Comment on SteamOS 3.6.6 Preview for Steam Deck has fixes for ELDEN RING, system memory leak and more

dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What dock issue are you having?

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  • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It never connects on the first try when plugged into the Deck. I always have to plug/unplug the Power, USB, and HDMI cables to get it to switch over. This has been tried with multiple displays, multiple HDMI cables, and with Steam support. If you look on the Steam Community forums, this seems to be a common issue with some of the early Docks and Valve, for whatever reason, has no answers. I finally got them to replace it after nearly a year and only after the warranty is over.

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That was a common issue for me on an older build of steamOS, but I almost never have any issues with it anymore. Sorry to hear you’re still having issues with it.

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      • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So, just to be clear, you can plug in the Steam Deck into the Dock and it shows up on the display right away without having to power up/down, plug/unplug, or press any button combos to reset controllers or put it into storage mode? Do you plug it in powered on or off? Can you hot-plug while a game is running or no?

        I expected it to work more like the Switch where you plug it in and it switches displays but maybe my expectations are too high?

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• Burghler@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had dock issues on release like the HDMI not picking up until I’ve unplugged and replugged the dock power cable but after a firmware update that auto ran it was resolved

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  • dpkonofa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I can’t even get the Dock to acknowledge that there’s a firmware update despite Valve support saying there are at least 2 newer versions. It has done 1 update in the time that I’ve owned it and no combination of their suggested unplu/plug/restart cycle causes it to start an update.

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    • Burghler@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I wonder if theres a more explicit way to force the firmware update, like a usb stick with the update file? For me I just updated my deck via settings while plugged into the dock and it prompted about a firmware update being available. I’ve only had this prompt once though

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