Suddenly today after restarting, my Deck stopped charging or showing the power light, while plugged in. After doing several combinations of holding the … and volume + button, it blinked, turned orange, and then white. It is charging normally now, but when I unplug and then plug it in, the light goes back to orange. Then repeat, and it goes back to white and charges normally.
Does this mean the deck needs servicing? Should I reboot normally again, or do a system reset?
morgan_423@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If you have an alternating orange and white power LED, it means that the Deck is struggling to charge at at least the rate that it would on the official chargers (40W or 45W).
This could be you using an alternate (and lower power than the official) power adapter, or it could have been an electrical issue where you were plugged in, and there was some issue with the current you were drawing.
For your future reference, here’s an old Reddit thread I found back when I got my OLED Steam Deck; I bookmarked it to keep the light codes handy.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I have two chargers and they’re both official, however I did plug it in once to a phone charger, which basically did nothing.