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Dang. You understand batteries. I was really hoping that it wasnt chance that the battery went poofy.
Time to do my paranoid check again
Dang. You understand batteries.
eh, apparently, not really. When it comes to battery health, it feels to me like the wisdom changes every few years. It probably wasn't very healthy for the battery to be on the charger for dozens of hours on end, despite battery management.
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I noticed the back of my steam deck feeling uneven yesterday. Opened it up to find a spicy pillow inside.
Replacement is underway, but I'm gonna remove this one now, already. Wish me luck...
Okay but how did you order a replacement??? Every time I've checked Ifixit they've been out of stock and I've signed up for an email telling me when they're in stock... Its been like a month...m
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Few drop of 91% isopropyl alcohol all around the edges of the battery and waiting a few minutes helps a lot if you're afraid of too much heat.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.
In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery to cut through the adhesive would have worked well.
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Okay but how did you order a replacement??? Every time I've checked Ifixit they've been out of stock and I've signed up for an email telling me when they're in stock... Its been like a month...m
I just went to ifixit's website and ordered the battery. Ordered it on sunday night, according to my tracking app it has just been delivered, so no long waiting times.
Maybe it depends on your region? It's in stock on the german website.
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I just went to ifixit's website and ordered the battery. Ordered it on sunday night, according to my tracking app it has just been delivered, so no long waiting times.
Maybe it depends on your region? It's in stock on the german website.
Must be regional then. I noticed that my shell isn't completely flat after seeing your post and now I'm obviously very concerned.
I've reached out to Steam Support atleast, hopefully they can directly sell me one, or point me somewhere that I'm not buying one off Amazon but this should likely be replaced asap...
When did you get your steam deck? Mines an original Q3 an curious if this is something common for our 2 year old devices?
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Or a cup of water and a pellet gun. PLAY WITH IT!
It wants to be free
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Must be regional then. I noticed that my shell isn't completely flat after seeing your post and now I'm obviously very concerned.
I've reached out to Steam Support atleast, hopefully they can directly sell me one, or point me somewhere that I'm not buying one off Amazon but this should likely be replaced asap...
When did you get your steam deck? Mines an original Q3 an curious if this is something common for our 2 year old devices?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I noticed that my shell isnāt completely flat
Probably a good idea to quickly pop it open and have a look at the battery. Opening the steam deck is quite easy (remember to remove the SD card!), It only takes 3 minutes to check
Iāve reached out to Steam Support atleast, hopefully they can directly sell me one, or point me somewhere that Iām not buying one off Amazon
From what I understand, iFixit is their official partner, valves support website directed me towards that as well.
When did you get your steam deck? Mines an original Q3 an curious if this is something common for our 2 year old devices?
August 2022, close to three years old now.
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If he understood batteries he probably wouldn't have left it plugged in all the time. That wouldn't be an issue unless he always left it in sleep mode, so it would short charge cycle every other day.
the steam deck bypasses the battery if it's fully charged, and powers itself directly from the charger. Unlike a phone.
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the steam deck bypasses the battery if it's fully charged, and powers itself directly from the charger. Unlike a phone.
Thatās not the point. Itās bad for lithium batteries to be full all the time. Thatās why iPhones wait to charge the last 20% until right before you wake up, and why Samsung phones have the option to limit charging to 80%. However, the most ideal charge for battery health is between 50-60%, so if you leave your Deck plugged in all the time, you should limit the charging to that for maximum battery life, and only charge it higher when you know youāre going to be needing it.
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the steam deck bypasses the battery if it's fully charged, and powers itself directly from the charger. Unlike a phone.
It doesn't do that in sleep mode, though. Only while screen is on. In sleep mode it will cycle.
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I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.
In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery to cut through the adhesive would have worked well.
That's one of my go to's when fixing phones. FYI, the plastic playing cards work great for that.
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the latest beta update for the steam deck offers an new option to limit charging to 80/85/90% btw!
Oh, sweet! It's about damned time.
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This, is a bucket. (and sand)
Dear god...
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Dear god...
Gentlemen synchronize your death watches (and sand)
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I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.
In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery to cut through the adhesive would have worked well.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]IPA (of enough concentration) is the same thing you'd use to clean the circuitry/hardware so it shouldn't cause any damage unless it dissolves with the glue and somehow that's damaging (it shouldn't be).
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I noticed the back of my steam deck feeling uneven yesterday. Opened it up to find a spicy pillow inside.
Replacement is underway, but I'm gonna remove this one now, already. Wish me luck...
Should crosspost to [email protected].
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Thatās not the point. Itās bad for lithium batteries to be full all the time. Thatās why iPhones wait to charge the last 20% until right before you wake up, and why Samsung phones have the option to limit charging to 80%. However, the most ideal charge for battery health is between 50-60%, so if you leave your Deck plugged in all the time, you should limit the charging to that for maximum battery life, and only charge it higher when you know youāre going to be needing it.
FYI the latest SteamOS release (just a couple of days ago) added an option to only charge to 80%.
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I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.
In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery to cut through the adhesive would have worked well.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]FYI, it would almost certainly cause no damage. 91% isopropyl alcohol evaporates extremely fast and with no electricity flowing it couldn't short anything.
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FYI, it would almost certainly cause no damage. 91% isopropyl alcohol evaporates extremely fast and with no electricity flowing it couldn't short anything.
Actually less worried about shorting something, note worried about it damaging some adhesive or protective film, or anything on the screen, really
