Spicy pillow 🧐
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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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That’s not the point. It’s bad for lithium batteries to be full all the time. That’s 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 you’re 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
