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I've been using my steam deck wrong this whole time
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this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2026
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mine sadly died recently so I've not been using it at all 😭
Might be able to repair it depending in whats wrong
ah, well it was charged up with a full battery and working and then it was just dead. won't come on again and the charging LED does not light up anymore despite different cords and adapters being tried. pretty sure it's a dead motherboard.
Try putting it forcibly into battery storage mode:
After that, plug it back in, and it will hopefully turn on. Some people have had luck reviving a non-responsive deck this way when nothing else has worked.
no, that doesn't do anything. the LED hasn't lit up for anything since it died.
I think that's a relatively common issue that can be fixed by resetting the battery. I think it starts by loading it for a day even when the indicator isn't lighting up.
Look it up, I might be wrong.
Mine decided it wanted to have a spicy pillow. I can see the backplate bulging a tad. It's been unplugged since December now.
well at the very least you can still use it, just get that battery out.
How did it die?