The SteamBoy is now fully functional! Took a while, but here we are.

As expected, the display was a bit of a challenge. But it was not nearly as impossible as some led me to believe. I'll make a post about the technical details soon, but for now, enjoy some Clair Obscur gameplay.

Original SteamBoy post: https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeckModded/comments/1vj5paa/the_steamboy_wip/

Its apparently a 10 pin layout which is annoying to find online. I have a console repair place close to my that says they can easily do the soldering work to replace it if I can source them the part.

I sadly snapped my micro sd card in half and destroyed the port when I took off the shell to swap all my buttons and thumb sticks out for custom colored ones.

I have an LCD and it feels like it is allot more quiet than I'd like it to be

My old screen got broken (screen was flashing on one side) so I got a new one from here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G6DLQ6XH?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title , but unfortunately it is not working. I'm trying to figure out if I somehow installed it wrong or if these screens simply don't work. I even got a replacement from them after I told them it wasn't working the first time and the new screen still isn't functioning.

I hooked it up to a 2nd monitor and the system is responding to touch and it is recognized in desktop mode as being there, but no image on the screen.

I tried CMOS reset, updating the bios, and a factory reset, and still nothing.

Should I just return the screen and get another (from another company) or is there something else I can try?

I have never posted on here before so I have no clue what I’m doing. I have no clue what I’m doing in general. I feel like cheats use to be so easy when I was younger but now I don’t get the time to research and learn the terminology. I love playing video games and I know people hate cheaters but I’m a mom and I get no time for myself, maybe an hour at night. I want to relax and play but I don’t have time for the grind. I usually waste that hour not even playing just looking up videos how to install software to cheat. I have tried every cheating software but somehow can never get them to work. Well when I first got my steam deck I got stardew valley cheats to work but I don’t even remember how I did that. I have so many things downloaded like wemod, modengine, cheat deck, deckyloader, ect but I have never been able to actually use them. Somehow then never work. And I “$upport” the site each time not just downloading for free. If you get what I mean. (It wouldn’t let me post when I said it a different way) Like today I was trying to download plitch (I got pro) (thought I’d give that a try it says it has the cheats for the game I want) and some how now fucked up protontricks so I thought I’d uninstall it and reinstall it and it won’t redownload so now I’m like fuck. I probably have fucked up my steam deck. All I wanted was to play harvest moon winds of anthos with infinite stamina and to stop time once in a while like I did with stardew. Can someone please help me. I know this wasn’t really a direct question but I don’t know what I’m doing wrong to ask how to fix it. I’m sorry.

I just bought my first Steam Deck Oled 512 GB and I really want to take good care of it.

I have a hard time finding a good quality cover and thumb grips (I am in Denmark). I would like the cover in either hard plastic or silicone, but I am open for suggestions.

As for looks - I would love a pastel pink, pastel green or brown/beige if possible.

Do you guys have any good advice for where to buy?

Thnx

I'm at a pawn shop and found a 256GB Steam Deck for $267. Could someone tell me what I should ask or do to find out if it's worth it?

It looks good aesthetically.

My lcd steam deck screen has some dead pixels and I’m wondering if anyone has any recommendations on either Ali or Amazon sellers for a replacement screen.

I also got a replacement shell ordered since I’m already tearing it apart, but wondering what other upgrades I should consider doing on top of the screen repair and shell swap.

Hi all, I've been thinking of starting a business doing mods, repairs, refurbs, etc of the Steam Deck, controllers, and other consoles and electronics in general.

Is this a good business to be in? How would one start about finding customers? What are some important things to think about?

I'm really good at modding, refurbs, and electronics. I can do microsoldering, and while I'm not currently set up for reflow and reballing, I could see myself having that capability in short order, since I know how to do it.

I've been watching videos of content creators like Macho Nacho, The Retro Future, Adrian Black, RMC, etc and their refurb videos are always fun, and I'm pretty sure I can do a job that's just as good or better than them.

Shell swaps and screen upgrades are not a problem and I have original PTM7950 imported from Japan, so steam deck repastes and cooling mods are a thing I could be doing as well.

How would you guys start? What's the best way of doing this?

I've attached a couple photos of Steam Decks I modded, the first one has a DeckHD screen swap, a full shell swap, a cooling upgrade (PTM7950, better fan) and an SSD upgrade, and the other one has a cooling and ssd upgrade as well, and a CNC milled alu backplate (the fan barely spins up, even in demanding titles - and even then it's very quiet). It has the controversial fan grate, but actually the insides are cooled much better than in a stock deck because of the massive heat soak from the metal back plate right to the motherboard.

Any specks of dirt you see under the transparent case is due to the deck simply being in daily use since years.

I would appreciate any tips on how to go forward establishing a business like this.

PS I hope this doesn't go against rule 3 (self promotion) - I don't have a business, I'm just trying to figure out how to set one up, and I'm hoping to hear from people what they're looking for.

Thanks!

Hi All,

I've had my LCD Deck since launch pretty much and I love it. It hasn't given me any issues except for the little plastic ring around the joystics peeling off - which I fixed by adding some caps.

During a short trip, my right joystic started acting up: I thought it was drift but it was something else (basically it wouldn't registed complete move to the left, but everything else worked well).

Somehow I've returned from my trip and it's working now with no issues again, but I already ordered GuliKit HAL joystic replacements (for LCD) and I'm wondering if I should replace them anyway.

How hard is it? Do I risk messing up/screwing my Deck? I've fiddled with hardware before but I haven't done it in years. On one hand I look forward to opening the Deck, cleaning it inside (I have a pet dog) and installing new HAL joystics. But on the other, I'm a bit worried about not doing it right.

I've even bought a small kit of tools to do it, am I worrying too much?

So apparently this is a thing? I have the og square fan on my lcd, iv noted that I've of the screws don't line up, but will a old fan fit in my version? As i can't fund any info if it fits both lcd vetsions or not, also any downsides ? And is the oled fan 6v where the lcd is 5v?I'm just sick and tired of the fan noise lol,

Short story, got bad migraines for anything other than IPS displays, but the og LCD is pretty bad. Is there a third party replacement up to the quality of the ROG ally etc?

Ive seen the LCD model work with just the main board and the fan

Unfortunately I have a main bored and a fan
But it won't boot
Keeps getting an error and restarting

Hi all. I mod steamdecks pretty regularly (re-shells, custom painted vents, soldered sticks etc). I know my way around a SteamDeck. I recently wanted to try PTM 7950 as a thermal paste replacement.

But I always run into this issue where when I apply any thermal paste in the steamdeck, there is an initial pump out that coats the small chips surrounding the APU and then the OS will throttle OR the steam deck will fail to boot and cycle the fan for a few hours (for anyone else having this exact symptom list, the solution is usually to redo your paste, add a lot less and tighten things in a star pattern, and then wait with the steamdeck plugged into a charger for 5-8 hours before turning on).

But here’s my issue. No matter how many tutorials or guides I follow on repasting a deck, I get the same mild ‘recalibration’ across most of the decks that I’ve worked with. I actually can’t even cut PTM to the full APU size because it’ll pump out when it liquifies on the first phase change and commit the same throttle I’m talking about.

And it’s usually only the first boot up with new paste that’s the most buggy. And again, I think it’s because that phase change moves the paste rapidly as it settles the first time.

So if it’s this common then someone else has to have experienced this. If anyone knows what I’m talking about please tell me what I’m doing wrong. I watched like 5 YouTube tutorials about how to apply ptm and followed the instructions religiously and yet nobody else has talked about this.

I know there’s been a few AirTag posts. I wanted to share this quick one that I was impressed with.

I found that the AirTag is too bulky to sit in nicely. I just bought a generic compatible tracker from a large online retailer. It comes in a neat little package, fits perfectly over the battery and lasts a year on charge.

I did see they also do a wireless charging version which would satisfy some people’s requirement of not opening the deck to recharge it.
I’m happy with a 12 month maintenance cycle. Let’s me go in clear dust and check the battery isn’t bulging.

I also considered Jerry rigging it into the SD’s battery. But decided that I prefer having a separate battery that can be used if the SD goes dead. Also less work on my part.

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In desktop mode it's easy to go into the monitor settings and flip the screen, but it doesn't affect game mode. Does anyone know if it can be done?

Since I know someone will ask why, I planning out how to put the SteamDeck components into a new shell, and it might be better for me if the SD card slot was on the top.

Hey everyone I have an LCD steamdeck the fan sometimes goes bananas on heavy games wondering if theres a good aftermarket alternative

or

Ive heard the OLED model's fan being quieter than the LCD model's is it possible to just drop in an OLED fan in my LCD model?

I have a Steam Deck OLED whose daughter boards got water damaged. A technician told me that he repaired the short circuits but the right daughter board is not delivering power to the left one anymore.

The current part numbers are:

Right board: MODEL: F7G DAF7GTH26DO REV: D

Left board: MODEL: F7G DAF7GTH36DO REV: D

So i started to search for a replacement daughter board set. All listings on ebay are hella expensive, i found one that fit my budget but the issue is that the part numbers of the listed boards aren't matching.

Right board: F7G DAF7GTH26DO REV: D (matches with my steam deck's right board)

Left board: MODEL: F7G DAF7GTH56DO REV: D (this is 56, my deck has 36, doesn't match)

will this mismatch be an issue? if one here has experience with repairs...

I'm currently using a Jsaux 6-in-1 dock and looking for an adapter. Have checked on Makersworld to see about 3d printing one, but any out of the box solutions?

Hey everyone, I found a used Steam Deck OLED upgraded to 2TB being sold locally for about \~$364 USD.

However, the screen has a noticeable pressure mark/patch on the left side (the seller says it got stepped on, but everything else like the internals, battery, and sticks are fully functional and mostly used in docked mode).

A replacement OLED screen would cost me extra. Considering the 2TB SSD upgrade and the repair cost, is this still a good deal, or should I pass? Has anyone replaced an OLED screen before? Thanks!

Hi everybody,

I really love my SD, my favorite console since Xbox One, and i wanna update it if it's possible.

I've installed a 1TB SSD when i bought it, but now, i wanna keep upgrading it.

The only hardware issue bothering me right now is the A, B, X, and Y buttons—especially the X button, which sometimes gets stuck, though I can usually pop it back into place quickly.

Is there a way to fix this? And what else should I upgrade?

Thanks in advance to everyone who replies.

Main bored
Fan plugged in ✅
SSD plugged in ✅

Type C doc
Power from official charger plugged in ✅
HDMI plugged in ✅
Hori Steam Controller plugged in ✅

Why it bring up the SteamOS failed to boot screen?

Wanted to make it more like a traditional console so that's why it's not got its screen or its controller [or WiFi antennas or speakers attached]
Plan to use WiFi though a cable

just wondering, since I know many of you had a stock screen you replaced with the decksight or deckhd.

Has anyone done a joystick swap and put these on their Steam Deck? I’ve been thinking about doing this because it seems pretty easy to swap the joystick tops with this mod, but I can’t find a proper Steam Deck compatible one on AliExpress.

I’m curious to see if anyone here has heard about this or has done a similar mod themselves, like the one on the Xbox Elite controller.

I’m considering buying one of these to swap onto a GuliKit HE joystick on my Deck.
Some of them it seems to be compatible with PS5, Xbox, and Switch controllers.

Hi!

A couple of months ago I bought a Steam Deck OLED motherboard for dirt cheap. I only got around to messing with it recently, so I figured I'd share a few tips for anyone crazy enough to try the same thing:

• You need a good charger and a decent PD dock if you want this thing to work properly. I spent the first 2 days troubleshooting because my ROG Ally charger had a slightly bent connector, and that alone was enough to keep the Deck from booting.
• You need to find a way to get proper pressure on the third mounting point. Unlike the LCD model, the third screw on the OLED motherboard basically hangs in the air because it normally screws into the midframe. You'll need some kind of custom 3D printed support, spacer, bracket, or whatever you can come up with to keep that area pressed down properly. If you don't, you're probably gonna have a bad time.
• The Deck auto-boots as soon as you connect the charger, so you don't actually need the power button to turn it on. Also, the white LED stays on even if the board itself is shut down.
• You don't need the volume button board to get into the BIOS. A keyboard and some aggressive ESC key smashing is all you need.
• You can't update the BIOS normally without a battery connected. The Steam Deck recovery/reimage process can fail if the BIOS is too old, and it won't let you update it unless a battery is detected. I ended up flashing the BIOS directly with a CH341B programmer and a 1.8V adapter, because the Deck BIOS chip runs at a lower voltage. If you try to flash it without the 1.8V adapter, you might be saying goodbye to the BIOS chip.
• You also need to bypass the controller firmware update during the SteamOS install, otherwise the recovery process can get stuck because the internal controls aren't connected. During the install, edit tools/repair_device.sh and comment out this block:

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# Perform a controller update if updating OS. OOBE images like this one don't auto-update controllers on boot.
if [[ $writeOS = 1 ]]; then
  estat "Updating controller firmware if necessary"


  controller_tool="/usr/bin/jupiter-controller-update"


  if [[ -n $VENDORED_CONTROLLER_UPDATE && -d $VENDORED_CONTROLLER_UPDATE ]]; then
    controller_tool="$VENDORED_CONTROLLER_UPDATE"/jupiter-controller-update
    export JUPITER_CONTROLLER_UPDATE_FIRMWARE_DIR="$VENDORED_CONTROLLER_UPDATE"
  fi


  JUPITER_CONTROLLER_UPDATE_IN_OOBE=1 "$controller_tool"
fi

• And finally, don't freak out if you get artifacts, GPU crashes, or random instability when running the board completely naked. It took me 3 freaking days to figure this one out: you need to switch the fan curve back to the old one. The newer fan curve expects battery temperature data, and when there's no battery installed, things can go completely off the rails and crash the GPU. This tip alone would've saved me a massive headache.

And that's pretty much it.

You can actually turn a Steam Deck OLED motherboard into a really nice little mini PC if you're willing to work around a few weird quirks.

Next step: building a tiny Steam Machine around this little guy.