Asus

Parts availability

75/100

Schematics

60/100

Repair friendliness

72/100

OEM pricing

60/100

Software locks

85/100

iFixit scored the ROG Ally 7/10. Strong repair-friendly hardware: battery, display, thumbsticks, fan and storage are all modular and straightforward, and per iFixit's current scorecard Asus now provides a good selection of repair parts and instructions (parts sold via iFixit). It runs open Windows with no part serialization, so software locks are not a barrier. Held back by a glued-in screen requiring adhesive cutting, a charge port and most buttons soldered to the mainboard, and Asus's mixed/evolving repair reputation (early units shipped with no committed parts supply, and Asus has a documented poor warranty/RMA track record). Good design, middling official-support consistency.

Parts availability

72/100

Schematics

66/100

Repair friendliness

80/100

OEM pricing

72/100

Software locks

80/100

PIRG ranks Asus the #1 laptop brand for repairability three years running (A- in 2025, B+ in 2026), driven by strong France-index disassembly/parts/documentation scores; Asus also has few software locks. However, no Asus laptop is on iFixit's curated score list and Asus is less open with full schematics than Dell or Lenovo, so per-model corroboration is thinner. Graded conservatively at high-C (one notch below PIRG's B+) given the equal-weighted rubric and limited per-model teardown data.

Parts availability

52/100

Schematics

22/100

Repair friendliness

62/100

OEM pricing

50/100

Software locks

72/100

Strongest firmware-freedom story of the group: Asus releases its Asuswrt firmware under the GPL, which underpins the actively maintained third-party Asuswrt-Merlin firmware, and many models (RT-AX88U, RT-AX86U, RT-AC68U, etc.) also run OpenWrt. That raises the software-lock (freedom) score well above peers. Physical repairability is comparable to other consumer routers — openable screwed/clipped cases, replaceable external antennas and PSUs, board-level fixes — but, like all the brands here, Asus publishes no schematics and offers no official spare-parts channel, which caps the overall repairability grade.

Parts availability

42/100

Schematics

24/100

Repair friendliness

48/100

OEM pricing

40/100

Software locks

52/100

Asus (Zenfone/ROG Phone) runs no official self-repair program; genuine parts are obtained through third-party distributors and repair guides come from iFixit's community catalog, with no official service manuals or schematics. Parts for ROG Phone models (screens, batteries, ports) exist but availability is limited and pricing OEM-uncontrolled. No recent iFixit numeric repairability score to anchor disassembly. Low-confidence low-F.