Comment on I upgraded my LCD to OLED with DeckSight! Also swapped the case and buttons while I was at it
thejevans@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I’ve considered doing this. Did you have to remove the old screen even though you were doing a chassis swap?
Comment on I upgraded my LCD to OLED with DeckSight! Also swapped the case and buttons while I was at it
thejevans@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I’ve considered doing this. Did you have to remove the old screen even though you were doing a chassis swap?
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yes unfortunately. I thought I wouldn’t have to, that’s half the reason I got the extra case. But the way the steam deck is designed, the internal frame is screwed to the front case with 6 screws that are under the screen 🫠
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
That’s interesting, I had a assumed screen swap/case swap would be equally difficult.
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Nah, every little button and board are all individually screwed into the front case. So swapping it is literally removing those things one at a time, setting them aside, doing the rest of the work, then putting all those little pieces back in exactly where they go.
The instructions have over a 100 steps, then you do them an in reverse. So over 200 steps to do it all.
I bet you could get fast at it, but first time? Gonna be slow.
But the screen swap is just the motherboard in and out I’m pretty sure.