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Description
The Rocket Q4 2230 is finally here, bringing up to 2TB of high-performance storage for your Steam Deck, ASUS ROG Ally, and other devices. It’s a single-sided M.2 2230 NVMe SSD designed for maximum compatibility. It’s the easiest way to avoid the uncertainty of an OEM, double-sided, or M.2 2242 SSD solution for your valuable tech. This drive may also fit in longer slots while maintaining the advantages of a physically small drive. That means Gen4 performance of up to 5GBps sequential and up to 800K IOPS with high responsiveness, low latency, and excellent power efficiency, even when placed into a Gen3 slot.
The Rocket Q4 2230 is the simplest way to get the most internal storage in a single drive without having to rely on microSD cards or external storage. This SSD offers gaming desktop class storage performance in a small form factor, perfect for your Deck and other devices to get the best loading and transfer times. Combining the powerful Phison E21T SSD controller with reliable and efficient Micron QLC, this tiny SSD is fast and efficient while packing in up to 2TB to handle all your games and files. It’s also backed by Sabrent’s warranty and comes with a copy of Acronis True Image for your convenience. Read More
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On Sunday, I upgraded the internal storage on my ROG Ally. This is one of the easiest installations I’ve done on these devices.
I followed the comprehensive guide was published on Asus’ website on Jun 09, 2023.
What you will need:
ROG Ally
A size 0 Phillips head screwdriver
The latest BIOS software (as of this writing, 3.19)
2230 M.2 NVMe drives (I’m installing the 2TB Sabrent NVMe 2230 Card)
USB-A or USB-C keyboard or dock with ethernet port
The website said you need to deplete the battery to 25% or less, which is easily done by just playing a game on battery and before you know it, voila, 5%. You need to fully shut down Windows, make sure there is no spinning fan or flickering lights. The ROG Ally needs to be completely off.
Remove the SD card if you have one, remove the screws and the back plate. Flip over the flap, remove the battery, and remove the SSD. Install the new SSD, re-plug in the battery cable.
After that is done, plug in the 65-Watt power cable that came with the ROG Ally and hold down the volume down and power button at the same time. This should bring up the Asus BIOS. This may take a few minutes, so don’t worry, just let the computer do its thing.
Once you’re in BIOS, you need to exit the EZ mode by pressing “Y” and go the advanced tab. Select the Asus Cloud Recovery, the software should automatically detect and download everything you will need to run the ROG Ally system, including their SE version of the Armoury Crate.
You will need to get access to the internet. You will need a physical keyboard to type in your password to your WiFi, or you can get direct internet with a dock and ethernet cable.
Depending on your WiFi access, this may take a few hours to download. The Windows 11 image is about 16GB, at least that was the number that I saw. Do not unplug the power cable, let it download everything. The entire process took me over 2 hours, so be patient.
Despite unexpectedly needing a physical keyboard, this Asus online recovery process was a much easier approach than my previous upgrades. I’ve had to upgrade the storage on my Fallout Computer, the ROG Strix G15 and Steam Deck… and this cloud recovery option was an amazing experience.
Also, if you screw it up the new SSD or if the new SSD is causing problems (overheating?), the beauty is that you can always put back in the old SSD and pretended like nothing happened.
I followed the comprehensive guide was published on Asus’ website on Jun 09, 2023.
What you will need:
The website said you need to deplete the battery to 25% or less, which is easily done by just playing a game on battery and before you know it, voila, 5%. You need to fully shut down Windows, make sure there is no spinning fan or flickering lights. The ROG Ally needs to be completely off.
Remove the SD card if you have one, remove the screws and the back plate. Flip over the flap, remove the battery, and remove the SSD. Install the new SSD, re-plug in the battery cable.
After that is done, plug in the 65-Watt power cable that came with the ROG Ally and hold down the volume down and power button at the same time. This should bring up the Asus BIOS. This may take a few minutes, so don’t worry, just let the computer do its thing.
Once you’re in BIOS, you need to exit the EZ mode by pressing “Y” and go the advanced tab. Select the Asus Cloud Recovery, the software should automatically detect and download everything you will need to run the ROG Ally system, including their SE version of the Armoury Crate.
You will need to get access to the internet. You will need a physical keyboard to type in your password to your WiFi, or you can get direct internet with a dock and ethernet cable.
Depending on your WiFi access, this may take a few hours to download. The Windows 11 image is about 16GB, at least that was the number that I saw. Do not unplug the power cable, let it download everything. The entire process took me over 2 hours, so be patient.
Despite unexpectedly needing a physical keyboard, this Asus online recovery process was a much easier approach than my previous upgrades. I’ve had to upgrade the storage on my Fallout Computer, the ROG Strix G15 and Steam Deck… and this cloud recovery option was an amazing experience.
Also, if you screw it up the new SSD or if the new SSD is causing problems (overheating?), the beauty is that you can always put back in the old SSD and pretended like nothing happened.
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