Update, The Drive and Board dose not touch the CPU Heatsink, There Is A Gap Between The Adapter Board And Botton Area of the ALLy Heatsink, Been Running For 3 Days SO far With No Issues. Running some test now toes IF we have any problems with heat but so far it Doing pretty Good.

@zaidane6859

9 ай бұрын

hellooo! is there a link for that asus rog ally cloud recovery just in case i get stuck on cloud recovery?

@jarihuuskola

9 ай бұрын

Would it be possible to put the black sticky sheet underneath the SSD? It would then act as an insulator between CPU and SDD. It kinda seems that you could easily make the necessary cuts to the sheet, so it would fit under the SSD.

@djmorris666

9 ай бұрын

Thanks - did u do a speed test of the ssd? Wondering if the adapter does not do anything funky…

@ETAPRIME

9 ай бұрын

Just added it thanks Defoe the reminder

@tdata545

9 ай бұрын

@@ETAPRIME One your predictive keyboard is terrible. LOL. AND, secondly, does this support double sided SSDs? Or is that outside the voltage limits of their slot?

I've seen third party expansion boards like this being made for Thinkpads to add support for different sized m.2 and also other expansions, so it's nice to see this with handhelds too

I've been waiting for this video for weeks. I ordered the adapter off AliExpress for $4 and saw a 2tb lexar for $64 the other day but didn't buy it thinking prime day it'll be lower >.< can't wait to see the long term results!

That's a nice simple but elegant solution.

I bought one of these last month. Absolutely fantastic. The small factor NVME drives are so hard to fine here and crazy expensive. Got a 2TB 2280 for half the price and installed it with ease. Highly recommended.

@skirmishnoob225

7 ай бұрын

hello what about now? any weird reactions from hardware how about the heat thermals?

@Bl4ckH4nd

7 ай бұрын

@@skirmishnoob225 Nope, no issues at all and I use my Ally for everyday. I tested the temps of the drive too, never reaches thermal throttling temps, even under heavy stress it never goes over 52 degrees C. A friend of mine also has one of these connectors, he's had it for longer than me and his Ally is also fine.

@therealcheb

6 ай бұрын

Any update?

@kevtattoos54

6 ай бұрын

​@@therealchebi did the same exact thing 2 months ago and absolutely no issues

Thanks for sharing awareness. Of course, I'd be too concerned about the heat from the heat pipes to ever do it. But it's good to know your options.

10/10 recommend this. I did this day one at launch. Works like a charm. Not a single issue.

@DirtyHardSock

9 ай бұрын

You need to be super careful lady.

@jaleelmcdonald3374

8 ай бұрын

Still working?

@AndrewD50297045

8 ай бұрын

@@jaleelmcdonald3374 oh yeah. Not one issue ever.

@watchmelivenstuff

8 ай бұрын

Do u need like a metal heatsink or anything?

@xKillZone99

7 ай бұрын

​@@watchmelivenstuff no

Yes I’m glad you did this ETAPRIME love it 😍👍🏽thanks for the video man love it and your videos

thank you so much for this guide, so amazing!

Just want to say thank you for all the blessings 🙏

Love that mod. I found it on alliexpress about 2 months ago. With a little bit more modification and instead if that one, they make another one that's shorter, I've managed to install a 4tb 2280 in the steam deck as well. I was worried about a couple things but I have to say I'm about 80 days after install and I've not had a single problem with it in the steam deck. I'm surprised it s taken this long to see a video about it on. But flag to finally see one. Awesome content man

@Cryptech1010

9 ай бұрын

There has been many videos about it already

@FoxOutdoors

8 ай бұрын

Any video of this being installed in a steam deck?

@DaveMojica

8 ай бұрын

is your SSD double sided?

@Cryptech1010

8 ай бұрын

@@DaveMojica it has to be single sided.

Thank you so much for this video. Followed your steps and it was flawless with a spare 1TB 2280 SSD I had laying around. :)

@LauraStallone-we4hg

4 ай бұрын

I want to ask, does it over heat and do you need a Heatsink with a nano Thermal pads added to the ssd ? Pls let me know thank you

@SCTimbal

4 ай бұрын

@@LauraStallone-we4hg Doesn't overheat that I'm aware of. There really isn't anything underneath it that radiates heat up to the SSD. Mine is just naked as in the video.

i wanted to come back after receiving the board in the mail and acquiring a m.2 and it does works perfect

This should have a follow-up long term review.

Very helpful can’t thank you enough! 😅

The reason that screw does not come out is its designed to separate the case and you start with your separation tool here. It's the same design on ROG gaming laptops, I have one.

Ordered! Thank you@

Treating myself to this handheld for black Friday almost here

may have to do this!! have a few 2280s but may hold out until i get my Legion Go

Amazing Mod, going to do this for my Ally right now!

Wow, now that's a cool mod.

This is really impressive

I just installed the fastest gen 4 2tb 2280 SSD in my new ROG Ally. I got impatient waiting on my adaptor to arrive so I used flush cutters that is used in model building to cut away all the plastic in the way of my SSD till the SSD fit and now plan on just returning the adaptor whenever it arrives. I’m loving my new Ally.

@lvgs7348

6 ай бұрын

How’s it working for you? Any updates?

I'm ecstatic because of this modification. I am definitely buying an eight terabyte 2280! Thank you for showing new potentials to my future device. You definitely cannot do this on a Lenovo legion go at least not yet.

@Tom-Bomb

Ай бұрын

How’d this work out, you ever do it? I rly wanna put in a 4tb but I’m way too scared about frying the thing.. unless maybe going with the gen 3 adapter to throttle the speeds.

Thanks for this tip, I wasn't aware it was an option. I guess I wasted a fair bit on an SD card.

These people are doing the lord’s work

Purchased it using your link. Hope it works.

This is incredible. How did I miss this video until now? I have been saving up for a 2TB 2230 but now with this realization I can pull the trigger on a solid 2280 right away!

I just did this upgrade and now it’s in recovery mode so it’s going good so far lol

This is a nice vid. I wish it was that simple for the SteamDeck.

@andrenapper8802

2 ай бұрын

I just bought a open box Xtreme rog ally. I am loving how much easier it is to work on. I have a steam deck too, bought the 64GB version and then updated the SSD to a 1TB. not sure what I want to do with the steam deck yet, but I'm definitely loving the rog ally so far especially this mod.

Can you cover the topic about idle power draw of this mod? Comparison before after and maybe even option to get more power efficient ssd?

Habe gestern auch mein Ally damit umgebaut. Habe eine Crucial P3 Plus mit 4TB verbaut. Man kann auch ohne Probleme einen 3mm dicken Kühlkörper auf die SSD montieren, das Case passt damit immer noch. Laut HardwareMonitor hatte meine SSD Max. 64Grad, soviel hatte auch die 2230 vorher erreicht. Ich habe Windows mit Cloud Recovery auf die 4TB SSD installiert. Ich hatte beim Wechsel den Akku abgezogen, dadurch wird die Systemzeit im BIOS zurückgesetzt, bevor man Cloud Recovery startet muss man Datum und Uhrzeit neu einstellen weil Cloud Recovery nur funktioniert wenn noch Garantie auf dem Ally ist und das wird mit dem Datum abgeglichen, andernfalls läuft das Setup ewig durch beim Überprüfungsprozess. Das Ally hat die P3 Plus auch sofort erkannt im BIOS. Kann man wirklich empfehlen dieses Adapterboard.

Hello! Awesome vid explaining this process! Question though, would I need to update all my drivers again through the armory and myasus apps?

I recommend this mod for the less expensive-large SSD's! I installed a 4TB and used Macrium Reflect to clone over the smaller SSD to this. I placed some electrical tape under the apadter to shield the area. Maybe Kapton tape can be used? Nonetheless, I've been gaming with this setup without any problems.

@lloydchristmas6237

5 ай бұрын

Yep I used kapton tape under the part that sits on that battery connector, seems good to go I used same Macrium to clone the drive and now have 2tb!

Thank goodness it has More Stoarge!

The screw that does not come out is made like that so it raises the plastic back from the front part so that you can stick a tool to open the ally. They do that in laptops too.

This is SICK! Big thanks for sharing!!

Excellent video as always. Dont remember if you said or not but can this work on a steam deck maybe?

You are a genius person

G'day mate been following your vids ever since I got onexplayer, since sold that brought the rog ally. My only question no issues running the extender over that connecter it floats over the top of? Cheers have a good one

Nice mod sir😊. But I have a question by the m.2 ssd slot can we add a egpu like you have done in Lenovo legion go. ???

I got my WD 2T 2230 for only $124 a couple of months ago. Based on this video it will be more safe in the long run. Not sure why they didn't run it lower closer to the battery but then again that might introduce another issue.

@Cryptech1010

9 ай бұрын

Yea but you can get a 4tb 2280 for nearly same price, and plug it in directly with no mod. Not sure about long term, but temps are exactly same as stock ssd and its been months.

@volcalstone

9 ай бұрын

@@Cryptech1010 you would need to mod your Ally to fit a 2280. A 4TB 2280 is around $180 if I remember right a couple of days ago. Probably similar speeds so it won't be getting as hot. 2TB is enough for my case usage so I don't need to do either mods.

@tclark5481

8 ай бұрын

@@volcalstone That's the point of the angle bracket. No need to mod, just plug in the bracket and plug the ssd into that.

@mystertom100

8 ай бұрын

@@tclark5481 technically the bracket is a mod as it is not stock

@tclark5481

8 ай бұрын

@@mystertom100 That's like saying a 2230 2T SSD is a mod because it's not stock. It's plug and play, no modifications..

The only issue here is that the ssd is going to be right over the APU which gets very hot. Even if the ssd doesnt touch it there will still be enough radiant heat from the APU that it will slowly cook your SSD. It may not kill it but the SSd's controller is going to throttle the SSD to stop it from cooking itself, speeds will be very fast at first but will slow down after a few minutes of heavy use as the SSD starts to overheat. Its still a nice idea but i feel you would just get the Micro SD issue but this time with a more expensive SSD

Now I wanna add a 4TB after seeing this video

Just saved me $150, thanks man! Considered ordering a 2tb 2230 but was having a hard time justifying it since i had a 2tb 2280 already. This was a no brainer.

@rorwv

7 ай бұрын

They say it causes high temperatures because of the transformer. Is this true? Did you have any problem?

Man I hope I can do this with the Lenovo Legion Go when it arrives.

Can't wait for him to get the Legion Go and test that out as well and hope that can be upgraded as well?, And just as easy too? I hope? 😊👍

Hey bro I've watched a lot of your videos for a while I've been looking in to getting one of these Asus Ally's. Of course I'll be doing some upgrading myself I have a question for you how has that m.2 been running with it that close to the heat sinks.

Just installed yesterday an 2280 Lexar NM790 2TB Gen 4 ssd and oh boy was i in for a treat, instalation is pretty straight forward like the video, just keep steady hands, Cloud Recovery is amazing, pretty easy, the load times are pretty instant, temps are lower

@therealcheb

6 ай бұрын

Any update bro?

@RubenNeves22

6 ай бұрын

@chebson20s everything is perfect honestly like just recently bought from factory, Temps are lower I believe and stellar performance, loading times are pretty much instant, no complaints at all, just added the Spigen Case also, feels amazing, and battery life is much improved disabling the cpu boost helps since it doesn't affect performance

@adikurnia5364

5 ай бұрын

Do you use with or without heatsink variant ?

@LauraStallone-we4hg

4 ай бұрын

@@RubenNeves22hello I want to ask, does it over heat and do you need a Heatsink with a nano Thermal pads added to the ssd ?

@RubenNeves22

4 ай бұрын

@@LauraStallone-we4hg im not using any kind of thermal solution, just the ssd itself and the adapter, i believe the temps are even a bit lower, it's been a dream come true this Ally

Hi ETA, just wanted to ask if you have the same method but instead of cloud recovery by using drive cloning instead? TIA :)

Do we need to do any bios or asus related updates before swapping?

4 tb acer predator gm7 works well, is important to pay atention to power cables... you may have to press carefully a little bit down to allow enough space

U r my hero ❤

Just got the Ally, and I was looking for a tutorial, thanks! I have installed a 4TB WD SSD, let’s hope it isn’t going to have any issues.

@untitleddistraction5634

8 ай бұрын

Is it running well? Are you getting any issues because I’m thinking on doing this because I’m afraid to use the sd card slot on the ally.

@lvgs7348

6 ай бұрын

Any updates? I just bought this set up but I haven’t installed it yet, it was expensive so I’m on the fence if I should return and stick to a 2TB 2230 I have

i'm fixing to get an ally today i think. can you install the drive prior to starting for the first time or do you recommend actually setting up the ally with the original drive first?

just found out about this today! this installation seems easy and def a reason to possibly sell my deck for a rog. im guessing i can prob use a 4tb + drive ?

I wonder what the temperature of the SSD mounted above this hot radiator is.

An update on the life of the SSD would be great

I had no ideea i need a new ssd to swap the old ssd!!!!!thx for clarifying 😂😂😂

Hey just a quick question, I know it's that it goes over the heat cooler for the processor, will that not cause it to overheat?

Hey ETA Prime I went ahead and ordered all of the parts I need for this. I have an extra 1mm thermal pad for the ssd would it cause any issues if I put it on the drive after installation?

Did this about a week ago, I'm running the Lexar NM790 Gen 4, 4TB SSD for $198 on amazon.

@juanyunis

9 ай бұрын

I have the exact same drive on my Ally. If you don't mind I have some questions for you. Did you reinstall windows or clone the OEM one? If you cloned, did you disable and re-enable bitlocker (encryption)? did you use a heatsink/thermalpad? and what kind of speeds and temps are you getting? Thanks!

@tkb301

9 ай бұрын

​@@juanyunis I don't have this drive but I can answer one thing. You should definitely turn bitlocker off if you plan on cloning. It won't work otherwise. I used macrium reflect to upgrade to my sabrent rocket 2230 2TB drive and it worked like a charm

@YKs412

9 ай бұрын

I have the same questions

@Futura2500

8 ай бұрын

I just did this and i found my temps a bit wild 75c the highest - what temps you getting on the nvme ?

@vergeofwill

8 ай бұрын

@@Futura2500 did you use thermal pads? Also ditch the heat sync copper. It just traps heat.

Would you have to reinstall updates on windows 11 and all that stuff again also or should it be good to go when your done with cloud recovery?

Well this is truly awesome. I have a 2TB Sabrent inside the Ally, but it’s completely full, even though I’m also using a 1TB SD, which is also full, everything emulation. I started using a second 1TB SD on the USB-C port mainly for PC games. Now I ordered this adapter together with a 4TB Corsair MP600. You never have enough space 😊 Thanks for sharing the information.

@_JferD_

9 ай бұрын

Where did you buy the adapter?

We need this for the SteamDeck as well.

Wish there was a mod like this for the Steam Deck

@user-hr4xk1db6l

9 ай бұрын

That make thar same mod board but smaller. With a little but more modification and using the shorter one, I have a 4tb 2280 in Mt steam deck. So, go get creative and think out side the box. I bet you'd figure something out as well. I will sya it deff wasn't easy and the other mod that u have to do (heatpipe ANd a couple other things) it was deff not easy but totally worth it😊

Any updates on this set up ETA? Wondering like a lot of people about the longevity of it

3mo.s ago i modded my steam deck and installed 2280 size 4tb nvme gen 4, but it’s not the fastest nvme drive. My concern was the higher the write speeds the hotter it will get, so it will be safer to install a gen3 or gen4 nvme with decent read & write speed. I think the maximum total storage steam deck will support is up to 9TB, which is 1 8tb nvme + 1TB microsd but I think that is overkill, 5tb is the sweet spot for storge upgrade mod.

I did mind with 4tb msi ssd m2. Work like the gem 😂😂

Wow, i think it might actually be possible to create a custom back plate with a door on the back for quick swappability. Then I can swap drives like cartridges.

What about power issues? I know the Valve made a big deal out of people doing this to the Stream deck saying the larger SSD draw more power and the system wasn't designed to handle that.

thank you

@ETAPRIME Hello, just wanted to ask if it’ll fit the ssd with the heat sink on it. Looks like there is enough space but probably only just. I was looking at the lexar NM790 with heat sink.

Only thing i dont like is that it goes right on top of the CPU heatsink so the new SSD will probably get pretty hot, id maybe add a thermal pad inbetween the two if it fits

Can the bigger ssd survive the heat generated on this area? Or do you need to adjust the fan curve afyer doing this?

Missed some important details, first off, if you're running gen4 you're going to pull more power overall and at idle, and with more power, comes more heat. The ssd controller will go over 70c with the APU under load and it will thermal throttle making the fast speeds useless. The easiest way to deal with this, add a slim heatsink with fins (increase the surface area, flat ones will just delay the inevitable). You really only need a heatsink on the ssd controller itself, the other chips like it hot! Those fast Gen4 speeds are useless in games, they will top out around sata ssd speeds. There will be no gains in game loading times. The biggest issue of running Gen4, the power draw, you're going to needlessly pull wattage from the APU degrading your gaming performance. Best to check what kind of power draw your ssd requires before purchase. p3/p3plus are really good options. Would love to see a more in-depth look at the performance and temps under load and such so we have something to point the community to instead of having to repeat this a million times. :D

@yeahyeahyeahokayyyyy

9 ай бұрын

Just curious to know what the measurement on those heatsink fins would need to be in order to fit into this device though. 🤔

@x7ameedo700

8 ай бұрын

​@@yeahyeahyeahokayyyyyalso will add to your question, WD Black SSD SN850P with the heatsink or similars, do they fit? And would they affect the battery life and temps?

@designgears

8 ай бұрын

@@x7ameedo700 bad choice, that drive can pull up to 6W from the APU greatly degrading your game performance.

@x7ameedo700

8 ай бұрын

@@designgears which one do you recommend, i want to upgrade to 4tb?

@mccheeze775

8 ай бұрын

How about gen 3?

I'm surprised it doesn't have any heat issues. Even if it did, I figured adding some thermal pads would do the trick.

Is this the only video regarding this mod because I haven’t seen any videos about this.

Do you need to cut the back panel for it close properly ? Process seem to work fine except a little bump on the back after putting the back panel back.

A gen3 nvme (they get less toasty) + a very thin aluminum sheet on top of it, like the Kingston Fury Renegade has. That's how i'd do it. Maybe that would be safe enough to stay on top of a 80°C APU all the time

Putting a 4 tb 2280 silicon power 7000 on this bad boy. Hopefully no issues pretty awesome

Any updates on how the temps have been? Considering the Silicon Power 2TB UD90 version as i has better read/writes for about 10bucks more.

I hope the ayaneo kun is as easy as the ally to upgrade the nvme drive :)

hey brother whats that cable you have with the wattage readout

Nice console.

so is the cloud drive thing standard or do I open the system first and do it. I recently bought a new ROG so before I even open it can i just install the new internal ssd?

Dont you need a heatsink? Also it looks pretty close to the heat pipes for the allys cooling does it affect drive temps?

Would it hurt to put heat pads and a copper heatsink on the 2280? I'm putting in a crucial 2280 P3 Plus 4TB and I'm not sure if the pads and heatsink is overkill or will cause problems down the road.

Why does everyone use the Asus cloud recovery? Is there a reason not to clone the drive? I understand if it's brand new - but after a few months it's probably customized to your liking not to mention all the updates that would have to be redone

I'm not TOO tech savy with things regarding SSDs..... with that id like to ask. im looking at a WD Black SSD, should i get the heat sink or no?

Does that cloud recovery? Is that for all ROG ally's or like a service? Because I would have more on my's

How long until we get an update video regarding this setup and how the SSD is performing in 3 or 6 or 12 months ? A lot of people have been pointing out that this makes the SSD basically sit on top of the hot cooling plate / stuff which might affect performance or the life span of the SSD when it comes to temperatures 👀

@pixelman2626

8 ай бұрын

People already install this bracket on day one since ROG Ally got released . I never seen any SSD failure on their ROG Ally on internet because of this mod. On the other hand, it's just only been 3 months

I like the cable with power meter? Which one is that?

I like how delicate your gorilla hands are, teach me master we have the same hands

Where did you get the transfer board? Mine looks different it doesn't have the screw to hold the drive down. Was it the eBay or Amazon one?

If you’re doing the cloud recovery I recommend. 1. Not having an m.2 and a SD card in at the same time. Can cause issues. 2. Make sure the date and time is set in the BIOS. Confuses asus server.

Has there been any problems with this yet just curious before i do it myself?

Yup! I'm putting in a 4TB 2280

I have yet to see a 4TB 2280 working on the Ally. Can you give me some info on why this is @ETAPrime.

No thermal readings? ETA Prime usually gives us the thermals when benchmarking a new drive/graphics card.

@thetoythief8940

9 ай бұрын

Probably wants to give it a couple days and make a update video