Asus has confirmed that the MicroSD card reader on the Rog Ally is prone to failure under certain thermal conditions.
In its latest official statement regarding the ongoing issues affecting the Rog Ally, Asus has confirmed via internal testing that the handheld device's MicroSD card reader is prone...
I also loved my Asus Android tablet... Until a hardware problem that made it slower over time even after reformatting it thus eventually making it unusable. (Technically Nvidia's fault I guess).
In theory their stuff is really great, but yeah I have definitely been burned by Asus in the past.
What theory though? You say "In theory," as if Asus ever made good shit. They never have.... IDGI. You had two pieces of expensive hardware die and you still support them?
Totally agree. I've had an Asus motherboard and an Asus router. The mobo turned up completely dead and the router was completely ruined. Wouldn't boot, kept flashing.
Right now, it really looks like handheld gaming is cornered by Nintendo and Valve. The steam deck is way more reliable and appealing compared to the windows handhelds, and the switch is the switch.
Recently built an SFF PC and the only SFX-L power supply in stock with a native 16pin power connector was their Loki model. Luckily they just rebrand Seasonic power supplies who are afaik known to be pretty high quality so hopefully I won’t have any issues with it. But yeah their stuff always seems to have a big price premium they don’t deserve and overboard “gamer aesthetic” that I’m not really into, so I generally stay away from their stuff.
Jeff Gerstmann had a funny bit the other week about having trouble getting the SD card out of his Ally so he could return it, until he remembered he could just run a game on it until the heat popped the SD card out for him.