We have previously reported that ASUS ROG Ally’s SD card reader seems to have an overheating problem, causing many players’ microSD memory cards to malfunction. After more than half a month, ASUS finally admitted that there is really this problem and is working hard on it. Find ways to improve and commit to the player RMA process as it happens.
ASUS admits that ROG Ally’s SD card reader has an overheating problem, and is trying to improve it
According to foreign media reports, recently in the Discord ROG chat room, ASUS confirmed that many players reported microSD memory card problems a while ago, and indeed the SD card reader will overheat in some cases. “Under certain stressful conditions, the SD card reader may malfunction,” ASUS said. In order to solve this problem, ASUS will launch a new update to fine-tune the preset minimum fan speed on ROG Ally to improve reliability and control fan noise. “
For users who have already had an SD card reader, please contact the local official customer service for the RMA process to check for any problems and repair them. Of course, basically don’t expect to get the new ROG Ally.
However, for users who can still use it normally, we recommend using the internal SSD storage space first, that is, the games are all installed on the internal SSD, and do not use the microSD memory card until ASUS releases the updated file for resolution.
As early as June, a foreign user CPPC TEK found that the microSD memory card of ASUS ROG Ally was overheating, and the card reader was too close to the VRM powered by the AMD APU. lower temperature. At that time, he also predicted in the film that many users’ hardware technical knowledge is not that good, so in order to avoid the expansion of this problem, ASUS will need to provide an update with a better fan curve in the future, which is what ASUS promised this time:
Also in the Reddit forum, there is an article aboutUnderstand the situation of the card reader articlethe content reads: “The problem with ROG Ally is the controller of the SD card reader. The controller is on the other side of the motherboard (yellow box in the photo). Unless you completely disassemble the Ally, you can’t access it. , everyone is saying it’s not a heat issue, but we don’t know yet because we don’t know how hot the controller actually gets, this part is in a hard-to-reach location, and there probably isn’t any airflow leading to a gradual burn.”
He also added that “Ally’s SD card has better performance settings enabled by default, and all other Windows devices do not do this”, so some settings are recommended to avoid SD card failure:
Enter disk management, right-click SD card, click properties, click policy, switch better performance to quick removal
Overall, this seems to be caused by hardware design defects. Although adjusting the fan may improve the overheating of the card reader, it also means that players will have to endure louder fan noise. It is not a good solution in the long run, so mind People who are noisy, it is recommended to avoid using card readers as much as possible.
