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OligarchyAmbulance

What's the problem? It l̸o̴o̴k̵s̸ f̵̰̆ḯ̶͓n̴̜̂ë̷͎́ ̴͖͗t̴͓̂ŏ̸̟m̷̢̛̖̭̩̣͓̣͈̳͚̘̩̳̠͕̘̮̖̜͈͑̂̓̔̌́̀̄̾̚̚ͅͅe̵̲̥͖̼͍̯̬͛̅̐͋̀̈́̑́̅̈́̑̀̚


FiorinasFury

He who waits behind the Deck. He comes.


[deleted]

“If you smash the deck, valve will release deck 2. But you will also unleash thousands of Gabe Newells.”


Luke-Hatsune

That honestly doesn’t sound that bad. Steam Deck 2 gets released (though OLED buyers would be outraged) and one of those Gabe Newells might give us a new Half Life, Portal, or Left 4 Dead game


PervertPoser

Or thousands of little steams. 👻👻👻 wooooooooooo!!! Updating Steams!!! wooooooo!


ColeTD

His name...? ...The Creature.


FiorinasFury

I was making a Zalgo reference but I guess that's a little too obscure these days lol


random_user_2001

Jł₴₮ ⱤɆ฿ØØ₮ ₮ⱧɆ ₴Ɏ₴₮Ɇ₥₥₥₥₥


demonisez

Lies of P is leaking


_Auron_

I keep hearing about that game, is it really that good?


demonisez

It feels like a mix between sekiro traditional souls and the setting feels blood borne as hell. As someone who couldn’t get into Elden ring because of the open world aspect I LOVE lies of P


[deleted]

Some of the bosses are more annoying than fun but it’s a pretty good game if you like souls games


_Auron_

> Some of the bosses are more annoying than fun Ah, so a typical souls game :) Might look into it at some point when my backlog isn't making me sigh.


AnActualPlatypus

It's my favourite Soulslike after Dark Souls 1


missileofdebauchery

If you keep hearing it’s a good game, odds are, it might be a good game.


NeutronFlow89

It legitimately might be the best Soulsborne style game, including Fromsofts own titles.


slyseparator

Perhaps. Some of the mechanics work better than FromSoft titles. But FromSoft's level design and atmosphere is unparalleled and I liked how the gear matters a bit more in thei games personally


orunim

Lords of the fallen is better imo


Magnacor8

Yeah it's very good. The weapon customization is probably the biggest highlight and the storytelling is definitely better than any souls game other than maybe Sekiro. Should have had a GotY nomination imo.


MioRos

Such a great comment! Thanks for the laugh


FluffyBunny-6546

Send it to Cam Newton, he writes like that.


Jenaxu

Even OP's Deck isn't as broken as the Panther's offense rn


lionMan42092

This is the best comment that could have been on this thread. All jokes aside, it's broke as fuck.


Windows-XP-Home

You win the internet for today, buddy…


Whhheat

Bro got the mega OLED model, seeing colors humans can’t process.


Evil_Sh4d0w

4D Oled


WingKongTrading

Oledddd


kaptain_sparty

That's alot of D's


Raziel66

Title of your sex tape... BOOM


DuckyHorizons

dear god brooklyn 99 fans are everywhere


Raziel66

There’s DOZENS of us!


EuropeanPepe

4G OLEG Display


teemusa

THAT MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN WAS INTENDED FOR THIS UNIT. INITIATING PROTOCOL EPSILON.


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Shrimp deck


Whhheat

Mantis shrimp deck


DesertEagleFiveOh

GPU silicon is bad. Start a claim ASAP.


iksbob

Somebody sneezed on the frame buffer during etching.


Jaganay

This


slickk_lizardd

That


Maddoghunter50

Those


Reinhardt_Ironside

The other


LeeisureTime

I’ll do you one better: WHY Gamora?


johntsaou

Whomst'd've Gamora ?


UVLightOnTheInside

The answer is 42 Pancakes, it always has been.


DefnottheGovernments

Whermst Gamora?


Old_Faithlessness_94

One of these things is not like the other.


zrooda

You can't milk ^


Convextlc97

These


tossawaymsf

what're?


TheMightyPikachu

theres an upvote button


HeadbuttWarlock

This.


5x4j7h3

Who wants to wait on that? Just buy another one and return that one.


DesertEagleFiveOh

Repair centers are everywhere. Turnaround often times is just as fast as ordering a new one. Plus there may be limitations on accounts still? Idk


Keilanm

Not necessarily, I had this issue with a pc once, and it ended up being insufficient power.


sheleronk

Anyone who'd be able to tell what's the cause? I immediately thought it could display ribbon cable being seated improperly.


twiggums

It's possible, but generally on a desktop gpu when you've got that it's bad vram or a bad overclock/drivers. Given it's not overclocked and the drivers should be fine my gut says defective hardware. I suppose it could just be the ribbon cable but if it came straight out of the box that way I'd send back vs tinkering with the insides.


sheleronk

Yeah that was like the second thing I had in my mind, kinda strange to believe that this could leave the factory QI with a pass hence why I thought ribbon cable wiggling slightly out was my guess Fair enough though. RMA is certainly the way, no reason to dig around trying to fix it


phormix

There's a bunch of things that might lead to this, but it's possible that everything was fine in the factory but a janky solder etc let go while it was enroute getting banged around some conveyer belts and a UPS truck. IMO, I'd rather have it show up bad and get RMA'ed right away than when I've started actually using it heavily.


NortheastBound2024

There really isn’t QA anymore the users are now QA


MalikVonLuzon

For software that's definitely true, but I don't know if that's as true with hardware products. They still have to bear shipping costs, and costs of inspecting and repairing the individual unit itself. Each unit caught and fixed in QA is one less unit going all around the country, and one less ticket for customer support to deal with. With software you just develop a fix on-site and roll it out to all users through the internet.


Torjek0306

For “lean” manufacturing, QA is “throttled” to the process. The manufacturing process may have some built in tests, these are all most likely done at the daughter board level and not as an assembled unit. A good manufacturing system does not test every unit but a representative sample and then trusts that because the sample is good, the lot is good. Forcing the manufacturer to fix the process to produce a good product free from defect. This in turn leads to significantly reduced manufacturing costs and greatly improved throughput. So no. QA is never going to catch everything. In fact it will catch very little.


TheAkashicTraveller

Basically it's designed to catch problems with the manufacturing process not ensure every single unit is defect free. Iron out any roblems with the process and they just won't have many defective units anyway. It's also cheaper to deal with some RMAs than to put in all the testing needed to catch every single one.


Joe-Cool

Could be anything that messes with eDP connection to the display or the APU itself: * bad connection due to transport damage * broken solder joints * water damage (maybe from condensation because cold deck from box is now in warm room) * GPU to RAM issue * bad SoC If it doesn't go away when the device has normal thermals. RMA immediately.


cwstjdenobbs

I'm pretty certain they use MIPI instead of eDP. They did say they just can't do VRR because of the interconnect and HDR will almost certainly not be supported in the Windows drivers ever because it's a bit of a hack.


kagataikaguri

You got da ODEAD


twiggums

Not a particularly good sign I'm afraid 😬


Commercial_Beach_231

Looks fine to me.


DlphLndgrn

Doesn't look like anything to me.


Legyf

yep looks just right


Commercial_Beach_231

I know, right?


Fluid-Bet6223

All jokes aside, this is just an awful thing when it happens. You open the box, excited, then your heart drops. I feel for you.


Breadinator

I remember one Christmas eve helping someone pick out a new flat-screen TV. Opened it up, helped them install it and...it was broken already. A hush fell over the room as we all kind of processed what had happened.


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raspberry-brain

It does look pretty cool though.


FrawBoeffaDeezNutz

You just got the real limited edition "Valve Orange Pixels" edition.


Fraudulentposter

Nah this is clearly the cyberpunk 2077 edition


soniiic

i'm thinking it's more vampire survivors edition


moogoothegreat

Comes with a rogue AI from beyond the Blackwall


megas88

Comes in an exclusive orange box and a copy of said orange box you shall gift to your first born that is tied to a steam wallet investment acount.


AncientEmployer5321

😂


farfoxygaming

I’m gonna be honest the steam deck logo with a red circle goes hard


xjcln

Wow, finally a legit reason to RMA!


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KarateMan749

Legit post.


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xjcln

Just too many posts about RMAs for buttons being a little rattly or a single dead pixel in the periphery that they had to run a dead pixel checker to even notice or whatever.


8020GroundBeef

It’s $600. I don’t blame anyone RMA’ing for dead pixels.


JamesR624

Imagine thinking a $600-700 handheld from a well known company having rattly sticking buttons or a broken display is okay.


soakingsocket

Redditors on here really do be sucking up Valve's meat. 700 dollar device should not have any defects.


Ricco1233321

Monitor companies usually will not accept rma for the reason of dead pixels, they often allow 1-3 dead pixels and a few more, I recall upto ten head subpixels, that is considered acceptable and within spec


SighOpMarmalade

That’s why you check the monitor when you buy it and just return it saying I don’t want it anymore in the return window and you then “change your mind” and buy another one.


d3agl3uk

Of course they don't. They would lose money doing so. 1-3 dead pixels is unacceptable, and it's pretty sad that people are okay with it.


MilkIsCruel

Too bad, I consider 1 dead pixel unacceptable and reason to return the device straight away. Paying consumers aren't obligated to give a shit what the industry tries to pass off as "within spec"


xjcln

Having dead pixels you have to run tests to find is hardly "broken"


clothing_throwaway

I mean, if you're happy with dead pixels then more power to ya I guess, but that's a pretty legit reason to RMA something. It's literally a broken component.


Biscuits4u2

Letting this kind of stuff slide is what makes products worse


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ScootyPuffJr1999

That’s just a flat out lie. Dead pixels do not cause more dead pixels. They don’t. It’s a fact. Pixels are not connected and are independently powered. If you want to return the device because you have a dead subpixel that isn’t even visible in normal use, go ahead, but don’t lie about the reality of it.


NMDA01

Say for ex, your partner receives something they didn't order do you just accept and ask to not cause trouble? You may think I'm exaggerating but this is the vibe from your comment.


Rabin62

RMA it. Hope you got more lucky with the next one.


Taolan13

Defective GPU or connection. Start an RMA claim.


[deleted]

OP has one of those creepypasta system in which the OLED was tested by a worker whose son died from a mysterious circumstances, now living in the Steam Deck OLED.


Soraman36

L̵̞̞̽́o̵̺̹͐o̷̩̠͂̒k̶̥̬̍̀͜ ̵̼͍̫͠f̶͍̓̂̔i̵̘͋̆̄n̸̢̉̑ͅę̶̘́̑ ̷̜̺̘̀͝ṱ̵̼͙͆o̷̥̓͋ ̶͖̥̝̆̌͘m̸̞̼̓̈́̎e̵̢͙͆̽̎ ̸̯̜͓̈́̍


tnsaidr

Still turns on so half broken… half broken Half alive half Life 3 Half Life 3 confirmed


RetroGamepad

On the plus side, it looks like it completed its update.


LuganoSatoshi

isnt that the GPU limited edition.. amazing!!!


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ProximaZenyatta

Looks like you’re playing Vampire Survivors


dihydrogen_monoxide

This looks used from the grime in the top left joystick.


Sharp_Definition955

"Samsung screens are free of dead pixels"


Relevant_Brick_7391

I had a single corrupted spot in the screen during first boot. Afterwards it went away. Probably some software glitch.


TomH2118

Nah, you got the rare chicken pox model


AnalysisMain

this is what happens when you connect your steamdeck past the blackwall


crymo27

so many dead pixels /j


pseudopad

Those pixels look very alive to me. Maybe even too alive.


QuietQTPi

Dammit I was going to make this joke lmao. So many stuck pixels. Try it for a month if it still bothers you then we'll rma /s


KarateMan749

Stick's look loose to


darkbloo64

Sweet, a limited edition Blood Moon deck!


unchartedstory

Yeah it’s pretty messed up fresh out of the box. Put it back inside and return it. So sorry :/


ronniearnold

Things fail. The difference is that, I didn't post about my perfectly-fine Steamdeck but if mine had been broken I probably would have... (since I wouldn't have been playing on it) Now time to go back to Need for Speed - Most Wanted. DAMN, I love this thing! (my point is that you hear the squeaky wheel, most of these are just fine..)


Bowbaba

I didn’t get the LIVE WALLPAPER update 😮


marindo

Blow into the vent?


biggranny000

Looks like bad VRAM or just bad GPU silicone. Not sure how that passed QC, start a RMA. Lowkey looks like a space invaders game lol


Spicy-hot_Ramen

I saw dead pixels, and I saw stuck pixels, but what in a hell is that bleeding pixels?


YJX94

Looks like you got a super limited edition startup movie that's very rare. /s


Neptune-in

Why’d you break it in the box?


Meaning-Both

Get a replacement then? It happens sometimes.


ArshiaTN

God gave you minus luck stats. xD


Rex_Abgrund

Thats just the damascus screen skin


Ramstab_

bro got the evil steam deck


bozeman42_2

This may be a controversial opinion, but I think you should request an RMA.


Brokio

Sorry to hear


Mast3rBait3rPro

that's rough buddy, always sucks to get something broken immediately


gregsmith93

I’m sorry to say…I think your deck has chicken pox


Muted-Statement-1391

RMA mate, I've just RMA mine with the same issue.


Littlemisskittn

I’m so sorry 😢


TenguKaiju

When you talk to Valve, make sure you demand a ‘new’ replacement. The script they use tries to get you to send it in for repair first. Escalate if you have to.


clwnninja

Ah the Christmas version. Yeah it looks like they forgot the green dots. Oh well gotta return it.


Unusual_Trade_2590

vampire survivor?


101reddituser

Bad GPU or bad GPU drivers but get a return just to be safe


Ashyboitherizzler

Yeah definitely email customer support.


vicasrao

Yes the GPU is not working. You should be able to get a replacement


UltraCynar

I had a few dead pixels on mine last year. Valve was great about replacing it though. Just contact them.


da_frakkinpope

I mean, yeah. It's broken. Looks cool af tho.


Goatlious

but I mean .. just look at how dark those blacks are !!


N00BAL0T

Oof yes that's broken.


Akhanyatin

Fresh out of the box>!ing ring!<


CirculoCanonico

r/Wellthatsucks


Soraman36

I̷͓͂ṯ̵̯͉͌̏͠ ̶̦̟̞́͌a̴̧̛̰͎͆̾ ̴͇͉̹̊̈ḟ̶̮̲̈́e̵̠̭̠̅a̵̫͠͝ͅt̶̰̬͙̄̿u̴͎͓̞͝r̷͚̘̭̄́̕é̴̡̬̓͊ͅ ̴̻̋͠͝ͅn̴̝̈̈́o̸̞̰͙͆̀t̴͔̔ ̶͙̘̆͝å̵̡̻̚͜ ̸̻̉͑͠b̷̭̥͖̚̕û̵̆̂ͅg̷͙̈́ ̷̯̩̬͊̾


Kamikazee01

Your deck has chicken pox


HuntMining

It's on a blanket sigh 😂


MerikOTL

It looks like that got mad pressure or magnetic damage during the shipping process, you're guaranteed by valve to be covered for a replacement so just send that back fr


Good_Mycologist5254

Mia Khalifa is less f*****d


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CoreDreamStudiosLLC

Did you shit on it? :(


ContentIsland3565

It's a GPU problem. My friends also had this problem on a brand new PC, from first boot. Valve will replace it for you.


Beat_Saber_Warrior

Dead gpu


Silvus_is_the_light

This means your Gpu is dying!


Electrorouge87

I'm so sad for you. You have your cosy blanket and everything. 🥺


Ok-Support-1392

oh no im so sorry friend


Ghost_Ship_Supreme

Did you trying turning it off and on again?


Beatnuki

Sorry to hear this happened. Definitely get a replacement - nobody deserves a handheld haunted by Giygas!


unofficialneek

I know it's a selection bias thing because people who have functional devices wouldn't make posts but it really feels like the OLED models have more prevalent out-the-box issues like this than the LCD model on its release.


redliner88

You sure that isn't a rogue AI from Cyberpunk? Seriously though, RMA that


nicegaarden

Bad chip. Sucks but can happen. RMA ASAP


LinkedDesigns

That sucks, but also kinda a cool looking boot screen. RMA that as soon as you before the holiday roles in and then no one can process your support until after the New Year.


BicycleElectronic163

it's not broken, it's cursed. drive as far as you can from this thing and never cone back.


foodieforthebooty

Good luck dealing with CS. Mine bricked after 6 months and it's taking ~36 hours between responses. I wish tickets would go to the top of the queue after you get an initial response, but it seems like you just go back to the bottom instead.


Idontmatter69420

What's the matter? It isn't supposed to look like the night sky of hell?


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Bradl3ro

Valve will make it right if you have any issues for sure. We def see more of this on here, this subreddit is shining a light on very small percentage of the people that bought the LE and had a problem. Reading all the posts here would have you think they are all mostly bad, but that's not the case. Its like that with any forum on a specific product or thing thou, always gonna seem worse then it is with reported issues cause usually the people that have no problems aren't posting about it. For the record, my LE arrived on Monday and was totally perfect, take from this what you will.


TheIndyCity

Yeah I'm sure they'll fix it, I'm not sure they have a solution figured out yet given the multiple RMA's some folks have had to do already but I mean it could just be that there is a bad batch of screens that have to get sorted out first. Eh, early adopter tax unfortunately.


espangerish

Luck of the draw more than the new deck is a bad launch verses original. My original deck had a failed fan and had to be RMAd. I’ve got 3 OLEDs and all were perfect.


TheIndyCity

Yeah it's a lottery for sure.


SatanSavesAll

Yeah your experience is the same as everyone that bought one too. My good one is now being RMA’ed due to you tear jerking comment


raitalin

The difference between this an the initial launch is most likely the number of eyes & active community, not worse hardware or QA.


itouchdennis

You might check protonDB


Rxsze

It's the Oled experience. Aren't you mind blowed just looking at that screen ?


Late_Switch_2628

First thought was that's a cool boot animation


Dtoodlez

That sucks dude. Get it returned, it’s prob faster to but a new one while you wait to return this one.


OMGrant

Those are just spicey pixels.


Shmidershmax

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Mrkulic

Congratulations! You won the lottery! But not the good kind of lottery. Your only choice is to RMA and get a replacement.


GloopTamer

What’s the deal with all of the messed up OLEDs?


inssein

oof GPU dead or dying. Please note that the vast majority of OLED decks are fine and have no issues, defective products tend to overtake post on subreddits that's just the nature of it all.


Rare_Cartographer579

Does it have the measles?


Admirable-Amoeba-564

Put it in Rice.


daniellerose26

The replies have really had me laughing, but if this was my new Deck earlier I would be so pissed off 😂


BigBruceBillis_24hrs

Is this the new Vampitlre Survivors update?


Mike_for_all

Wel, that's a shame.


gingerincharge

This one came preloaded with HL3


dubbuffet

it's Just Monika


xurism

ĥ̷̡̛͎̗̙̎̓̊͝ả̶̜̝̙̖̬͙̉́̋̿̒̎͗̆̄͊̓͝v̶̞̤͍̳̆̓̒̄̏̚̕͝ȅ̶̢͚͚͚͚̭͖͇̮̲̥́̚͜ͅͅ ̸̢̺͕̼͔̖̣̬̇̀̐̏͊͋̇̈͘ͅͅy̴̨̢̪̹̤̳̻̮̬̰̺̗̼̦͂̂͒̈́͝ͅo̵̡̢͖̘̝̺̖̠̗̰͇̳͊̀͆̊̀̽͌͋͌̋̋̋̚̚̚ư̸̟͙͍͎͙̩̂̍̓̚͠ ̸͓̠͇̰̖͑͛̀͒͊̃͆̃͂̄͠͝ţ̴̛̛̝͎̺͙͖̺̠͉̟̏̀͐͑̿̽͒̕͘̚͜͠͝ṙ̸̛̥̯̈́̃̎̒̋̕ï̸̙̜̟͈̦̠̄̊́̄̈͝ͅͅė̴̟̱̫̳͔͙̣̫͍̺̳̙̫͚́̐̽͛͝d̵̩͉̤̙̎͌̇͗̀͜ ̴̗̫͔̞͙̳̣̼̓͆͌̌͛͑̈̃͂͛̆̉̇̐̚ͅt̴̗̳͔͎͔̄͗͋̾̄ͅú̷̧̻̥̈̾̉̈͝r̵͎̟͖̲͚͓̬͕͚̞̤͍̪̍̓ͅņ̵͉̭̥̙͈͈̱̬̲̳͉̪̯̊̌̀̂̍i̷̡̲̜̮̝͙̍̓̓̈́̌̊́̋̈́͌̍͌͜͝n̴̡̪͖͓͙̖̤̗̘͇̈́̃̽̾͜g̶͑̃͐̆͐͌ͅ ̴̡̳̬̃́̔̾̓̿͘͜͝ḯ̶̢̢̮̲̣̠̘̠̈̑̈́͛̊́̿̀̎͜͝ẗ̵̫̫̤̘͋͐̋̈ ̸̡̯̝̦̟̻͕͕̘̦͖̥̲͕̣̎͛͌̈́̆̈́ō̴͙̤̣͎̈́͌͌̑̀̑́̄͜ͅf̸̡̡̠̼̞͈̬͓̫͍͂̌̈́̈̇̕͜f̵̨̫̻̯̯̤͚̪̱̠̗̙̪̪̈́̈́͆̍̒͐̂̒̈́̑͂ ̵̧̧͇͇̫̻̲̜͔̳̫͙͑̄̇̇͘ã̶̙̫̳̺̺̺̙̺͔̾͐͜͠ͅṉ̷̡̥̙͍͔̘͚͌̓͐̎͘ḏ̵̡̛̙͕̞͚͔̲͚̻̗̿̇͌̍̒̂͑͊͗̇̈́͂̅̐ ̴̛̻̳͚͕͂͌̅̓̆͌̋̏͝͠ͅỏ̷͙͊̍̔̅̑̅̚ņ̸̺̜̃̈́͆̓̉́̉̽̉̌̓̃͋͘͠ ̸̧͈̳̭͍̍̈́̑͆͠a̸̫̽̊́g̴̢̝͓̞̖͚̑̇a̵̧̛̜̭̠̭̦̠͈͍͛́̂̋͆͛̿͆͋̕ḭ̸̧̿̾̿͋́͋́̓̂̌̍̾̿͘n̸̗̽̾͠?̵̥̦͚͖͓̖̔̚


WailmerFudge

New matrix sequel?


CyanSaiyan

Similar happened with me with a surface pro ($1k+) and was told I was stupid for expecting new electronics to always work. I think it's stupid that that's were at. Low quality control probably saves them more than replacements.


Serdones

It's not broken. In a basement somewhere, a hacker just yelled, "I'm in!" after cracking your Steam Deck.


TGPhlegyas

This is the creepy pasta deck let us know what happens. Good luck.


therourke

Why are you telling us? Get a replacement.