My Steam Deck's arriving

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• lea@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Especially after hearing that some sticks/touchpads (I can’t remember what) don’t work immediately after booting into Steam OS with the new SSD.

  No need to worry, this is just because the recovery image installs an older SteamOS version which does not support the updated firmware of the controls.

  The touchscreen and especially mice and keyboards connected via USB should always work, then after a system update that gets you back to a recent SteamOS version the controls will work again as well.

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• OtisRamflow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You’re fine, just follow the iFixit guide. It’s super easy. After removing the screws I pulled it apart with my fingernails, no problem. Remove screw, replace drive, put screw back in. This is like, day one stuff at a computer repair job. Again you’re fine. If you can do a Lego set, you can replace the m.2 on a steam deck. Don’t psych yourself out, my mother could do it.

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  • neku@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What do I have to do to make every stick/touchpad work again? Is it enough to boot into Steam OS most tutorials don’t even mention this step…

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    • Siklos@ani.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No one mentioned it because the issue is fixed automatically after updating Steam OS. I had the issue and it fixed it for me. Also, the touchscreen is still working so setting up the Wi-fi is still possible (just don’t open the emoji keyboard, it won’t crash your deck but an annoying error message might appear).

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    • hogart@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Mine didn’t have any issues when I swapped.

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    • OtisRamflow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I just bought a USB m.2 adapter and flashed steam OS to the drive before I ever even put it in the deck. First not was just like biting the original drive.

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• IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Make sure you have the right size screw drivers. You can easily strip those screws. Also buy a cheap thin guitar pick which you can use to open the shell.

  You can just clone the existing OS on the old SSD to an image onto the sd-card and then clone it back to the new SSD. So the issue of the touchpads will never come up, since it is exactly the same installation as before.

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• Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You Will be fine. Take it slow and follow a good guide on youtube.

  I replaced the SSD, both joys, all buttons, the fan and thermal paste all in one go and never done anything like that before.

  Stay organized(label screws if you have to) , have plenty of room on your table with good lighting and just take it easy.

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• hogart@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The only thing I had issue with was the cable to the battery. For the longest time it felt like I had zero progress removing it. I even started doubting I did it right, then it started moving. Take your time. Also the shielding didn’t fit my ssd. So I had to carefully open it up and wrap it arround. I still never felt I was outside of my comfort zone. And I never do this type of thing. Just take it slow.

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• Molecular0079@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  My friend just did his SSD upgrade. He said that it was a bit harder than what the guides online made it seem, but he eventually completed it, so just be patient and don’t rush. In particular, he said that the tab to pull off the battery connector is pretty brittle.

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  • OtisRamflow@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s the easiest thing I’ve ever done in my life.

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    • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Damn, I’m sorry for your permanent constipation.

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    • hogart@feddit.nu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s not. Or I wanna see your breakfast in the morning.

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    • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You must have a rough life!

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• cmder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just take your time and it will be fine. Also use something in plastic like a fidelity card to open it, if you use something in metal you will damage the shield.

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