*** The Official Steam Deck Thread ***
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Sweet jesus I had a fun day.. Upgrading my 64GB to 256 was a nightmare, I thought I'd genuinely broken it at one point...
Opened up the Deck and swapped the SSD (easy enough)
I put the OS image onto a USB flash drive and used a USB C adapter, booted into recovery mode and... It sat there doing nothing.
Rebooted, nothing. Re-did the iso in Windows, nothing.
So then I read to use the sdcard slot instead as it's faster, I only have the 1 card, so I lost all my installed games and put the boot image onto it.
Booted off the card fine, chose the full restore option and, it seemed to start up OK then the terminal just closed... Aaargh!
I then had to go spend time with my family on a day out, how annoying
When I got home I tried to boot from the SD card again but it wouldn't boot to desktop, it kept throwing up errors. I reformatted and re-imaged the card twice, redownloaded the image even but no joy!
So I went back to the USB drive, it slowly... Veeeery slowly booted to the desktop (2nd try) and eventually it did its thing.
I then rebooted and.... None of the buttons worked, no track pads, buttons, nothing... The touchscreen did though and I connected to WiFi and... It updated, then got stuck on the "starting steam deck update download"!
Another reboot and it updated, rebooted and.... It works fine!
That's 3hrs of my life and a lot of stress but I now have a 256GB deck upgrade for £18!
Messing about with it will be half the fun for me. I went for the 64 because I'm not paying an extra $220 for a 512 gig SSD when I can get a 1 TB one in myself for less.
I enjoy tinkering with stuff, it's when it fails for no obvious reason that I get annoyed!
Still happy I got the 64, total cost is way lower than buying a 256 direct, even with the faff.
That would be an option but I know the games he has installed on steam and 512GB should be enough.
Associate
We have the 256 and 512 in the family. Put simply, if reflections bother you then then the 512 is better, especially outside in the sunshine. If they don't bother you then save your money.
If you really want a screen protector, the 256 is probably better, but I've not tried on either.
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Caporegime
I went for the 256G model and put in a 1TB card, picked it up for like £90 on Prime Day. I thought it was the best way to get NVME as the internal and with the SD card I get ample storage for the best value for money total cost.
Not bothered by the screen personally.
Not bothered by the screen personally.
Soldato
Got my Steam Deck yesterday, new, but I’m having issue with the physical Steam and Options button.
Neither of them bring up the UI menus when I physically press them. I’ve run the controller test and SteamOS recognise me pressing those buttons, they fill with blue.
Anyone know what I need to do? I’ve updated, tried factory resetting and rebooting.
Neither of them bring up the UI menus when I physically press them. I’ve run the controller test and SteamOS recognise me pressing those buttons, they fill with blue.
Anyone know what I need to do? I’ve updated, tried factory resetting and rebooting.
What do you mean by this? Are there problems putting screen protectors on the 512Gb versions?
Soldato
I've just got a few 512GB SD cards in printed holder, the deck is hot swappable. Top tip: put a small piece of electrical tape to cover the SD slot when you have a card in to avoid accidentally losing it.
Soldato
When doing the Test Device Inputs, should all the values be 0? My right trigger has values immediately populated.
Associate
Full power off reboot. Had the same thing!
Associate
Not tried, but suspect it's not going to work very well on a matte surface. I've never had a screen protector on a touchscreen that didn't interfere with touch somehow anyway. And the screens are availabe and replaceable.
Soldato
Tried that.
Did a shut down, re-boot, factory reset, re-image. I’m out of options. Think it’s going to be an RMA one day after receiving it!
Soldato
Have you tried the beta or preview builds?
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Soldato
Apparently it’s all caused by Joystick drift. When I try to calibrate the right joystick the test is already giving me values and drifts hard to the bottom.
The Steam button and options button won’t work because SteamOS thinks I’m moving the right joystick
Going to have to be an immediate RMA.
Soldato
