I Bought A Refurbished Steam Deck From Steam...

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It was way harder to buy this refurbished Steam Deck from Steam.

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[SalemTechsperts]

The fact Valve actually sells replacement parts priced reasonably, for a device that is fairly easy to take apart, is HUGE for the refurbished market (and cheap people like us who want to buy refurbished Steam Decks!). Wish more companies would follow their lead!
Interesting that they let the joystick ship like that though, and you would think they would re-paste every refurbished device before sale. Curious how much of a difference PTM7950 would be vs the paste you used, which looked like Noctua?
Awesome video as always man!

[badmoose]

if you ever take the back panel off the steam deck again make sure there is no micro sd card in the micro sd card reader. Those have been known to snap in half if left in while taking the back panel off.

[Collin_J]

When disassembling a steam deck, I highly suggest setting it face down in its case

[Oddlot]

@10:45 It's hard to tell from here, but it looks like the reason the temps haven't improved much is because the cpu is using a little more power, thanks to having more thermal headroom it just goes as hard as it can up to that temperature

[WedgeStratos]

I think the "stick drift" you're referring to in Ratchet & Clank & Half-Life 2 is actually the gyro support kicking in. Your analog sticks have capacitive touch domes that can enable gyro aiming on supported games, Half-Life 2 is definitely set up for that, as will be L4D2 and even TF2.

[GradXL]

The way I saved money on my Steam Deck was by getting the 64GB version while it was on sale and upgraded the ssd to 1TB myself. From Valve the 1TB Steam Deck is like $600, with this method it was only $400!

[fragalot]

3:00 Have you noticed after taking it apart, and reassembling the Deck that the rigidity go away? 7:27 You're supposed to use the Steam Deck case, using the top lid up, to take apart the steam deck so you're not mashing the joysticks and buttons on your table.

[andrewyt]

Next video: trying a 360 Aio on a steam deck

[hai.nguyenhoang]

Btw, under Settings -> System, there's a setting at the bottom called "Enable updated fan control" that's turned on by default.
If you turn it off, it will make the device a lot noisier, but iirc, it can lower temps by a noticable amount.

And btw, this runs Linux, your favorite OS /s.

[The_Fat_Turtle]

The temperatures don't often change that much with Steamdeck cooling upgrades, but it will drastically reduce the fan speed needed to maintain that temp and have a more liveable device.

[iamtis]

The "setting issue" in Half life is probably gyro. When you put your finger on the stick it is capacitive like a phone screen so it activates the gyro and make the aim feel wobbly as you move around.

[maolcogi]

I AM SIMPLE MAN. I SEE DAWID, I CLICK DAWID, I WATCH DAWID, I PRESS LIKE FOR DAWID. I AM SIMPLE MAN.

[robpierce]

Of course there's stickiness on the right stick. It's a stick.

[clem-]

10:45 you are in battery mode in the after shot, so it should be cooler and quieter.

[blackknight]

Got my Deck as an Xmas present in 2022 and it's been awesome. I'm going to be putting Gulikit Hall Effect sticks in it the minute they develop any drift.

[joenida]

Ifixit sells the oem parts directly!
Also can include tools for the job as a kit.

[kpp]

It makes sense there wouldn’t be much referbed ones available. Most people will either be really happy with it or are returning it for being faulty. If they arnt happy with it or came to sudden financial issues eBay or the local listings would get the cash quicker

[Thommygun-qvum]

2:46 I love to see that somebody else recognized the ergonomic issues with the switch and everything that copied it. Why is the right stick so far down? Is Valve the only company which took a look on both human hands and discovered that the right thumb is not mounted to the wrist? I tried the Steam Deck myself (borrowed from a friend) but had to buy an ASUS ROG Ally in the end. Because so many of my favorite games did not run on Steam OS (Linux) properly. Most issues were caused by Anti cheat software. The Steam Deck is still the better handheld, the OS is way ahead and the ergnomics are far superior since the Ally copies the Switch-layout...

[BlueStormBlizzard]

hi Dawid, sorry to bug you but I was wondering what kinda music you're using, particularly at the 1:51 mark, it's really calm and I like it, good video by the way!

[CamSally]

Its crazy how good the Steam Deck is but for anyone looking to buy one definitely get the OLED as its so much better in almost every way (especially the screen and battery life)