Comment on is it fine to leave steam deck in sleep mode instead pf turning it off?
Shadow@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
It’s horrible about sleeping. If you want your battery, turn it off. The latest update seems to be better, but I wouldn’t trust it in your shoes.
Igilq@szmer.info 5 days ago
Well, thanks for that information. Good to know that battery runs out when in sleep actually
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 days ago
Well, every device in sleep mode runs out of battery at some point. The Steam Deck is not the most efficient one in sleep. I would just turn it off if you do not use it for an entire day or so. Otherwise its pretty useful to just sleep for a few hours.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Sleep mode means ram is being powered, as otherwise it will clear out, and it keeps Bluetooth and WiFi on as well for the wakeup stuff.
There’s a tweak for allowing hibernation, that saves stuff to disk and actually shuts the deck off properly.