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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Cool, can we get a replacement part# for the screen, and can it be swapped into the original steam decks?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I would be surprised if this would be possible. It seems that the revision is quite substantial.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apparently the new OLED screen will be available through iFixit

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Unfortunately Gamers Nexus has stated that new OLED screen will not be compatible with the old models. Perhaps there could be a third party solution though.

around 8:08

[–] HoloPengin 3 points 1 year ago

Yep. They've said that basically no internal components are cross compatible between original and OLED steam decks. Everything's been redesigned internally

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Valve employees have confirmed that the OLED display is incompatible with the LCD Deck's Mobo. So you can't upgrade just the screen.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

@jayandp @Pistcow and this is OK, normal hardware iteration. Me with the old Deck is still satisfied, can play the same way the same things with same ergonomics. For new players - yes, the upgrade seems much better for the same price (no like Nintendo did, by the way).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

can it be swapped into the original steam decks?

Doubt, a lot of the internals also changed by at least a bit

[–] GlitzyArmrest 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the new deck's screen is bigger, so I doubt that it'll fit.