Performance is.. mid? [Base XBox Ally)

The base ally with Z2A i get isn't supposed to be a power house but im getting around 80 fps on windows on a simple roblox game at 1080p while on CachyOS im getting around 140@ 1080p on the same game. It's at turbo on windows and I went into AMD adrenaline and set to performance to maybe see if that'll fix it but no it just set my monitor from 240 hz to 30 hz.

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 5 days ago

HP 15-ay009dx powers on but black screen, weird CMOS/POST behavior

I'm trying to revive an HP 15-ay009dx. It powers on but the display stays black.

Weird timeline:

  • Before CMOS reset: it powered on (still no screen) but never got warm
  • Removed CMOS battery: now it sometimes shows CMOS reset screens
  • It showed “No bootable device” once (so BIOS/display worked at least once)
  • Tried USB boot, but it went black
  • Tried HP BIOS recovery (Win+B), nothing appeared
  • Tested RAM / every slot
  • No RAM installed gives Caps Lock blink code
  • RAM installed gives no Caps Lock response

Any ideas? BIOS corruption, EC issue, motherboard failure?

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 5 days ago
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HP notebook powers on but black screen, CMOS reset gives weird POST behavior

I’m trying to fix an HP Pavilion 15-ay009dx (2017-ish).

The laptop powers on (fans/lights), but the screen stays black.

What’s weird:

  • Before CMOS reset, motherboard would power on but never get warm
  • After removing the CMOS battery, it showed CMOS reset screens a few times but never again.
  • It showed “No bootable device” after resetting CMOS first time (so BIOS/display worked at least once)
  • Tried booting from USB but it went black and then never again
  • Tried HP BIOS recovery (Windows + B) but no recovery screen appeared
  • Tried different RAM sticks and every slot
  • With no RAM installed, Caps Lock flashes blue (so it detects missing RAM)
  • With RAM installed, Caps Lock doesn’t respond

I’ve tried most common fixes from HP forums/YouTube and even asking AI. Is this likely BIOS corruption, motherboard failure, EC issue, or something else?

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 5 days ago

Tried going back to windows, genuinely couldn't. (ROG XBOX ALLY)

I seriously cannot, Cachy gave me triple the FPS, 100x the customizability and stability. Even though windows gives updates for everything It just can't take me back. Btw is there anythingt hat can update firmware and stuff for the ally?

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 6 days ago

Cloud Recovery isn't rebooting to windows? Here's a fix

Kudos to u/EXR-P4trick from r/ROGAlly (OG Post https://www.reddit.com/r/ROGAlly/s/FfvPx0EZpJ)

TLDR: Go to advance mode; go to security, ensure this the state:

Platform Mode: Setup
Secure Boot : Not active

So how to do it?

  • In the BIOS, toggle Secure Boot Control to Enabled
  • Open Key Management..
  • Hit Restore Factory Keys and accept.
  • Navigate directly to Save Changes & Reset and select OK.
  • The exact second the screen goes black, press and hold the Volume Up (+) button instead of Volume Down.

That would restore to keys to factory, In my case i can see that some of thet keys have been modified and when i tried to delete it, it fails

Then

  • In the BIOS, toggle Secure Boot Control to Enabled
  • Open Key Management
  • Scroll down to Platform Key (PK).
  • Select Delete Platform Key (or Clear PK). Confirm with Yes.

At this point the platform mode should be at setup and secure boot at not active, save and reboot one last time. and do the normal asus cloud recovery.

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 6 days ago

Cloud Recovery Isn't Working

so im trying to use cloud recovery to go back to windows from CachyOS but everytime i try to use cloud recovery it says press enter to continue after downloading and reboots back to linux bootloader with secure boot violation bc cachyos i didnt setup secureboot, this also happens with a clean disk and bazzit

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 7 days ago
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ROG Xbox Ally Cloud Recovery

Hello,

I put bazzite on my ally and honestly it was overhyped and pretty janky. Now I went to the UEFI and did cloud recovery and after downloading files it asks to reboot to continue. It reboots back to the bazzite GRUB menu which then because the disk is wiped asks to load the kernel first. If i look in boot menu theres no windows boot partition so im basically stuck.

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 11 days ago

Trying to get windows back [Cloud Recovery]

Hello,

I put bazzite on my ally and honestly it was overhyped and pretty janky. Now I went to the UEFI and did cloud recovery and after downloading files it asks to reboot to continue. It reboots back to the bazzite GRUB menu which then because the disk is wiped asks to load the kernel first. If i look in boot menu theres no windows boot partition so im basically stuck.

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u/EffectiveEvent2355 — 11 days ago