The hottest new device right now is the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming PC from Valve—the same company that brought us the Steam Machine, the Steam Controller, and … Steam.
Gamers are excited to have access to their library of Steam games on the go, but this thing also connects to a TV or monitor, kind of like a Nintendo Switch. It’s a really interesting device … to take apart.
We actually placed an order for our own Steam Deck last summer, but then Valve surprised us by offering this one a little early for our teardown. They assure us it’s exactly the same hardware you’ll get if you ordered one of these. iFixit also works with Valve to offer official replacement parts for their products, so, if they ever tried to pull a fast one, I think we’d know.
Our blog post for this teardown—including a hi-res X-ray image of the entire Steam Deck
https://www.ifixit.com/News/57101/steam-deck-teardown
Thanks again to our buddies at Creative Electron for the X-ray wizardry! Check them out at
https://www.creativeelectron.com
For a deep dive on what causes thumb-stick drift, check out our DualSense Drift video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qPNyio3VDk
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00:00 iFixit’s Steam Deck Teardown Introduction
1:03 Steam Deck X-Rays from Creative Electron
1:30 Opening the Steam Deck
1:59 Retail vs Pre-Release Hardware comparison
2:22 Disconnecting the Steam Deck Battery
2:34 Removing the Steam Decks Thumb Sticks
3:22 Capacitive Touch Thumb Stick Hardware
3:44 Removing the Steam Deck’s SSD
4:28 Removing the Steam Decks Trigger Buttons
4:39 Removing the Steam Deck’s Button Input Boards
4:51 Removing the Steam Deck’s Touch Pad Boards
5:21 Removing the Steam Decks Heat Sink and Fan
5:31 Removing the Steam Deck’s Motherboard
6:06 Removing the Steam Deck’s Battery
7:14 Removing the Steam Deck’s Display
7:40 Steam Deck Repairability
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