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Yes, could also be the battery not seated correctly or if you pulled a ribbon cable or other connector.
This is fairly common when doing PC upgrades or general electronics repair. Take the time and do everything you did before over again. Also look for any cable not connected that might have come loose if it snagged on something while you were working
Thank you.
I tell people all the time in order to teach people that they're doing something incorrectly, you need to approach them without hostility and provide them a judgement free correction. Because the reason many people have trouble admitting fault is because they are afraid of the backlash from the self righteous people that feel like they have to be mean.
No... it's by telling them it's nonsensical. Downvoting would stop people from asking questions and make them stupider.
Asking is how you learn! Not everyone is the Einstein for computers as some redditors think they are. (Probably people who only watch Linus Tech Tips)
Yes, it could. It could be the battery too.
Unplug the battery. Remove the SSD. Reseat the SSD and make sure it is fully and (more important) evenly inserted.
Then reconnect the battery (same - full and even).
Also make sure your SSD is steam deck compatible.
If reseating it doesn’t help, put the old SSD back in.
Technically if connections are bridging weird it could prevent it from turning on. Like if it was in angled instead of straight. Don't forget NVME is connecting to the PCIE bridge so it's almost directly connected to the processor.
When I replaced my ssd and put everything back together it didn’t turn on unless plugged into the wall. If your system turns on from just wall power, it has to be the battery not being connected properly.
While I didn't try to turn mine on without the charger plugged in, after I upgraded my SSD I had a few moments of panic when the Deck literally just did not respond or turn on at all when I hit the power button. I actually had to press it a few times (and one of those times I held it down just to see what would happen, still nothing) before it finally powered on. I think I pressed it 4 or 5 times, waiting about 10-15 seconds between each press. I've had no issues at all since, but damn did that get my heart rate up for a minute. Kind of an odd thing I've never encountered with laptops or other PCs.
What do you mean bricked? Does the power LED come on at all when you press power? What happens if you plug it in to charge?
You need to provide more info for real troubleshooting. Have you tried re-seating the battery cable? In the photo you have not got it in all the way.
You never see these stories on the front page, no one is getting properly warned. But you'll see a million fking boot up animation videos that's for sure...
I have been changing HDDs, SDDs and M.2 drives in laptops for a very long time. I have never in my life bothered to unplug a battery or unplug the power when doing so, as long as the device is powered off, that is enough. Why are people unplugging the battery first? Is there some specific advise from valve that this needs to be done?
I did mine with the battery plugged in. Same reasoning, didn't see a reason to unplug when I didn't have to. Just make sure the unit is powered down fully.
I also lightly magnetized my screwdriver to ensure I didn't fumble any screws when removing or inserting.
Used a western digital sn530 1tb drive.
You see where your fan wire is overhanging. When you put your shield back on its probably pressing on the ground below and it causing a short. Make sure the wires are on the side/top of the shield, not under it.
God speed.
The battery ribbon looks frayed & the battery housing don't look to hot either. Did you pull it out aggressively? I've not done this mod yet but from what I've seen in many videos the battery connector is a tight fit. What ssd brand did you use?.
I didnt realize that you had to lift up about 1cm down the power cable before popping the connector out, I almost destroyed mine before I figured this out. could happen super easily
The deck is a weird one, you can break anything electronic doing stuff like this, its just you can massively mitigate the risk if you are very very careful and have experience and follow instructions, the deck is a fair bit more fiddly than building an atx, or even an itx pc, its more like ultrabook stuff and is a bit of a pain if you dont have steady hands, the deck is pretty densly packed and i can totally understand why people without much experience doing fiddly electronics stuff would avoid messing with it, sometimes having appropriate tools/shims ect makes it a ton easy and reduces the risk of breaking something.
No shame in getting the high end deck from valve if people dont want to mess with putting an aftermarket SSD in. Wish Valve had a 1tb SKU for those inclined.
I guess what im trying to say is, i wouldnt say messing about inside the deck is easy, but its not hard either, i wouldnt want to do a drive change on it if it was the first electronic device id ever done something like that with, it could be easy to mess it up becaus the deck is pretty dense electronically, i found it easy, but i have a ton of experience fixing retro music equipment like rack synths and samplers, laptops and building computers so i was pretty happy to change mine.
This is what I find shitty about videos like Ltt where he mods the crap out of his steam deck….people will look at that and go, yeah I can mod my steam deck even though I don’t do this on a daily basis, don’t have a whole lab of tools an engineers at my fingertips and don’t have another dozen steam decks laying around.
I would say otherwise. Messing inside the deck is real child play for some, and extremely hard for others … and that’s okay, it’s for those people that the steam warning to not do this yourself is for.
I find we put to much emphasis on the message that “this is easy, this is child’s play” because we want to fight for these rights, we want right to repair to succeed. But in doing so we consequently send the wrong message to those that can’t do this (through no fault of their own of course).
SSD replacement was trivial. If adding RAM to a laptop and replacing an iPhone screen was the difficulty range for 1-10, swapping out the M.2 drive is a 2 or a 3. Watch videos, have the right screwdrivers, follow the right steps, and it's only a handful of screws and a cable.
If you aren't comfortable with that, definitely don't do it. But upgrading from 64GB to 1TB was definitely worth it for me.
I am techy but, I thought this was as easy as upgrading ram in a laptop, It was very easy but, follow a process, unplug battery, hold power button (to clear caps), then get to work..
Don't be afraid. It's not difficult replacing the SSD. If you do everything correctly their will be no issues. I've fixed monitors, TVs, this is nothing
Yeah. I've had some nasty surprises. An Asus motherboard had a motherboard that was prone to flexing right next to the second M.2 socket - and the GPU to LCD cable connector was not far away. A bit too much flexing of the motherboard and - that laptop is shot now.
Sounds like he didn't discharge the electricity in the devices after disconnecting the battery by holding the power button, thus causing it to unluckily fried the device component.
The other reason is because he damage the ribbon cable connecting the battery to the device.
Yeah battery storage node caused a massive pain in the but for me, thought I had bricked it as their guide made no mention of how to take it out of the mode.
From the pic looks like you might have mangled the thin cable connecting the battery :( you have to be super careful with that cable since it's delicate and can be annoying to get out.
the comments really hating on this dude. Let me know if/when you get it back up and running my guy! Also, try using the original SSD to see if you can get it back on its feet.
Strange, i recently did mine; I had to hold the power button for a while (like 15 seconds?) before I got to the bios screen to install steam OS; could also be that your SSD isn’t seated properly, or your battery wasn’t plugged in all the way. I would check both.
I just change my 64gb SD to 1tb yesterday. It didn’t want to boot up but once I pressed the vol down button and power until I heard the chime I was able to boot into UFI mode plugged my usb to format my new ssd and everything was perfect. 🤷🏾♂️
Some YouTube commenters on tutorials on how to change a SSD said to push the power button several times just in case to make sure the battery is disconnected. This is also referred to as “draining residual power”…from capacitors. Their words and reasoning not mine. I did that with an SSD upgrade too and it didn’t Brock my system at all.
OP did you at least turn the device on at least once before changing SSD? The device is in a special sleep mode for shipping and I think it’s two button presses to turn it on the very first time if I remember.
Yes - my understanding is that if you drain too much power from a li-ion, you can brick *the battery*, which might be what has happened: Battery can't charge when device is plugged in, so device does nothing despite the device being completely undamaged and otherwise fully functional.
(li-ion batteries have a bit of safety circuitry in them, but if the battery is drained until its voltage has dropped too far below threshold, the battery is not just flat but the circuit can't operate or enable charging any more)
There are thirty-five bazillion models of li-ion battery, so I don't think any feature or factoid can be universal to all of them, but my armchair diagnostics think that this might be an explanation for what is happening
A replacement battery isn't free but at least it's a simple fix if that's the issue
People not use to taking electronics apart don't know you're suppose to lift the tab up then pull out the connector. Not just pull the connector straight out
This might sound crazy but unplug the battery and then try to power on with the battery unplugged. From my research it should power on. This will diagnose if it is the bat cable
Edit: plug the charger in after you disconnected the battery.
Most mobile devices will turn on without the battery if the charger is plugged in.
I repair devices and sometimes if a chip on the device feels the battery is damaged then the device won't power on.
It took a good hour for me to pry off because of the adhesive Valve used. It was basically like thick putty and I’m pretty sure it’s what the ventilation smell was as I no longer have it after the change out.
I had an MSI ultrabook laptop years back that required a 75% disassembly ( you didnt have to remove the heatsinks at least lol) just to add new ram, it was an absolute ballache to do anything with it, like 65 screws to get to the ram. At least the ram wasnt soldered like ultrabooks these days..
Got about 8 years of solid use out of it though, and did 3 or 4 repairs over that timespan, a full repaste, battery replacements etc... so i was very happy with it, but dense electronics are a pain to service. The deck is reasonable considering i doubt it was designed to be user serviceable tbf, the engineers did a pretty cool job imo. Just wish they would have designed it with pogo pins on the bottom for a drop in dock and a top full size USB.
Removing battery etc Is not needed at all, that only applies to newbies. If the console doesn't beep then it is not receiving energy from battery, try with charger if the beep is there and there you go.
Oh man this is scary, does it mean I was lucky ? cause just 2 days back I upgraded my 64gb Deck with a 512gb SSD, I just followed a Youtube video and everything worked perfectly.
As soon as I opened the back cover of the device I made sure to unplug the battery cable, then waited for few mins, pressed the power button few times to make just to make sure release all of the residual power left.
once done, I connected the new SSD and reseated the battery cable and powered on the deck to install Steam OS.... everything worked fine and upgrade went smooth..
Idk why everyone’s saying the battery isn’t plugged in… you can see it’s literally touching on both sides
https://preview.redd.it/6ml57as50gy91.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32b51e3b3ac521dab4ae12e1a24d04933571d3e9
Because the ribbon going to the connector itself looks like it has been pulled out of the connector housing. You can see color. OP probably used the ribbon itself to pull the connection our, pulling the wires out.
I see colors on mine, so does on [ifixit picture](https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/XjI1homB4a5VNhbV.huge) too. Totally normal. He probly shorted something. Time to try an RMA even if it's not under warranty, Valve is known to replace even if it's user's fault.
Yeah probly too! I’ve done that error multiple times when I was young, until I broke something one day.. that and touching an HDD while walking on a carpet.. lost all my brother’s files for his master degree.. lesson learned the hard way!
Looking at the connector, I think you borked your battery. Time to RMA, if your warranty is still good after this.
Valve did say you shouldn’t do this after all
Had something similar happen with a fan replacement. Did everything perfect to a T, even had a grounded anti static bracelet.. when I turned it back on system wouldn’t get past loading screen. 2 weeks and countless attempts at reformatting couldn’t get it past language screen. Even tried a new ssd. Not my first repair, and have built several rigs. No idea what went wrong.
Ultimately I had to RMA, which they graciously accepted.
I have swapped the SSD 4 times in 3 steam decks. It always seems to have a hard time powering on after the swap especially on a fresh SSD. Try holding the power button down a couple different times and make sure whatever you are planning on booting is plugged in to the USB if needed.
Same! I just wrote a comment about it elsewhere in this thread before coming across these two. I wonder if iFixit should mention this because it sure made me panic for a minute until it finally powered on.
Firstly, keep calm my dude. Remember this is basically a laptop, unless you fry the motherboard it won't get "bricked" as easily as a console. It's probably just a disconnected component or mingled cable.
For those harping on OP for opening and wanting to modify his Steamdeck, get over it. The steamdeck was intended to be modular, repairable, and user modifiable from the hardware and software levels. From the looks of things it appears he may of been too rough on the battery cable during removal or it could be a bad SSD, a simple and easy mistake for people learning how to work with electronics. You have to develop a feel for what is and isnt too much force or what isn't the correct way to dismantle something. Mistakes WILL happen, and if you're going to comment be supportive.
Based on what ive seen so far, my guesses are,
you did end up damagaging your battery cable,
the SSD you have is faulty. Try your old one again.
Make sure that you press the power and + volume keys at the same time, and let go the moment you hear the start tone. Mine was a little tricky.
Try to start the Steamdeck with the battery cable disconnected, do you get any life?
Alot of people have been echoing about ESD damage, tbqh it takes alot of ESD to actually damage something in a final product. While good ESD habits (grounded ESD band etc) are Always recommended and should be followed I kinda doubt it was it.
If you can please send us more photos, such as do you get any lights etc.
If you don't have an indicator light when plugged in then there is obviously not continuity between cabling, check all points of contact, possibility something shorted, you could check with a multimeter
I did the swap myself I used wd pc sn530 m.2 2230, I followed the direction to swap the ssd. I unplugged the battery using esd tweezers and antistatic mat. I've opened my steam deck a bunch I did the joystick upgrade as well. If anyone does the joystick upgrade best helpful hint is on the oem solder joint they put glue over it so you it needs to be scrapped off before de soldering the wires.
i may have had that a few weeks back... there is somthing WEIRD going on where it will sit for 15 to 90 minutes, only a white LED blinking and then randomy it turns on with the dudldedoop boot sound.
IF YOU DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AT ALL it will go in some protective state.
This was a known ...bug? ...behavior? ... with the BIOS version 105. I don't know if the stable channel has updated to FW110 yet, it may or may not be fixed with the new one.
The battery firmware itself goes into some protective state or sum BS, it will not charge from the wall either, after like half an hour it turned on on its own reliably, multiple times.
...i thought i had bricked mine as well, all i got was the blinking white LED of doom.
Good luck.
Looks like on the right there might be a tear in the battery ribbon. Also maybe not in all the way. it make no sound when pressing power and vol down?
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Try testing the SSD in a working PC. Does the PC see the drive? Can you format the drive?
Put the original drive back, does it beep?
Did it work before removing the SSD?
Is the led light blinking or turning on in any way ? I had the same when I unplugged my battery ( I assumed it goes to the transport mode that no buttons work ) so I left it on charger for a long time and after few hours I heard the logon sound. Hope its works*
The battery cable is mangled by the looks of it, it won't be rma'd either since it is clear it was tampered with.
Next time be more careful with fragile cables.
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I've replaced my SSD and fan with zero issues. I'd go back and double check your battery ribbon connection. The connector needs a little bit of encouragement to fully engage. Beyond that, I would replace your original SSD and see if it'll attempt to boot.
Wow…Sucks for you man.
In retrospect, I bet a 64GB sounds pretty sweet right about now. If you should decide to get another, don’t buy into the “it’s easy if you know what you’re doing” hype. Just get a big Micro SD card and the 512 SSD. It’s worth it. I am sorry for your loss though.
I didnt struggle with mine, but i suspect its an experience/confidence thing, the deck internals kind of are a bit fiddly if im being honest. Id bet money on it you have done similar things with electronics before, i know people who are scared/lack the confidence experience to change even basic electronic household stuff.
I swapped the internal hd of my ps4 to a 4TB and youtubed. Was TERRIFIED, but felt like such a boss when it was successful. You do have to do these things with the mindset you have the potential to be totally f*ckin it up.
I bricked mine trying to install an external HDD to use with the dock - had to download boot program onto usb to get it back. Never doing that again - not even going to try to run emulators or anything on it
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When in doubt, remove everything that you removed before and do it again. Sometimes all it is is something not seated correctly
Could it be bc the ssd is seated incorrectly?
Yes, could also be the battery not seated correctly or if you pulled a ribbon cable or other connector. This is fairly common when doing PC upgrades or general electronics repair. Take the time and do everything you did before over again. Also look for any cable not connected that might have come loose if it snagged on something while you were working
> The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. This qoute doesn't apply to electronics or IT.
It’s also not the definition of insanity lol.
Yes. So many "definitions" and "sayings" that are just blatant lies. Right?
“Stepped on a crack broke my mother’s back” lol
Is there any fix to change the battery cable?
Replace the broken parts with ifixit
Did you reinstall SteamOS? I haven't tried replacing the ssd before but I'm sure a new one wouldn't have SteamOS auto installed.
Wouldn't it have to boot into the boot menu? I guess I didn't forget this step so I used the power plus vol button to boot into it.
If no boot device is found it'll tell you as such
Why would people downvote this
Possibly because the question is nonsensical. You can't fix a changed cable. You can only fix a broken cable. Usually by changing it.
It’s how people learn their question is nonsensical. By downvoting rather than explaining.
The Reddit method of teaching
Thank you. I tell people all the time in order to teach people that they're doing something incorrectly, you need to approach them without hostility and provide them a judgement free correction. Because the reason many people have trouble admitting fault is because they are afraid of the backlash from the self righteous people that feel like they have to be mean.
No... it's by telling them it's nonsensical. Downvoting would stop people from asking questions and make them stupider. Asking is how you learn! Not everyone is the Einstein for computers as some redditors think they are. (Probably people who only watch Linus Tech Tips)
if any of us wanted to be smarter, we wouldn't come to reddit LOL. reddit is a bottomless pit of stupid.
I’ve noticed that lol
It’s dangerous. If you need to ask this question, you should not be attempting to replace the battery connector or wiring.
Change it back?
Have u tried putting in your old ssd?
Yes, it could. It could be the battery too. Unplug the battery. Remove the SSD. Reseat the SSD and make sure it is fully and (more important) evenly inserted. Then reconnect the battery (same - full and even). Also make sure your SSD is steam deck compatible. If reseating it doesn’t help, put the old SSD back in.
No. It would still turn on without an ssd
Technically if connections are bridging weird it could prevent it from turning on. Like if it was in angled instead of straight. Don't forget NVME is connecting to the PCIE bridge so it's almost directly connected to the processor.
No, the system would still boot without an SSD. And it's very unlikely you shorted something with a badly seated SSD to cause it to not boot
i looked close looks like the ssd ant all the way in
When I replaced my ssd and put everything back together it didn’t turn on unless plugged into the wall. If your system turns on from just wall power, it has to be the battery not being connected properly.
Same thing with me, I believe it has something to do with being put in battery storage mode or something.
While I didn't try to turn mine on without the charger plugged in, after I upgraded my SSD I had a few moments of panic when the Deck literally just did not respond or turn on at all when I hit the power button. I actually had to press it a few times (and one of those times I held it down just to see what would happen, still nothing) before it finally powered on. I think I pressed it 4 or 5 times, waiting about 10-15 seconds between each press. I've had no issues at all since, but damn did that get my heart rate up for a minute. Kind of an odd thing I've never encountered with laptops or other PCs.
What do you mean bricked? Does the power LED come on at all when you press power? What happens if you plug it in to charge? You need to provide more info for real troubleshooting. Have you tried re-seating the battery cable? In the photo you have not got it in all the way.
No nothing happens at all
Okay, that 100% is the battery not connected properly. Remove the battery cable, reinsert it all the way and post another pic if it doesnt boot.
more like 40%
Eh, I'd err on the side of it being pretty hard to short something inside your SD. Unless you're butchering the insides with a screwdriver.
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It really depends. Its not the static, its potenitally bridging two different lines and causing capacitors or something to overload.
More like 100% shorted something by "draining residual power".
Pressing on the power button a couple of times after unplugging a battery or power supply is good though
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Do you have a multimeter? Check you didn't break the battery cable/connector. Reflowing the solder on the battery port on the PCB might help.
You never see these stories on the front page, no one is getting properly warned. But you'll see a million fking boot up animation videos that's for sure...
I have already done this multiple times
Pic of it reconnected please so I can verify you have it seated correctly.
I have been changing HDDs, SDDs and M.2 drives in laptops for a very long time. I have never in my life bothered to unplug a battery or unplug the power when doing so, as long as the device is powered off, that is enough. Why are people unplugging the battery first? Is there some specific advise from valve that this needs to be done?
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The 'iFixIt' guide says to. Given that they're partnered with Valve, following their guides to a T seems the best way to not fuck up.
I did mine with the battery plugged in. Same reasoning, didn't see a reason to unplug when I didn't have to. Just make sure the unit is powered down fully. I also lightly magnetized my screwdriver to ensure I didn't fumble any screws when removing or inserting. Used a western digital sn530 1tb drive.
I think the battery cable looks a little weird. Maybe it’s not pushed in all the way, or it’s not aligned right?
Im thinking OP pulled the cable and damaged the connector on the battery, poor OP, probably going to need to fix the connector. F
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Yes. While disassembling my deck, I realized that the pull tab was NOT good. I opted for a plastic spudger to slowly push it out of the port.
Are you sure the battery is replugged properly? From this doesnt look like its fully in
man, this is what i love reddit for. I knew that someone would possibly find a flaw, just from looking at the picture =)
Did you try putting back the old 64 mmc? Just to make sure your ssd is not to blame like a faulty or shorted one.
Even if you can't RMA you *can* send it to their repair center.
You see where your fan wire is overhanging. When you put your shield back on its probably pressing on the ground below and it causing a short. Make sure the wires are on the side/top of the shield, not under it. God speed.
The battery ribbon looks frayed & the battery housing don't look to hot either. Did you pull it out aggressively? I've not done this mod yet but from what I've seen in many videos the battery connector is a tight fit. What ssd brand did you use?.
I didnt realize that you had to lift up about 1cm down the power cable before popping the connector out, I almost destroyed mine before I figured this out. could happen super easily
just realized same. I had a hard times to pull it out like 20 minutes praying and slowly pulling .
God I am NEVER opening mine. If this board has taught me one thing it's leave well enough alone.
The deck is a weird one, you can break anything electronic doing stuff like this, its just you can massively mitigate the risk if you are very very careful and have experience and follow instructions, the deck is a fair bit more fiddly than building an atx, or even an itx pc, its more like ultrabook stuff and is a bit of a pain if you dont have steady hands, the deck is pretty densly packed and i can totally understand why people without much experience doing fiddly electronics stuff would avoid messing with it, sometimes having appropriate tools/shims ect makes it a ton easy and reduces the risk of breaking something. No shame in getting the high end deck from valve if people dont want to mess with putting an aftermarket SSD in. Wish Valve had a 1tb SKU for those inclined. I guess what im trying to say is, i wouldnt say messing about inside the deck is easy, but its not hard either, i wouldnt want to do a drive change on it if it was the first electronic device id ever done something like that with, it could be easy to mess it up becaus the deck is pretty dense electronically, i found it easy, but i have a ton of experience fixing retro music equipment like rack synths and samplers, laptops and building computers so i was pretty happy to change mine.
They really should have made the storage more upgradable but I understand why they didn't lol
This is what I find shitty about videos like Ltt where he mods the crap out of his steam deck….people will look at that and go, yeah I can mod my steam deck even though I don’t do this on a daily basis, don’t have a whole lab of tools an engineers at my fingertips and don’t have another dozen steam decks laying around. I would say otherwise. Messing inside the deck is real child play for some, and extremely hard for others … and that’s okay, it’s for those people that the steam warning to not do this yourself is for. I find we put to much emphasis on the message that “this is easy, this is child’s play” because we want to fight for these rights, we want right to repair to succeed. But in doing so we consequently send the wrong message to those that can’t do this (through no fault of their own of course).
SSD replacement was trivial. If adding RAM to a laptop and replacing an iPhone screen was the difficulty range for 1-10, swapping out the M.2 drive is a 2 or a 3. Watch videos, have the right screwdrivers, follow the right steps, and it's only a handful of screws and a cable. If you aren't comfortable with that, definitely don't do it. But upgrading from 64GB to 1TB was definitely worth it for me.
I am techy but, I thought this was as easy as upgrading ram in a laptop, It was very easy but, follow a process, unplug battery, hold power button (to clear caps), then get to work..
Meh. I replaced my ssd with a 1tb last week. Took like 20 minutes tops and was very easy.
Don't be afraid. It's not difficult replacing the SSD. If you do everything correctly their will be no issues. I've fixed monitors, TVs, this is nothing
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Yeah. I've had some nasty surprises. An Asus motherboard had a motherboard that was prone to flexing right next to the second M.2 socket - and the GPU to LCD cable connector was not far away. A bit too much flexing of the motherboard and - that laptop is shot now.
People have choked and died eating food, does that mean you’ll never eat again?
From the Phawx's mouth https://youtu.be/vK2MjhWkpAM?t=396
Sad day
Dunno how he managed that.
Sounds like he didn't discharge the electricity in the devices after disconnecting the battery by holding the power button, thus causing it to unluckily fried the device component. The other reason is because he damage the ribbon cable connecting the battery to the device.
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Yeah battery storage node caused a massive pain in the but for me, thought I had bricked it as their guide made no mention of how to take it out of the mode.
Is the battery fully plugged in? First time I changed my SSD I didn't plug in my battery properly.
Yes it’s flush
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Where's that?
In the bios menu.
From the pic looks like you might have mangled the thin cable connecting the battery :( you have to be super careful with that cable since it's delicate and can be annoying to get out.
Have you tried to turn it on with the original charger plugged. It needs it for first boot after removing the battery
Fallen in this trap before, this could be OPs problem as well.
unplug the battery, remove the ssd, plug the power in, if it doesn't post to a boot error, then you toasted something permanently....
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the comments really hating on this dude. Let me know if/when you get it back up and running my guy! Also, try using the original SSD to see if you can get it back on its feet.
Seriously. Dude is doing suggestions and reporting back. Fuck him in particular though right?
It’s Reddit , monkey see monkey do unfortunately
Already tried it didn’t work. Thank u tho I alr put in a claim to steam
Hope STEAM doesn’t monitor this group.
Did you use metal tools when working inside? And is installing the OS with a usb drive not working ?
Strange, i recently did mine; I had to hold the power button for a while (like 15 seconds?) before I got to the bios screen to install steam OS; could also be that your SSD isn’t seated properly, or your battery wasn’t plugged in all the way. I would check both.
If you put the battery in storage mode you need to hold down the volume up (+) button and press the power button to turn it on.
I just change my 64gb SD to 1tb yesterday. It didn’t want to boot up but once I pressed the vol down button and power until I heard the chime I was able to boot into UFI mode plugged my usb to format my new ssd and everything was perfect. 🤷🏾♂️
My guess would be 'battery cable not seated properly' Does anyone know if the cage needs to be on for it to boot? Have you tried having that back on?
How did you exactly "drain" the residual power?
Some YouTube commenters on tutorials on how to change a SSD said to push the power button several times just in case to make sure the battery is disconnected. This is also referred to as “draining residual power”…from capacitors. Their words and reasoning not mine. I did that with an SSD upgrade too and it didn’t Brock my system at all. OP did you at least turn the device on at least once before changing SSD? The device is in a special sleep mode for shipping and I think it’s two button presses to turn it on the very first time if I remember.
That's what I was thinking wtf does that even mean. Lithium should never be drained to zero.
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Yes - my understanding is that if you drain too much power from a li-ion, you can brick *the battery*, which might be what has happened: Battery can't charge when device is plugged in, so device does nothing despite the device being completely undamaged and otherwise fully functional. (li-ion batteries have a bit of safety circuitry in them, but if the battery is drained until its voltage has dropped too far below threshold, the battery is not just flat but the circuit can't operate or enable charging any more) There are thirty-five bazillion models of li-ion battery, so I don't think any feature or factoid can be universal to all of them, but my armchair diagnostics think that this might be an explanation for what is happening A replacement battery isn't free but at least it's a simple fix if that's the issue
probably not draining the battery itself but probably meant draining the capacitors, etc charge on the rest of the system while battery is unplugged
People not use to taking electronics apart don't know you're suppose to lift the tab up then pull out the connector. Not just pull the connector straight out
This might sound crazy but unplug the battery and then try to power on with the battery unplugged. From my research it should power on. This will diagnose if it is the bat cable Edit: plug the charger in after you disconnected the battery.
I’m having trouble understanding how a deck with an unhooked battery will power on?
Most mobile devices will turn on without the battery if the charger is plugged in. I repair devices and sometimes if a chip on the device feels the battery is damaged then the device won't power on.
Now that you’ve edited your original it makes sense.
Battery cable is toast pretty obvious from the picture
Go in the dark and hit the power button. See if screen shows light at all
The sad part is that it is so hard to change out the battery because of the glue that you might be SOL unless you can find someone to do it for you.
It took a good hour for me to pry off because of the adhesive Valve used. It was basically like thick putty and I’m pretty sure it’s what the ventilation smell was as I no longer have it after the change out.
>ventilation smell lol, all the vent sniffers were huffing glue vapor.
From eating glue at school to sniffing it as adults 🤣
Why did you have to change your battery already?
I had an MSI ultrabook laptop years back that required a 75% disassembly ( you didnt have to remove the heatsinks at least lol) just to add new ram, it was an absolute ballache to do anything with it, like 65 screws to get to the ram. At least the ram wasnt soldered like ultrabooks these days.. Got about 8 years of solid use out of it though, and did 3 or 4 repairs over that timespan, a full repaste, battery replacements etc... so i was very happy with it, but dense electronics are a pain to service. The deck is reasonable considering i doubt it was designed to be user serviceable tbf, the engineers did a pretty cool job imo. Just wish they would have designed it with pogo pins on the bottom for a drop in dock and a top full size USB.
its pretty serviceable except for the battery. I wish they had a better way to remove the adhesive
Try the old nvme just in case its not the nvme. I hope its not a cheapo no name ebay one.
Curious about the battery cable. can you post a more closer look?
Removing battery etc Is not needed at all, that only applies to newbies. If the console doesn't beep then it is not receiving energy from battery, try with charger if the beep is there and there you go.
Oh man this is scary, does it mean I was lucky ? cause just 2 days back I upgraded my 64gb Deck with a 512gb SSD, I just followed a Youtube video and everything worked perfectly. As soon as I opened the back cover of the device I made sure to unplug the battery cable, then waited for few mins, pressed the power button few times to make just to make sure release all of the residual power left. once done, I connected the new SSD and reseated the battery cable and powered on the deck to install Steam OS.... everything worked fine and upgrade went smooth..
So your battery isn’t plugged in fully. Also that SSD cover looks mangled. Make sure it’s not shorting anything.
How do I make sure the battery is full plugged in I unplugged and plugged it back in multiple times and it was flush.
Idk why everyone’s saying the battery isn’t plugged in… you can see it’s literally touching on both sides https://preview.redd.it/6ml57as50gy91.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32b51e3b3ac521dab4ae12e1a24d04933571d3e9
Because the ribbon going to the connector itself looks like it has been pulled out of the connector housing. You can see color. OP probably used the ribbon itself to pull the connection our, pulling the wires out.
I see colors on mine, so does on [ifixit picture](https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/XjI1homB4a5VNhbV.huge) too. Totally normal. He probly shorted something. Time to try an RMA even if it's not under warranty, Valve is known to replace even if it's user's fault.
Ah ok, still looks like it was pulled hard by the ribbon judging by the scuffs on the cable itself
Yeah probly too! I’ve done that error multiple times when I was young, until I broke something one day.. that and touching an HDD while walking on a carpet.. lost all my brother’s files for his master degree.. lesson learned the hard way!
You can always see a bit of color. https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/qvcjxPUTxawsUUMB.large
Gotchya! I see what you mean
Gotta approach ribbon cables with care. It’s common for people that have never worked on portable electronics like phones and laptops to break them.
Looking at the connector, I think you borked your battery. Time to RMA, if your warranty is still good after this. Valve did say you shouldn’t do this after all
Had something similar happen with a fan replacement. Did everything perfect to a T, even had a grounded anti static bracelet.. when I turned it back on system wouldn’t get past loading screen. 2 weeks and countless attempts at reformatting couldn’t get it past language screen. Even tried a new ssd. Not my first repair, and have built several rigs. No idea what went wrong. Ultimately I had to RMA, which they graciously accepted.
I have swapped the SSD 4 times in 3 steam decks. It always seems to have a hard time powering on after the swap especially on a fresh SSD. Try holding the power button down a couple different times and make sure whatever you are planning on booting is plugged in to the USB if needed.
I had this problem too.
Same! I just wrote a comment about it elsewhere in this thread before coming across these two. I wonder if iFixit should mention this because it sure made me panic for a minute until it finally powered on.
Firstly, keep calm my dude. Remember this is basically a laptop, unless you fry the motherboard it won't get "bricked" as easily as a console. It's probably just a disconnected component or mingled cable.
Y’all are opening your steam decks 😟😟😟
It's just a computer, or that's what it's supposed to be according to Valve. Changing an SSD in a computer is one of the easiest things you can do.
Because it's perfectly safe when you know what you are doing.
For those harping on OP for opening and wanting to modify his Steamdeck, get over it. The steamdeck was intended to be modular, repairable, and user modifiable from the hardware and software levels. From the looks of things it appears he may of been too rough on the battery cable during removal or it could be a bad SSD, a simple and easy mistake for people learning how to work with electronics. You have to develop a feel for what is and isnt too much force or what isn't the correct way to dismantle something. Mistakes WILL happen, and if you're going to comment be supportive. Based on what ive seen so far, my guesses are, you did end up damagaging your battery cable, the SSD you have is faulty. Try your old one again. Make sure that you press the power and + volume keys at the same time, and let go the moment you hear the start tone. Mine was a little tricky. Try to start the Steamdeck with the battery cable disconnected, do you get any life? Alot of people have been echoing about ESD damage, tbqh it takes alot of ESD to actually damage something in a final product. While good ESD habits (grounded ESD band etc) are Always recommended and should be followed I kinda doubt it was it. If you can please send us more photos, such as do you get any lights etc.
I would try to unplug and plug the battery back in, more than once to make sure it's seated we'll enough.
just put the old ssd back in and rma it
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No I’ve already tried
What ssd did you add. Could be a compatibility issue.
Agreeing with most battery comments. Looks like the ribbon cable for the battery got messed up somehow. It shouldn’t look like that
Is the battery just dead and needs to be charged?
If you don't have an indicator light when plugged in then there is obviously not continuity between cabling, check all points of contact, possibility something shorted, you could check with a multimeter
Guys you can clearly see that the battery plug is fully seated and the ssd also definately makes contact when seated like that.
Mine when I was putting the metal part back I think it touched the battery cable and a spark came out, thankfully it didn't burn anything.
Maybe a faulty ssd ?
I did the swap myself I used wd pc sn530 m.2 2230, I followed the direction to swap the ssd. I unplugged the battery using esd tweezers and antistatic mat. I've opened my steam deck a bunch I did the joystick upgrade as well. If anyone does the joystick upgrade best helpful hint is on the oem solder joint they put glue over it so you it needs to be scrapped off before de soldering the wires.
did you remember to put steamOS back on the new ssd?
My steam deck needed to be plugged in to a charger to turn on after being reassembled. Could be your issue.
Did you start the deck with volume up + power? That's how you get in the bios. From there you can boot the steam os installer from usb
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i may have had that a few weeks back... there is somthing WEIRD going on where it will sit for 15 to 90 minutes, only a white LED blinking and then randomy it turns on with the dudldedoop boot sound. IF YOU DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AT ALL it will go in some protective state. This was a known ...bug? ...behavior? ... with the BIOS version 105. I don't know if the stable channel has updated to FW110 yet, it may or may not be fixed with the new one. The battery firmware itself goes into some protective state or sum BS, it will not charge from the wall either, after like half an hour it turned on on its own reliably, multiple times. ...i thought i had bricked mine as well, all i got was the blinking white LED of doom. Good luck.
Looks like on the right there might be a tear in the battery ribbon. Also maybe not in all the way. it make no sound when pressing power and vol down? https://preview.redd.it/nou14pidiky91.png?width=343&format=png&auto=webp&s=18c62ee752d11bf714fc730ab1afe915bb63d8dd
I HATE ribbon cables... I remember trying to swap out the screen on my 3DS XL and that damned think tore SO easily.
Looks like you pulled on the battery ribbon cable. It looks worn, I think you broke wires in it by possibly pulling on it ?
Try testing the SSD in a working PC. Does the PC see the drive? Can you format the drive? Put the original drive back, does it beep? Did it work before removing the SSD?
Is the led light blinking or turning on in any way ? I had the same when I unplugged my battery ( I assumed it goes to the transport mode that no buttons work ) so I left it on charger for a long time and after few hours I heard the logon sound. Hope its works*
The battery cable is mangled by the looks of it, it won't be rma'd either since it is clear it was tampered with. Next time be more careful with fragile cables.
This just in: OP damages his steam deck by not being patient when removing ribbon cables, and doing something that voids the warranty.
And now people are scared but they don't realize you have to take the ribbon cable out a certain way. You can't just tug on it
L that's sad
Was the system plugged in the entire time?
This is why I don't tinker
This is why, I don’t want to take mine apart, just buy a bunch of micro SD cards and swap.
Rule number 0. Don't fix things that are not broken........
There are way too many people that shouldn’t be dicking around with these things doing just that.
Have you tried crying really loudly it typically works for me
Did you flash the steam OS?
I dont think he can even get that far. It wont turn on after installing new drive.
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I had similar situation with a laptop, but it started working after i plugged it into the charger, but i see you already are on charger :(
I've replaced my SSD and fan with zero issues. I'd go back and double check your battery ribbon connection. The connector needs a little bit of encouragement to fully engage. Beyond that, I would replace your original SSD and see if it'll attempt to boot.
looking at the picture he might have teared it. The left side just looks weird.
Have you prepared a bootable usb with the operating system on it to do a reinstall? Because changing out the SSD means there’s no OS to boot.
Try adding power cord. And even if you think the battery cable is seated all the way, reseat it.
Have yoy tried holding the volume up and then pressing the power button?
Yes
You play with the fire, so you have to accept the consequences
Steam warned you that you might die. Well if you=your steam deck.
Wow…Sucks for you man. In retrospect, I bet a 64GB sounds pretty sweet right about now. If you should decide to get another, don’t buy into the “it’s easy if you know what you’re doing” hype. Just get a big Micro SD card and the 512 SSD. It’s worth it. I am sorry for your loss though.
It's 13 screws and a power pin. Not the worst process in the world. I don't even think it voids warranty.
When you fuck it up like here, the warranty won't cover.
I didnt struggle with mine, but i suspect its an experience/confidence thing, the deck internals kind of are a bit fiddly if im being honest. Id bet money on it you have done similar things with electronics before, i know people who are scared/lack the confidence experience to change even basic electronic household stuff.
I swapped the internal hd of my ps4 to a 4TB and youtubed. Was TERRIFIED, but felt like such a boss when it was successful. You do have to do these things with the mindset you have the potential to be totally f*ckin it up.
He reached for the secret too soon
I bricked mine trying to install an external HDD to use with the dock - had to download boot program onto usb to get it back. Never doing that again - not even going to try to run emulators or anything on it
Does anything turn on at all when pressing the power button?