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[@GamersNexus] They Changed Everything: Valve Steam Deck OLED vs. LCD Tear-Down (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by woelkchen to c/[email protected]

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The new Valve Steam Deck OLED didn't just change the screen: Almost every part of the device has had some sort of revision, from the screws to the power topology of the motherboard. Some of these changes happened silently in the Voyager platform refresh for the Steam Deck, but the majority of large changes are brand new. Memory underwent relocation and now uses better modules, the cooling solution has had its fan flipped and thickened, and the controller component PCBs have had some consolidation and durability improvements. In this tear-down of the new Steam Deck OLED, we'll compare the new Steam Deck vs. the original, old Steam Deck "LCD" model.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had hoped the OLED screen would be compatible with the LCD Steam Deck, but I understand why they chose to redesign the internals.

I already dread having to replace the battery down the road, since I've got one of the early Decks with a heavily glued in battery.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I've been repairing crap like this for decades. I haven't done the steam deck battery yet but already know an easy enough way to get it done.

Use a plastic playing card, and you may want to cut one in half so it isn't as wide. Get a shallow bowl of 90 or higher iso alcohol to dip a bit of plastic playing card into.

Dip card, hold deck upside down so no access alcohol goes down into the lcd screen (avoids slight chance of issues) and start wedging the card under the battery to eat and peel away the adhesive. Just keep dipping and pushing the card under.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I would honestly not worry too much.

The glue is a mother fucker, no arguments there. There ARE actually very good reasons for it but... it still sucks.

But as long as you aren't going at it with a butter knife For Content, it is mostly just tedious. Get a plastic pryer/splitter and a heat gun and go to town. https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Steam+Deck+Battery+Replacement/149070 is the gold standard guide for that.

I've seen some solvents advertised for specifically this use case (remove glued in electronics parts) but I personally wouldn't trust those without a LOT of reviews. Like, if it were that simple, ifixit and the like would already be selling it.

But also? I doubt it is going to be an issue outside of RMA-worthy problems. The days of batteries failing left and right are gone now that basically every device has logic to not over-charge or kill the zero. Think of the Steam Deck like a phone. It has a 2-6 year life cycle at which point it will be "weak enough" to not run anything remotely new and likely have a replacement with MUCH better everything (Valve best keep that audio jack though....). Now, PC gaming gets weird as I think my most played games at this point are Warframe and Dwarf Fortress (and that goes back to the curses only days...) but... yeah.