Comment on Valve May Start Selling Refurbished Steam Decks Soon - Steam Deck HQ
dkv@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
priapus@sh.itjust.works 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.
jayandp@sh.itjust.works 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.
Xyloph@lemmy.ca 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