If the Steam Deck’s airflow wasn’t so delicately balanced, they could probably just skip the glue and add some foam or rubber patchs on the corners to prevent rattling. Then it’d be fairly easy to replace.
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ITeeTechMonkey@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
While this is nice, I do hope they consider making it easier to remove and install a new battery for the next iteration of the steam deck.
To clarify, I mean something similar to phones where the backplate can slide off or preferably a panel, secured by a screw, when removed allows direct access to the battery and allows it to be easily swapped out - similar to many kids toys.
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
What about 2 screws and some tabs
dditty@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Nice o didn’t know power tools has this, I will configure that when I get home today. I often leave my deck plugged in and forget about it and charging the battery to 100% is no bueno
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
To be fair, most phones don’t have easily replaceable batteries anymore either. I remember in an interview that one of the steam deck leads said they really wanted an easier to replace battery, but it was a compromise they ended up making. I think they blamed it partially on inexperience with hardware production, and that they hoped to do better on future hardware.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Yeah. People underestimate the thermal and “durability” benefits of just holding that in place with some double sided tape.
Going by www.ifixit.com/Guide/…/168676 it doesn’t look great but it looks “reasonable” and the replacement battery comes with new tape.
The other month I was reading up on a white paper proposing an industry standard adhesive designed to pretty much dissolve instantly when exposed to the right solvents. Whether said solvent is at all human safe or what the cost of switching to these kinds of strips were was not discussed which… kind of is an answer in and of itselff.
rotopenguin@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
Apple’s solution is to integrate a heating strip with the glue. Put some power into it, and the glue warms up and releases.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
In theory that is nice. In practice that is just as expensive to re-tool for and isn’t needed. Any adhesive being used should (and, in my experience, does) soften up under a simple heat gun (or hair dryer if you are lazy). That obviously gets REAL sketchy if you are dealing with a spicy pillow but… in that case you should not be touching things unless you know how to handle those (bucket of sand). At which point dealing with a battery you probably don’t want to get hot is not an issue.
Like a lot of stuff, I blame “popular science” tech youtubers like Linus Sebastien. He thought it was funny to lose his mind with a butter knife and stab at his steam deck and everyone pointed out how dangerous that was while memeing it around. When the reality is that you just get a plastic spreader/old credit card and a heat gun and stuff pops out pretty quick in these “reasonable” uses of glue/tape situations.
Ulrich@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
That’s not “being fair”, that’s just making excuses.