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Steam Deck

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A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck.

Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux.

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[Boot Screen] - Custom boot screens/videos.
[Selling] - If you are selling your deck.

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TL;DR: Steam briefly showed options to buy refurbished Steam Decks for the following prices:

  • 64gb - $319
  • 256gb - $419
  • 512gb - $519

The steam page has since been taken down, but will hopefully go live officially soon.

Edit: That was quick, refurbished units available now.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Deck is very DIY friendly, including potential repairs. So it should be fairly safe to assume that it work just as new unit - especially coming from Valve itself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I dunno about DIY at home though.

The video by Valve themselves say not to open Steam Deck, then shows and explains why by showing how tightly coupled the hardware is.

They won't stop you of course.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

They have to say not to open so that they aren't liable for people breaking it when opening it. Some aspects of the hardware are hard to work with, like replacing the battery, but joysticks and screens (the main things I would expect people to need to repair) are surprisingly easy to access for a modern portable device.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

After cracking open my own Deck, replacing the SSD or Thumb sticks is dirt simple. There are even drop in Hall effect sticks you can get. The only real trouble is if you need to replace the battery. The screen and battery are definitely the hardest things to replace in the Steam Deck.

PS: REMOVE THE MICROSD FIRST! I've seen people forget their card is in there and literally snap it in half when opening up their Steam Deck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The only thing you really need to worry about is the metal heat shield removal since it is moved before the battery is unplugged, but after that it's pretty safe