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Orcvader · 5 Oct 2022 at 22:03

Brackish said:
Could boot windows 11 from a USB C drive as an alternative to the micro SD port?

Yes, it'll appear as a boot option. I have seen those compact USB C drives but I felt having the USB port freed up would be better as it'll allow me to charge while gaming.

Mike 702 · 6 Oct 2022 at 09:54

Mine has now been shipped from the Netherlands, does anyone know the expected delivery to the UK and will I have to pay Vat on this?

Raymond Lin · 6 Oct 2022 at 10:23

Mike 702 said:
Mine has now been shipped from the Netherlands, does anyone know the expected delivery to the UK and will I have to pay Vat on this?

7 days and no VAT.

ralv585 · 6 Oct 2022 at 10:36

Anyone who had the payment email last Thursday have an update on the delivery on Deck?

I put off ordering as I'm away for three weeks, so didn't want to miss the delivery.

Mike 702 · 6 Oct 2022 at 10:45

Raymond Lin said:
7 days and no VAT.

Thanks

Rob_B · 6 Oct 2022 at 11:00

ralv585 said:
Anyone who had the payment email last Thursday have an update on the delivery on Deck?

I put off ordering as I'm away for three weeks, so didn't want to miss the delivery.

Entered onto system - 03/10
Handed to GLS - 03/10
Left parcel centre - 03/10
Entered UK - 06/10

ralv585 · 6 Oct 2022 at 11:44

Rob_B said:
Entered onto system - 03/10
Handed to GLS - 03/10
Left parcel centre - 03/10
Entered UK - 06/10

Nice, looks like I would have been cutting it too close for delivery as I'm leaving on Saturday. Will order when I get back as it seems the order confirmation email takes just a few days now, thanks

oweneades · 6 Oct 2022 at 12:13

Orcvader said:
Update on the Windows SD card install. Everything is working great apart from the speakers, sadly it blue screens when you attempt to install the drivers for it. Seems to be a bug with W11 22H2. Headphones on the other hand works completely fine so I can cope with that. Definitely loads a bit slower than SteamOS on the m.2 drive but at least I can play the games with the annoying anti-cheat stopping it from working on Linux.

Hopefully there will be further driver updates provided for Windows as it would be nice, especially GPU wise.

hyperseven · 6 Oct 2022 at 12:18

For anyone dabbling in Windows on the deck I suggest you go through this thread as it is constantly updated with new tips

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

And join the WindowsOnDeck subreddit.

Reddit - Dive into anything

www.reddit.com

Orcvader · 6 Oct 2022 at 12:19

oweneades said:
Hopefully there will be further driver updates provided for Windows as it would be nice, especially GPU wise.

I just came across another post that if you go into the BIOS and change the UMA buffer size from 1GB to 4GB it can significantly help performance. Doesn't affect SteamOS since it can change it dynamically on the fly while Windows can't.

On the other hand, I had to disable sleep on Windows, left it to download a couple of games only to come back to the SD being off and crashed.

EDIT: Cheers @hyperseven now I see why sleep doesn't work, it's because of hibernate, will turn that off.

hyperseven · 6 Oct 2022 at 12:23

Orcvader said:
On the other hand, I had to disable sleep on Windows, left it to download a couple of games only to come back to the SD being off and crashed.

EDIT: Cheers @hyperseven now I see why sleep doesn't work, it's because of hibernate, will turn that off.

sounds a bit like this issue

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsOnD...indows_10_running_on_steam_deck_from_sd_card/

Orcvader · 6 Oct 2022 at 12:25

hyperseven said:
sounds a bit like this issue

https://www.reddit.com/r/WindowsOnD...indows_10_running_on_steam_deck_from_sd_card/

Yeah that sounds exactly my issue. Disabling hibernation is recommended again in the comments, will give that a go.

Another weird bug I noticed is the W11 touch keyboard... the keys are small but the buttons on the top row keyboard (emojis, undocked, close) are massive for some reason.

oweneades · 6 Oct 2022 at 12:30

Orcvader said:
I just came across another post that if you go into the BIOS and change the UMA buffer size from 1GB to 4GB it can significantly help performance. Doesn't affect SteamOS since it can change it dynamically on the fly while Windows can't.

On the other hand, I had to disable sleep on Windows, left it to download a couple of games only to come back to the SD being off and crashed.

EDIT: Cheers @hyperseven now I see why sleep doesn't work, it's because of hibernate, will turn that off.

Ooooo thanks for the tip. Will give that a go later.

kakarott · 6 Oct 2022 at 13:05

Mucky_Pup · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:28

Official dock is available for order now, £79.

Raymond Lin · 6 Oct 2022 at 19:39

Mucky_Pup said:
Official dock is available for order now, £79.

I am going to wait for reviews...but it looks good on paper.

Rob_B · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:06

Bit expensive for my liking, apparently comes with another charger though?

Orcvader · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:20

Raymond Lin said:
I am going to wait for reviews...but it looks good on paper.

Same, it looks good, and plus side it has two display out, but the JSAUX dock is cheaper and looks more premium.

EDIT: Didn't see that it comes with a charger. I guess that makes the dock much more worth it.

chrismscotland · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:23

I see that's the need to pre-order removed on all models, all are now available in 1-2 weeks

Raymond Lin · 6 Oct 2022 at 20:29

Orcvader said:
Same, it looks good, and plus side it has two display out, but the JSAUX dock is cheaper and looks more premium.

EDIT: Didn't see that it comes with a charger. I guess that makes the dock much more worth it.

I was going to get it, and almost did, but it's only a 2 weeks wait anyway and I have a dongle that works so I am happy to wait for reviews.

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