see, make similar mods for the deck 🤟😎
There's an adapter to convert to the 2280?! Absolutely amazing. 😂
Indeed. It works epic. This is the one I use amzn.to/3G9uhqQ
@@cppctekare there any performance differences between the 2230 and the 2280 for the rog ally?
Next days I ll start mods your videos made me crazy hahahahha you rock bro
Rock on! Thank you 🙏
How did you power the external fan? I’m ok with a soldering iron and I can tackle this. Wanting to figure out how to power my mods
I'd allocate 16gb ram, but that's just me. I'm currently on a wait-list for the RAM upgrade.
Thanks!
💕💕💕💕💕💕💕thank you !!
Bro !!! Make a video for clean install windows, settings and windows optimization !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All in 1 !!!!!!!!!! Clean install is a MUST !!!!!!!!!
Will do soon
X2 please
Could I use thermal tape at the back of the ssd to protect it or some thermal strip? I have some left from another project and whated your feedback on it before attempting it. And thaks for all your mid ideas, every time I see one of your videos it gets my brain working like crazy.
Hey check out my video I dropped today I give lots of advice on nvme cooling and that will help
You didn’t talk about the hall effects joysticks enough...which is what i waited for in this video smh
Yes I did…. You just didn’t watch it or see it Top 2 Things Never To Mod On Your Rog Ally! + How To Double The Battery Life!
ruclips.net/video/jjfJmBDJ-h0/видео.html
Do you think its possible to use a oculink nvme 2230 adapter to use a egpu for the rog ally for a plug in play experience with any graphics card but without the rx mobile price tag? I know the rog ally has the rx mobile but its like 2000 amd it only works with the rx mobile but having the ability go fully mobile on rog ally to deciding to sit at a desk and hooking up a oculink adapter to a graphics card to run games at higher graphics and fps would be nice
Yes actually if you’re in the discord I can share the guy who’s making it happen. I’m trying to get a sample out and do a review for it soon. It’s already in the making
@cppctek oh okay I was thinking about that because I did that with the steamdeck. But I appreciate it. Specially with all the modding you've been doing to rog ally.
I havent done any bloat ware removal or anything like that yet. I changed my fan curve and like that. So far mine runs cool. I did see the diy new back plates and i wanted to get it but want to see reviews first. They do claim 16% cooler.
I would like to see a new tuning video if you make one because making the rog running well is always a concern for me. So far though i love it.
i got the Jsaux RGB clear backplate
Hell yeah brother. I have no clue where mine is lol. 😂
@@cppctek yeah i ordered the long boy NVMe adapter which lets you use 2230, 2242,2260,2280 but the problem with that is if you ordered the Jsaux RGB backplate the RGB mod go where the NVMe go so its pointless to have the adapter ima just make a clone of my drive so when i dont wanna use the rgb mod or backplate i can just switch to the adapter and the 2280 NVMe
wouldnt it be better to put the long ssd vertical rapped in 2 thermal pads so it wont be near the hot portion? and the battery holds it down.
No for various reasons. One is there’s a lot of fitment issues. 2 you can’t properly cool the better nvme drives they over heat. 3 you have to cut the housing and relocate the wifi antenna. The 2280 adapter using the right heatsink cools perfect and the apu temps are unaffected.
@@cppctek which is the best heatsink for the long ssd?
i see a cool looking one called iceberg. i hope that is the same quality@@cppctek
You ever thought about making a custom 3D printed backplate?
Due to the fitment and length its a bit tricky> i have not seen anyone be able to even print a decent stock replacement one. I also dont know how to edit or design my own 3d print files and I have tried to learn but just dont understand what im doing enough to dedicate years of time learning it lol r/s but If someone would make the file for me id gladly try to print it, I do have a 3d printer.
many prints ive seen of stock backplates have alot of fitment issues
can you print a bigger backplate for two original batteries connected in paralel ? would be awesome mod !!
I could print one, I just dont use my battery enough to make it worth it for me and also i worry about restricting the airflow. There are a few laptop batteries that are plug n play though.
is it safe to remove that black plastic?
Yep 100% safe. Mentioned it briefly in the video in case you missed it. I also will say its only purpose is really a dust shield. I’ve had my ally since launch day without it. I use it daily and have a ton of folks as well who remove it. Drops a few c on temps esp if you have nvme upgrade.
could I use the black flap where you used the pokemon card sleeve? or what is a good supplement? would the black falp melt?
Nah it will be fine just cut the flap in the shape of the nvme.
Why not turn the fan around as an exhaust instead of a fan blowing air inside. Did you ever test that. I run rc cars and the fan was used as an exhaust to draw heat from the motor.
I did and it had worse temps. There’s two fans inside the ally that act as intakes and the big fan is feeding them even colder air so it really makes a difference. Doing exhaust it creates turbulence inside and just heats up the apu. It would lower vram and nvme temps maybe but it’s just fighting the other fans for direction. You never want fans going against each other.
@@cppctek oh okay i see thanks for the reply subbed
Yee yee thanks man. I got a ton of new stuff I’m working on you probably will like if you liked this mod. Also got another Lenovo laptop to review as well
Also i heard the black flap and the covers on the back vents are there to create back pressure. I dont know how true that is but i. Was told not to remove them what do you think?
Eh I believe in results. From the several folks in the discord who did it and showed before and after temps with no issues. Plus me trying it as well. It speaks for itself. I would say it’s worth it
@@cppctek what about dust build up should that be a concern?
How do you remove the black flaps do they just pop out?
They are just sticky glue holding it down comes right off
can you connect two original batteries in parralel inside i mean .and print bigger backplate to fit the two original batteries inside .
I have never tried it but I know most people use the 95whr batter out of an asus gaming laptop
Hey mate nice mods there\:)
Any ideas whats the best options if i need to run dual monitors?
Hey most def I have several options. Do you have discord by chance so I can bounce a few questions off ya? Reason being I wanna find you the best dock possible for your needs. I can send you a video to show you the options I like and send you links with some discounts.
But I’ll share my top 3 options here and try to explain any caveats
amzn.to/49HSZfm
Great dock if you wanna do hdmi on both displays 60hz official support but 120 is possible on one display at a time I beleive. It’s not a bad dock for the price but….
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Are you gaming ? If so …. Go ahead and spend a few bucks and snag this Jsaux dock. It’s the king of docks and it’s got a 10$ off coupon if you use this link this thing has 120hz support, ultrawide high refresh and it also has display port which I prefer for gaming because you can usually do freesync via display port but not hdmi. It’s a beast!
amzn.to/3G91ouU
Several of my colleagues got this one and a few in my group and love it and use it on everything.
@cppctek just order the Jsaux man. Thanks, and greetings from Australia!
Heck yeah brother
@cppctek Is gonna take a while to come to me from the US, but I will let you know...(This is my 3rd dock, lol)
BTW today, I received the Jsaux ModCase...excellent,love it
no point putting heat sinks on the memory, they like it hot.
Memory doesn’t perform better at higher temps. You run into memory errors when memory starts to thermally throttle actually and it does not harm it or give worse performance when you keep the temps a few degrees cooler. The only time you run into issues is sub zero cooling.
Keep in mind I’m a complete noob when it comes to pc components, is it possible to convert the ram chips to upgradeable ram sticks?
No, there’s no way even I can do the ram upgrade and you see how skilled I am. There’s not a single way you or me can do the ram upgrade on an Ally it’s impossible without years of skilled work being done doing similar types of soldering work on other devices. I personally know the main guy doing the soldering work, trust me brother there’s a reason they charge hundreds of dollars to do this …
@@cppctek oh believe me, you have all my trust😂 like I said, complete noob with crazy ideas just trying to figure out what is and isn’t possible
Is it worth getting an SSD that already has a heatsink on it like the WD Black 850x?
I’ve tried a few and it’s hit and miss. Depends on the backside of the nvme and if it’s hestsink is there too or too thick. 90% of pre heatsinked ones didn’t let me close them down in there. There’s 5mm of so of clearance you can fit easy just by sniping a bit of plastic on the backplate tho
@@cppctek awesome thank you!!
One MOD I am trying to find a mod where i can either solder a separate USBC PD port so I can charge my Ally while still having my Full Featured USB-C 3.2 Gen2 port as I have other hardware that need that port and I cannot find a USB-C hub that has a PD passthrough with also a USB-C 3.2 gen2 port for use on the hub so I can't run video out from the hubs and the only hubs that might meet that need cost as much as the Ally itself at 699.99 USD do you have any idea on how to do that, would love to find a way to convert the XG port with a converter dongle that would add an extra USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 port or a basic USB-C port for PD and leave the original USB-C available.
I definitely waiting on the stick and backplate i already have stick drift 🤦🏽♂️
Oof. Have you tried recalibrating a few times and being on latest bios and armory crate and updating inside the my asus app too. There’s some new things I can share to help. I’ll make a video on it.
@@cppctek i tried calibrating once and it got worse so i reset to default.
Because mine only does it when i move the right stick down a little it keeps going down after i let go.
@egren58 Stock sticks or the halls? Hmu on discord we can help
i have installed the sn850x 2 tb nvme ssd in my rog ally.
now its not relevant for me. the ram uasuage is at 100 percent an i have no laggs and stuttering.
before. with the 512gb stock nvme i have laggs en masse.
What size are those the heat sinks on “vram”??
link to chonki boi mod heatsink?
For the 2230 size or 2280 size
@@cppctek looking for 2280. Specifically looking for more information on the heatsink you put on your fan pipe. Sits above the 2280
I'm still trying to find someone to 3d print me a backplate = (
It’s because all the ones people have printed up close look horrible lol. It’s a very hard print because of the width and how thin the backplate is. Your prob gunna have to buy one someone has printed and test fit or an oem one like I did.
Please do the lte mod
Like adding cell signal lte? I don’t think I’ve got a use for that since I’ve got an iPhone 14 Pro Max with WiFi hotspot that works flawless when I need it. I’m also rarely away from home or wifie and don’t want to pay for another device on my plan either. Is there any benefit that I’m unaware of that my cell can’t do for me? If I heard a compelling reason I’d love to hear it
Im thinking about doing the 32 gb ram upgrade by myself, how dumb am I?
I would say the chance of failure if you haven’t done bga work before is 100% also you do need several specific pieces of equipment. Flashing the bios is even a bit trickier. Not sure if you’ve seen the videos of people doing it or not but it’s not just swapping the ram chips. You have to do way more. Many people that have tried burned up the board itself and ruined the ally
@@cppctek I’ve watched a few videos and read some Reddit guides, and I was definitely confused on how the bios flashing was even done
can you put a laptop battery inside the ally ?
yeah there has been a few folks who have done it with varying rates of success allymods.com/90wh-battery-upgrade/
@@cppctek ive done the 90 wh battery mod its perfect !!
You have to clone your SSD
I’ve done cloning and also cloud recovery. I have swapped my nvme dozens and dozens of times in the Ally lol. I’ve tried every 2230 out there and a ton of 2280s too in here. Trust me I know all about cloning. I even made a video on how to clone the nvme using a yotamaster nvme cloner for ease of use without needing any programs or skill for anyone who needs simplicity to the max
how you connect ventilator to the rog ally ? video ?
I’m not sure what you mean by ventilator ?
@@cppctek i want a small fan right on the apu , do i have to by a 5v or a 12 v fan ? and connect to the rear of the right fan ? i did the 90 wh battery mod its fantastic !
Hi please can someone help me my rog ally stopped charging and now it's dead :(
What kind of charger are you using ? Stock charger ? If so try a diff one that can output 100w or more. Be sure to use a properly rated cable that can do 100w also. I know stock is 65 but the 100w chargers are faster and more efficient and give extra power to a dock if you use one and might cost about same as stock.
Lastly if you look at the top. When charger is plugged in do you see the orange led ?
@@cppctek I've done all that sir original stock third party and 100w portable batteries but i couldn't figure out anything and it died and it won't charge im sorry to bother please try and help please
@@cppctek aslo ive been on Reddit and a lot of people have been complaining about the same thing
When plugged in do you see the little orange light indicator light up at the top of the device ? If yes that means it’s receiving power. If no the boards dead or charger is dead
@@cppctek no unfortunately the red light doesn't turn:(
G15 90Wh battery mod
The mod is too risky and there is a much much easier way to get the same battery life without cutting it up. Stay tuned. I’ve got a much better way
Anyone tried Liquid Metal? And Graphene Pads for VRAM? (Not recommended, Temps for science reasons)
I’ve got some stuff coming but I’ve seen Liquid Metal on the Ally and it resulted in zero benifit and all the more risk. The heatsink doesn’t play well with Liquid Metal at all. I do have some new thermal solutions coming this week tho
Yeah the tiny heatpipes i believe it has no benefits from LM mod. I got it proven back on the Steam Deck unless running a huge copper block Mod from CoolDeck where it stays always 70 even full load.
Ive ran graphene pads on SD on its VRAM, its OK on my end. But had to ran a lot of Kapton tape to avoid any type of short. Its been over a year with a LM steam deck, no issues. But LM has lifespan. Once it hits weird temps im going back to Thermal Paste
Umm why would you do such a awful fan mod when it is not needed, you can keep the system at 48c - 55c at 30W running a Triple AAA game, tested this with WOW, FFXIV, Cyberpunk 2077, Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition, etc over a constant run of 48 hours all with maxed graphic settings (usually ultra except for Cyberpunk 2077 and the odd other game tweaked to the highest graphic fidelity while keeping the FPS 40+ min in combat and high graphicly demanding parts of the games) you just have to tweak your fan curves. There is absolutely no need for this fan mod and how the heat pipes are designed precludes the fan from doing anything but token level heat removal, you can avoid the battery draw the fan will cost you if you know how too set your watt and fan ramp profile, not only is this not needed it looks awful. Also not putting an external fan control since you seemed to have connected it to the battery, makes this mod even more pointless. So I really have to ask WHY?
Can i have a pic of your settings for manual mode you chose?
Of course I would be happy to, never even thought of posting a screen shot of them, like Dah what a great idea.🤯 Just give me a few hours and I will take screenshots of my Power Profiles and Fan Curves for my 4 main ones. I will also find some of the screenshots I took when I did the 48 hour long stress tests to evaluate the long term heat buildup and performance and you will see that after those 48 hours the temps and FPS stay right here they were at the start of the test at 40+ FPS and 56c to 64c temps and that goes for the lower Watt profiles and maxed out 30 Watt Profile; many games you don't even need to run at cranked 30 Watt to get fantastic FPS and cooling which allows you to run on battery longer.
I guess posting them to my RUclips channel will be the easiest/safest way as I don't want to post a link as while I know I would not post a bad link I don't expect others to just blindly trust a link, so my YT page is the easiest and safest.
I'm at work at the moment but I will try and have them uploaded in the next 12 hours, I do have my Ally with me, so I should be able to get those screenshots even sooner, plus customers love asking me what it is when I have my Ally out, it's kind of funny 😝 I will reply to you again here when they are up 🦊@@Conf1ictionGaming
I def want to see proof in a video of your magical settings to achieve 55c consistency at 30w manual /turbo playing cyberpunk. Also if you’d be as critical to say my mods are pointless and then have better ideas for fan control please go ahead and help me find a better way. Lol
I will be posting screenshots of my power profiles and the fan curves, I wish I could show Cyberpunk and Starfield but I was using my friends account to test them just to see, I will try and get them to share their account with me so I can try and get those benchmarks interestingly if you look at the LTT review of the Legon and Neo they both has a 23 Watt power profile which is exactly the same SOC watt and fan curves I setup months ago. But yes I am critical of the fan mod as if you carefully look at the way the building of the Ally's back panel the way the fans are restricted to pull air in, then through the radiator fins, then out it is almost a totally closed system and pushing more air into the Ally does not actually help us as the Ally does not benefit from static pressure, it relies on constant air flow, now by pushing more air into the body of the Ally that air needs to go somewhere but the fans for the SOC suck air in from the back vents, but this is also where the air from the fan mod is pushing air and its not helping the fans get the air it needs as it is relatively sealed to the boards/vents/back plate so you end up starving the vans, that's why you are only seeing such a minor drop in temps {About 3-6c} but with a fan like the Noctua fan it should be much much more if it was flowing correctly over the rad Fins and then out. Also Adding a fan of that size even on low power will take over 20x amount of power that the 2 small fans that are the default ones. What I really want to get is the new Frore Systems Air Jet Max to replace the 2 fans, now that is a DIY I really want to do, Ok I have been typing this while at work and when to then get screenshots of my power profiles and fan curves and was unpleasantly surprised to find the latest Armory crate update erased my power profiles, and when I went to get my screen shots of my testing for temps, i was missing a lot of screenshots, then realized that i had a non recoverable error in my windows 11 home when I tried to upgrade it to Pro and required an entire wipe of my 1tb replacement M.2 drive and a reclone from the original 512Gb M.2 drive that comes with the drive {This had to do with a security issues with bitlocker as i had to get my Ally serviced due to a main board error that kept the control button thinking it was being pressed continually. and so the new mainboard would keep tripping Bitlocker lockout and i could not remove it as it was all linked to my old mainboard hence the reclone as they reset that after they replaced the mainboard so I knew it worked} So i kind of deleted all my screenshots, I am hoping that my Onedrive backed it up I will be checking on that tonight, either way if I can't get them back I will just retest and I will post messages when I upload the pictures to my youtube channel.
I do want to say one other thing, yes i was kind of being a bitch with my comment, i try never to do that but i have loved the Ally from the day of its world first reveal on LTT, and I pre-ordered the first day i could and i'm so happy to have a Ally with one of the very first serial numbers, i love it and i hate to hear that people would not take the time to learn how to do things such as create their own power profiles and just returned it saying it got to hot and for some so hot it started to Thermal throttle and then they said it performed badly. This is also Asus's fault as they needed to educate people better on what and why and how to do it. I also love the esthetics of the Ally and when I say a 120mm fan stuck to the back and a whole cut out of the back plate I almost wanted to cry. but then I realized that the fan was doing very little it make me react badly and for that I do want to Apologize, for how I reacted. One reason it upset me so much is I did the math after taking off the back and checking a few things and it became clear that the way it was done would not offer any real tangible cooling. taking off the 2 small fans the using foam to barrier a path to focus the air to go side to side then then up through the heatsink fins and out the top you would with that fan which has great static pressure expect and half speed colling into the high 40c at least and that would also cool the SSD. Additionally havening a manual speed control would be ideal to be able to ramp it up when you needed it and down when you don't. Personally I still dont think its at all required but if that's what you wish to do i hope that layout might help you as I was able to model that out with a 3D prin of just the back plate middle with using foam to seal a path around the fan cutout up either side and to the top creating a air pathway that forces it to travel up and through the fins and out the top as with no small fans in the way the fan was able to cool freely and I didnt even test with a Noctua fan, it was just a basic but good quality fan, the Noctua fan though perform at least 30% better due to the static pressure it can generate and that helps force that air through the fins and out the top of the Ally. But definitely you should add a fan control, I just used a micro dimmer switch, not ideal but all i needed to test this. That all said maybe some paint to make the fan and grill be white? Also make sure to put on better quality Thermal paste on the SOC.
Ok I need sleep as I work overnight tonight as well so I will post Watt and Fan profiles at some point tonight after I remake them.
@@cppctek
I just added a bigger copper heatsink and an aluminum plating for the inside of the back plate
Temp went down from my 92° peak to 78° to 81° 😂
Now if I add fan then temp may get way lower
More of a hack than a mod
There’s the door 🚪
Also this was the first. It was a proof of concept. 7 months ago and I did tons of other mods since that did way better and looked way better. Also I was featured on gamers nexus for my later rgb fan mod. And he loved it
Legion Go mods wen.
lol I mean if you send me one I’ll be happy to mod it lol. I’m too broke and too cheap to buy one
lol after you asked this I’ve had a ton of folks ask diff places and now I want one. I actually have come up with a few mods and tweaks that should work well. Also I figured out since the screen is bigger there’s more pixels to push as well as it being slightly better resolution than the ally of course the fps in some games may be off but I’ve got a few ideas for that and could make it the rog ally killa for real 😧 I really hope I can find some one who wants to loan me one to mod for them so I can do some content around it. I’m going to ask around if someone wants one tweaked and tuned and possibly a few mods done with no labor cost at all just would be fun to have experience with one to show people what’s the peak potential out of it.