Did they patch micro sd cards being bricked yet?

[ 2022-06-29 01:19:59Z ] 👍 0

@@MobileDecay Hmm. From what I found being posted online, as recent as a couple weeks ago, it sounds like the issue stems from formatting the sd card for a SECOND time (using the steam deck's formatting tool specifically, not from any other dedicated formatting tool). Id be curious if you did a similar thing..? Still a pretty ridiculous bug to have not patched yet.

[ 2022-06-28 11:56:53Z ] 👍 1

No I had an sd card get bricked last week.

[ 2022-06-28 11:48:31Z ] 👍 2

@@gamingonlinux I had the same issue on my very first SanDisk micro sd I formatted and it came up with a error which was very worrying. I tried again and the same error. I thought I bought fake micro sd but it definetly is a real one. So what I did was loaded up my Garuda Linux pc and removed the exfat partition with kde partition manager so only unallocated space and then formatted it in the Steam Deck and it worked fine. I probably could have just went to desktop mode and used kde partition manager there also. I'm not sure what the issue is but a bug with the built-in formatter. So if you have a issue with formatting a micro sd in the Deck try what I did. Saves sending it back or throwing it away when its not broke.

[ 2022-06-28 10:45:51Z ] 👍 9

They changed the way they format them in a previous release to be a quick format, which has likely helped. I think most being bricked were just crap cards though tbh :)

I'm not sure if Lawrence has seen the comments where people have cut down 2280 drives to fit in their decks, I can't imagine he'd be any happier about those! Hopefully this client update fixes an issue I've had with the steam input configurator where I just get a blank screen sometimes.

[ 2022-06-28 23:24:07Z ] 👍 0

It's far better to do this than to cram one that's too big inside it.

[ 2022-06-28 20:57:03Z ] 👍 0

Those drives are just 2230 SSDs on a 2280 board, they're designed so you can install them in anything by cutting the board to size. Specs should be roughly the same as the Deck's OEM drive.

love the steam deck when it works but its so buggy

[ 2022-07-02 01:43:46Z ] 👍 0

I’m enjoying it but i have something happen every time i play it. Bugs, crashes, controls get wonky, buttons not working when pushed that happens a lot

The charging IC is the only chip I would never even try to fiddle with. It's almost at it's max allowed temperature even with a thermal pad. Remove the thermal pad, put an SSD over it and you will have a dead Steam Deck which cannot charge or run from a wall plug and a dead SSD in a few weeks.

[ 2022-07-03 16:46:29Z ] 👍 0

@@brunoais this chip absolutely needs cooling of course but a little bit above the upper temperature threshold shouldn't pose a problem

[ 2022-07-03 16:41:23Z ] 👍 1

@@Ford.Prefect It's as what doragasu mentioned. Also, the chip can't be too throttled, otherwise, there will be no power delivered to the hardware and it crashes. So: - Without thermal pad - With a heater and isolator on top - With extra power consumption (for the higher power SSD) What a recipe for disaster...

[ 2022-06-29 07:52:12Z ] 👍 0

@@doragasu It's possible

[ 2022-06-29 06:42:07Z ] 👍 1

@@Ford.Prefect Not an expert on electronics thermal details, and I have not read the datasheet, but **maybe** the up to 130 deg spec is for the **junction** temperature while the 85 deg spec is for the chip casing temperature, that is lower than the junction temperature.

[ 2022-06-28 15:34:21Z ] 👍 1

This chip is a mystery to me. I downloaded the spec PDF from the manufacturer. On one page it says, that the absolute maximum the chip can tolerate while charging is 85 degrees. On another page, they mention "Thermal Foldback". "Junction temperature when charge current is reduced, programmable from 85 to 130 degrees in 5 degrees steps, default value 115 (!!!) degrees. Now, that's not all. "The charge current is decreased by 5% of the fast-charge current setting for every degree (!!!) that the junction temperature exeeds the thermal regulation temperature. "This ensures MAX77960/MAX77961 (variants of the chip) reduces the current to 0A by the time junction temperature is above 20 degrees of programmed loop set point. So. My conclusion is: The chip has thermal management and can reduce charging to a complete halt, if temperature of the chip is too high. If Valve did a good engineering job, they configured the charging IC so that it would start throttling charge current in 5% steps once the temperature is one degree above 85 degrees (threshold). It's odd that in the tech specs temperatures like 115 or even 130 are mentioned. I thought the chip would already be dead if it would reach such temperature. If you want to have a look at the specs yourself. head over to the website of maxim integrated and grab the spec PDF of MAX77960/MAX77961. It's an interesting read and the IC itself is super efficient: 97% power efficiency. Pretty top notch part that Valve used in Steam Deck.

Me having the 64 gb model i can tell you that the cache is killing my deck. Dpnt upgrade if ypu ha e 256 gb model or above. But do if you have the 64 gb version

[ 2022-06-28 15:21:51Z ] 👍 1

@@VIDE0G4M3Enj0YER A nice idea in theory but would likely cause too many stalls when starting games and would probably be open to many errors

[ 2022-06-28 15:18:59Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux how abput saving the cache on sd card. Once the sd card is put in the deck copies the cache from the sd card onto the bether ssd / emmc storage. Once the sd card gets removed the deck automatically removes the cache on the deck. And the cache stoll remains on the sd cards woth its games.

[ 2022-06-28 15:15:35Z ] 👍 3

Yeah the 64GB model is definitely an interesting one. I hope Valve comes up with an official way to move the cache as it would solve a lot of problems.

Good advice all my games run just fine from an SD card including cyberpunk

MicroSD is the answer. Works really well and no need for all of this drama over which Hard Drive to get.

No openCL support yet... :/

We need tutorials how to find it in STOCK

[ 2022-07-15 14:08:07Z ] 👍 0

@@aggressiveal6666 that's where you get them

[ 2022-07-15 14:04:02Z ] 👍 0

@@sirarnoldgrylls6553 Seriously ? Can I buy it from steam store ?

[ 2022-07-15 13:53:42Z ] 👍 0

Go to steams store

I BREIFLY did a 2242 mod on my steamdeck, but it was with a Sabrent Rocket low power DRAM-less nvme SSD. I did a side by side comparison on power draw between that, my 1tb 2230 WD SN530 (bought off eBay, pulled from, a dead Series X) and the 256gb SSD that came with it. The 2tb used slightly more power (obviously) but not enough to jeopardize the life of the steamdeck. I even put a tiny heatsink on the IC chip (before Linus did) just for peace of mind. But I chose to go back to a 1tb 2230 because it fit in there properly and no modding to the heatplate was needed. Even though I have done the mod and was successful, I do NOT recommend it. So my Deck has a 1tb 2230 SSD (That poses about as much threat to my deck as the 256gb or 512gb do) and have a 1TB Sandisk Extreme that I use for games that aren't so reliant on load times. (Sadly due to the Steamdecks UHS-I reader, the best you can get out of is 92mb/s read and MAYBE 70mb/s write (and this is with the Sandisk Extreme, I tried the Lexar Play, its Read was 65mb/s and its write was 21mb/s, The Samgun EVO 512gb will get close to if not equal to the Sandisk Extreme. If you do decide to upgrade your SSD (especially you 64gb users) You can get a 256gb or 512gb Xioxia (formerly Toshiba) NVME SSD on eBay for $25-$50, I have ordered a few of these for other Steamdeck users and have had zero problems with them (Look for the seller Konronus) Sadly 1TB SSDs are kind of rare at the moment and they also command a premium now thats to the steamdeck. Finding one for under $180 these days is difficult. Also, do NOT cut a SSD to make it fit, this has been a popular trend lately, Those cut 2280 SSDs draw as much power as a 2280 SSD does (around 8-10w under load) and could potentially brick your Deck..

While i do love the deck and have had mine for about a month its had plenty of bugs, weird stuff and crashes. For some reason when i go to the steam store the joysticks and d pad will go up when i push up or down sometimes but the touch screen still works. And when installing a game and charging the apu can get really hot 95C and it will throttle the cpu to 400mhz thats all fine but it stayed locked at 400mhz twice and one of those time’s it stayed locked after a reset. Thought I was gonna have to rma the deck. But valve seems to be pumping out updates all the time and I’ve been enjoying older games I wouldn’t play on my desktop. Just wish it’s battery was a little bigger because i fill like I’m charging it more than playing it and I don’t want to charge and play at the same time it makes much more heat if i dont have to. But i try to limit framerate, tdp, and gpu clocks in games that don’t need the full power.

ive had the 2242 in pretty much from day 1 - works fine

I'm starting to feel like I wish I never got this thing because every game I try to play online the game crash but any games that don't require online it runs ok

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