I Paid £280 For This Faulty STEAM DECK | Did I Get Ripped Off?
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Published 2023-02-11
And will that be all that's wrong with it? #spolier no it's not.
Let's try and get it working!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
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All Comments (21)
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I probably paid too much for this Stupid Steam Deck thing...
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I love how genuine these small repair videos are. You say "it flew across the room" and I know the feeling and the temptation to send the table flying across the room as well. 😂
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It's crazy to me how people can spend $500 on a steam deck and then take it apart as violently as possible. Ripping aluminum tape, scratching the shell with pry marks, destroying connectors...
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So the reason the Deck can make certain system level sounds with the speaker connector broken is because things like the Sleep mode sound don't actually use the speakers, but instead generate sound via the linear actuators used for the haptics, similar to how the Steam Controller did its own boot sounds. The annoying thing is there is currently no way to disable these sounds without disabling the haptics. Also, newer models have stronger haptics than older models which I believe also means the sounds are louder.
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That really was amazing. The speaker connector block is the size of a grain of rice, so that cap would have been like a speck of dust! Congratulations sir
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I started watching your channel because I was tired of YouTube's 'recommended suggestions' so I went searching for something new and I gotta tell ya, I watch almost everything you put out. I love the raps. I love your soldering skills and especially your repair reasoning skills! I guess that's just called troubleshooting. Anyways. Love your channel!
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I absolutely adore my Deck, I just paid £349 for the 64GB model and then bought a Sabrent 512GB SSD. I feel slightly annoyed for you really as so scrupulous character as mis-sold that. But it made for an entertaining video so alls wells ends well! Good job on the repair.
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Congratulations for 100k Subscribers!!! 😃🥳 Thank You for great content. Wish You all the best, keep it going 😎
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New sub here. Ur humble demeanor along with the subtle sense of humor is quite refreshing. Enjoyed this n look forward to watching more. 😀
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Great job mate so enjoy your videos please keep them coming and here to help get your videos out to everyone to enjoy
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Tough job on that tiny connector but what a nice fix as always bud
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Congrats on 100k brother! Been subbed since 20k. You deserve it!
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One of my favorite channels on YT. Every time I see a new StexStix Fix video, I'm pumped! Keep up the great and entertaining work!
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This might be my new favourite channel? Great work on getting it up and running.
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You always fix it. I've never seen anything blow up or shorted out you are awesome
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You make EVERTHING look so easy, I'd be messaging the person I bought it off giving him a piece of my mind, love watching what you do.
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I enjoy your video’s alot ..Keep up the good work 💪🏻
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Thanks for the video. I. Have seen a few of these SD with the same issue. Glad you fixed it. Maybe in future they will sell an upgrade board you can just pop in. Very entertaining video
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Never seen or heard of these before. Great fix, Steve. Impressive graphics too 👍
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Hi Steve! Good Job with the connector! I was hoping to get my hands on a faulty Steam Deck too, but there are not many out there outside the US! Congrats on your new piece of tech!😁 Cheers, Markus
