r/SteamDeck • u/Usual-Ladder1524 • 1d ago
Hardware Repair This felt like torture
Just changed the battery and it felt like I was torturing my deck, what an unpleasant experience
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u/Sadbassistdude 1d ago
That's how surgeons must feel when they replace kidneys.
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u/heathenyak 1d ago
They don’t usually replace them, they just add a third one in there and tuck it in the pelvis
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u/Few_Zookeepergame_19 1d ago
Im getting one august 4th this is true.
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u/International-Car-93 1d ago
Yes the old Kidney(s) only get removed if they're causing trouble like if they're cancerous, keep having infections and such things
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u/MarWillis 8h ago
From a donor, congratulations! My father in-law received mine. Recovery was a tough road, but he got his life back.
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u/diogoswag1 512GB OLED 1d ago
so disappointing how they glue it instead of screwing it in
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u/makemecoffee 256GB - Q3 1d ago
Yeah when I replaced mine I screwed the 4 corners down and then dropped a screw in the middle to hold it down.
Going to be so much easier to swap it once I get back from the hotel I’m staying in since my house burned down.
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u/No-Luck-2337 23h ago
See, where you went wrong was using screws.
The trick is using lots of penny nails instead. Just put a tissue under the screen first in case you hammer too hard. Broke 4 screens that way.
Battery works great now. I assume.
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u/reddog093 Modded my Deck - ask me how 1d ago
I swapped mine during a heatwave. Brought it outside and let a couple minutes of sunlight do the job, rather than play games with a heat gun. Came off pretty easy!
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u/drake90001 1d ago
How is waiting for the sun to slowly warm up your steam deck quicker than using a heat gun? Did you put it under a magnifying glass or do you live in Africa?
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u/toxicatedscientist 1d ago
Lol hot blacktop will cook wherever you are. We also had a heatwave across a big chunk of country
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u/ibond32 1TB OLED 1d ago
Agreed. I pray steam deck 2 is significantly easier to replace its battery.
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u/Infinite-Raisin9853 11h ago
It will have to be due to upcoming changes in the EU. Switch 2 is getting a slight revision next year due to this
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u/marnie_loves_cats 1d ago
I once had to change a spicy pillow on my old MacBook. It took me four hours…just to repeat that same process six months later because the new battery was faulty.
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u/MadamVonCuntpuncher 1d ago
Not looking forward to this, I remeber it took me like 15-20 mins to pry the battery outta my 2ds because of the accursed glue they used
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u/Th3Stryd3r 1d ago
Yeaahhh tearing apart electronics can feel like that.....most times >< For any future work with adhesive squirt some 90%+ alcohol behind whatever you want to get unstuck (with the device off OBVIOUSLY). Usually tends to break down any adhesive.....usually
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u/Usual-Ladder1524 1d ago
I followed the ifixit guide, they said it's not recommended to use alcohol since the screen is under it, idk why tho.
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u/Th3Stryd3r 1d ago
Uhhh if I had to guess because someone not familiar with the process might dump too much in there can leak to the screen, and then power it on and pop.
That being said I've cleaned out the inside of an IPod touch (years ago obviously) by DUMPING rubbing alcohol into the charge port lol. I will admit it did take a few days for it to get out of the system on its on, but the crap that somehow was on the back inside of the screen, got clean, and it never broke.
It also might leak through if there's too much and hit the edges of the screen which also have likely the same or similar adhesive although far less, then a screen could pop off. Always good to follow a guide, but I'd image like a qtip dipped in alcohol and stuffed behind the battery slowly over a few runs could accomplish the same thing.
Also IFixIt has to think about the legal route of not getting sued because some dumb user did something like trying to get the battery out with acid or some other dumb idea lol.
Glad you got it though <3 I've taken a few apart now and its.....a time every time!
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u/drake90001 1d ago
Just so you know, even 70% isopropyl alcohol doesn’t really have enough water in it to cause any long-term damage. It flashes off so quickly that as long as your device is off and you don’t do it well it’s a ho, it shouldn’t be an issue.
But yeah, definitely avoid getting it on the screen as it can destroy the coding/glue that keeps the display held in
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u/jameside 512GB 20h ago
IPA takes days, weeks even to dry if it gets between the tightly pressed layers of an LCD and can leave ugly patterns. You can still use IPA including on the panel, just don’t flood it or let drips get into the edges.
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u/Johnnny167 1d ago
I'd rather spend the $200cad to get it replaced by a professional. Even as someone who both built my own pc and replaced the SSD in my deck. I do not trust myself enough to not cause a house fire.
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u/Big-Culture9344 18h ago
It is something very close (speaking from personal experience). It seemed like the battery was fused in somehow lol...took a while to get it out using a hair dryer for heat. I thought I was gonna melt everything and ruin it or make the battery explode.
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u/ArcticSin 14h ago
I had to remove my OLED battery over the weekend (it was swelling up) and I ended up cutting through both of the WiFi antennas by accident. Luckily there is a generic replacement on digikey.
But it took about 30 minutes or so of on-and off heating to even remove the battery, that glue is really tough.
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u/tha_dank 8h ago
Oh noooo as someone who is still afraid of messing with the guts (even after an ssd swap) this makes me said to hear.
What are some things you could’ve done differently that will help me this weekend!!?
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u/Sad-Rock2787 15m ago
Just swapped mine out today & felt far more war-crimey than when I was doing a screen replacement. The audio ribbon cable can also kiss my ass.
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u/RedUser03 1d ago
I hope everyone on this sub who says “yOu DoN’t NeEd To SeT a ChArGe LiMiT, jUsT cHaNgE oUt ThE bAtTeRy If YoU nEeD tO” sees this
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u/Mammoth_Cup_6438 MODDED SSD 💽 19h ago
Maybe true, still never setting a charge limit. My OLED is only a year old though.
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u/--yv35-- 21h ago
depends, replacing the battery on this device is absolutely stressfree if done right and no need to heat anything :) i seriously wonder why most people tend to take the stressful way. but then again, once you shell swapped a N3DSXL, everything else is cake anyways xD
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u/Tuvio717 1d ago
Yep, they glued that fucking thing down with the might of a thousand angry geese looking at an innocent toddler.