WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.560 when valve invited me down to their headquarters for a preview of the steam 00:00:03.679 --> 00:00:10.320 deck they not only refused to allow me to open it but they wouldn't tell me 00:00:08.800 --> 00:00:14.559 anything about the internal configuration other than what i was able 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:21.119 to ascertain for myself using a thermal camera well that all changes today valve 00:00:17.279 --> 00:00:23.039 published a do as we say not as we do 00:00:21.119 --> 00:00:27.359 tear down of the steam deck and i haven't intentionally avoided looking at 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:30.560 it all day and i'm going to be watching it together with my co-host Anthony to 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:36.800 see what we're going to learn and what still 00:00:34.160 --> 00:00:41.120 remains to be seen and the whole thing is sponsored by ifixit is your battery 00:00:39.440 --> 00:00:44.879 not lasting as long as it used to looking for a new project i fix it's got 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:49.920 you covered stay tuned to the end of this video to learn more about their 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:49.920 battery replacement kits 00:00:57.199 --> 00:01:02.879 okay we ready let's do it hi 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:06.000 this is a video about opening up a steam deck to replace one or more of the 00:01:04.559 --> 00:01:11.520 components inside it i love the glove specifically we're going to cover the thumb sticks and very interesting the 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:16.159 thumbnail says don't do this and the video opens with 00:01:14.479 --> 00:01:21.680 here's how to do this well they gotta cover their butts right they do but i 00:01:18.720 --> 00:01:25.600 gotta say i absolutely respect that valve is directly addressing what gamers 00:01:24.080 --> 00:01:29.200 have been asking about it because we all know the biggest issues with handheld 00:01:28.080 --> 00:01:35.119 consoles which excuse me with handheld consoles that 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:39.200 are to be unnamed is joystick drift and for me personally if i'm investing this 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:43.759 kind of money into a handheld device knowing that it can be quickly and 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:46.880 easily repaired is a big deal the SSD well we'll see how quick and we'll see 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:50.960 how easy it is this is a how-to video but in another way it's a why you really 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:54.479 shouldn't do this that's because even though it's your pc 00:01:53.119 --> 00:01:59.600 or will be once you've received your steam deck and you have every right to open it up 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:03.360 and do what you want wow you have every right to open up and do it wow i've only 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:06.159 ever heard that from fairphone what a strong 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:11.120 also framework but what a strong 00:02:08.399 --> 00:02:16.239 statement maybe system 76 what a strong statement for a device manufacturer to 00:02:13.520 --> 00:02:21.599 make when you buy it it belongs to you how is that controversial 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:27.120 and yet here we are blown away by it it's 20 21. valve really don't recommend 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:30.640 that you ever open it up the steam deck is a very tightly designed system and 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:33.840 the parts are okay i take issue with that don't recommend that you ever open 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:38.319 it up because that's going to suck in some dust you're going to want to clean that out maybe some compressed air will 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:41.040 do it but you'll probably want to clean out the whole thing inside and the thing 00:02:39.760 --> 00:02:47.200 is most people are not going to be opening this thing for fun they're going to be opening it because there is an 00:02:44.239 --> 00:02:51.120 actual need to do it whether it's to replace a thermal compound or whether 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:54.239 it's to clean it or whether it's to replace a defective component that's why 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:58.560 people are going to open it i mean i could see myself opening it as SSD 00:02:56.239 --> 00:03:02.400 capacities get dramatically larger and you can get these tiny little what is it 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:06.800 a 30 millimeter unit they've got in there 40. i think it's 20 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:11.120 i guess we'll see i'm not entirely sure i saw it briefly there yeah we'll we'll 00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:15.360 see they're not widely available in the consumer market right now but they may 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:19.680 be coming but the highest cap SSD that you can get your steam deck with today 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:22.959 is one terabyte and we know we're going to get bigger ssds in this form factor 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:29.120 in the future you might wait do they have a one terabyte model i thought it was 64 256 and 512. 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:34.640 m.2 2230 SSD it is 512. wait technically shows steam 00:03:32.799 --> 00:03:38.480 deck 64 Gigabyte to be upgradeable to one terabyte of storage for less than 00:03:36.720 --> 00:03:42.159 the official 512 Gigabyte version however and then it goes on to say other 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:47.599 things here we go but there is a one terabyte m.2 2230. kiosks makes one but 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:51.519 i think it's oem only apparently there is a dell that you can get for 200 00:03:49.840 --> 00:03:55.280 canadian revenues on dell.com i mean the performance of 00:03:53.760 --> 00:04:00.400 this thing who knows it's probably the qlc with no dram cash so like yeah it's 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:05.519 more than enough for the steam deck given that it can apparently run on emmc 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:09.680 and memory card like microsd cards yeah and they told me when i was down there 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:14.560 that they couldn't tell me which of the games on my unit were installed on the 00:04:11.599 --> 00:04:18.000 internal SSD versus the microsd card but they that i probably wouldn't be able to 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:22.000 tell and i couldn't they've definitely done some optimization there 00:04:20.320 --> 00:04:25.360 so they aren't really designed to be user swappable 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:29.600 opening up and replacing parts might mess things up like profoundly yeah for 00:04:28.080 --> 00:04:32.800 example if you damage the battery the whole thing could catch fire later which 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:36.960 would be bad yes but there's entire hobbyist 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:44.240 industries that use these batteries i mean not just 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:46.080 exposed but in moving mechanical devices 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:51.120 that literally fly through the air i mean these are these are the same kinds 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:54.000 of cells that you would strap to a drone 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:59.040 ripping around at 100 kilometers an hour so yes it's risky and you do need to be 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:02.400 careful with them but also if consumers can handle that i think they can 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:06.080 probably manage to not puncture this thing opening up their steam deck so be 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:10.160 forewarned and leave this kind of thing to professionals unless you really feel 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:13.520 like taking big risks with your property and with your life which could end if 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:19.360 what okay i mean a fire could kill you if it 00:05:17.280 --> 00:05:22.880 caught fire in your pants yeah if it caught fire anywhere while you're 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:27.680 sleeping you could die oh yeah i mean this is this is fair and this is the 00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:31.840 kind of device that would be very likely to be stored in your backpack yeah you 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:34.880 know in some kind of combustible material yeah like imagine you're on the 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:38.880 highway on your motorcycle with that in your backpack and it blows up so you 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:42.080 know what i'm a back valve on this don't screw around with it if you don't know 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:47.280 what you're doing but also this is not like opening up a pc power supply where 00:05:44.800 --> 00:05:51.600 literally a slip of the hand is the difference between you're alive and 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:54.639 you're dead if you do this wrong just saying 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:59.280 also the warranty doesn't cover any damage that you do fair enough however 00:05:57.520 --> 00:06:03.680 they didn't say that the warranty doesn't cover the device if you don't 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:07.680 damage it act of opening it up voids the warranty 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:11.520 yeah so if the act of opening it up doesn't void the warranty that's very 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:15.600 good on valve but we'll find out there was a however here before i paused it 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:18.800 having said all that we also wanted to make this video to simply show you 00:06:16.960 --> 00:06:22.400 what's inside the steam deck taking things apart and putting them 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:27.759 back together is cool especially powerful handheld gaming computers that 00:06:24.800 --> 00:06:31.360 last part is a really mixed message yeah they spent a minute telling us not to do 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:35.680 this and then they were like but it's cool i think i get it i think they're 00:06:33.520 --> 00:06:39.199 trying to be like edgy but it really does actually undermine some of the 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:44.160 legitimate safety warnings that they gave us a little bit yeah please note 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:48.400 the screws that secure the housing are what's called self-tapping screws and 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:52.479 they're embedded in plastic bosses they can be removed and reinstalled but it's 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:56.479 much easier to strip or over torque screws of this type compared to standard 00:06:54.319 --> 00:07:00.960 ones so be aware that they're very sensitive and either the screws or the 00:06:58.960 --> 00:07:04.720 housing can be damaged that's a really good point and i did notice that they 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:08.720 used two different lengths of screws here so you're going to want to keep 00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:11.280 careful track of which ones went where you don't want one poking through the 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:16.560 front of your steam deck when you put it back together and i mean for that matter though 00:07:14.479 --> 00:07:21.759 couldn't they have used like uh metal sunk into plastic to prevent this 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:25.039 kind of self-tapping issue they could have it would have increased 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:30.720 cost they probably would have had to press fit some kind of threaded inset 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:32.000 yeah and that not only adds the cost of 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:36.880 the metal pieces which is fairly negligible but it adds the labor 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:40.240 of putting those in that compared to just putting a 00:07:38.479 --> 00:07:45.280 self-tapper into a molded piece of plastic very different ball game and given how 00:07:43.280 --> 00:07:48.720 aggressive they've gotten on the price i don't even begrudge them something 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:53.360 like that it really isn't intended to be taken apart i say fair play valve yeah 00:07:51.280 --> 00:07:56.960 okay that makes sense to me as we've gotten more into manufacturing products 00:07:55.039 --> 00:08:00.800 for ourselves i've gained a lot more understanding and respect for the 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:05.199 difficulty that manufacturers go through to make things actually 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:08.720 make any sense at all from a cost perspective 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:12.319 it does help prevent damage a torque wrench okay now hold on a second you 00:08:10.400 --> 00:08:15.599 don't need a torque wrench to avoid stripping a self-tapper in plastic you 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:21.280 just need to your fingers are the only torque wrench you really need you go until two fingers 00:08:19.599 --> 00:08:25.919 can't get it in anymore and that's it at that point it's not just gonna fall 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:29.520 apart it's in there enough and you're not gonna overdo it um these screws seem 00:08:28.000 --> 00:08:33.599 to be sunken into the plastic though so you'll probably need something maybe 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:36.880 three fingers then if you can't tell then 00:08:35.039 --> 00:08:40.959 don't take it apart opening the case immediately weaknesses 00:08:38.719 --> 00:08:43.839 notice how many times the host has straightened those screwdrivers above 00:08:42.479 --> 00:08:47.920 the steam deck yeah and they're still cracking is that a joke 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:53.600 are they meaning and makes the product less drop resistant there's no way to avoid this 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:58.320 so just know that the structural integrity of your deck will be lessened 00:08:55.920 --> 00:09:03.440 somewhat by doing any of this interesting static electricity can 00:09:00.800 --> 00:09:08.800 easily break your steam deck permanently actually it's harder than you'd think 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:11.839 yeah it's it's okay so it probably won't break it permanently in a fundamental 00:09:10.800 --> 00:09:16.240 way but it might cause things like oh well 00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:20.240 now voltage regulation isn't quite what it used to be and you're not going to turbo as high and you might lose 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:23.470 performance kind of thing or just might not do anything like we saw in our video 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:27.839 with electroboom okay 00:09:26.080 --> 00:09:32.640 here it is that's it backs off this is it he did show taking 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:37.040 the back off that's um that's not very um satisfying yeah i was expecting a 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:40.240 reveal shot i guess what that tells us is there's no ribbon cables attached to 00:09:38.800 --> 00:09:44.160 the backing or anything like that probably if the if their goal is to show 00:09:42.640 --> 00:09:48.240 that they're taking this apart and you can take it apart the other thing is too 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:51.760 one of the joysticks is missing oh wait yeah so this is pretty far in they 00:09:50.160 --> 00:09:56.880 pulled the oh no you can see the daughter board for it in the top of the frame yeah i think that's it 00:09:54.800 --> 00:10:01.920 it's packed tight it is cooler there's all kinds of boards 00:09:58.959 --> 00:10:05.839 cooler right dead center yep i see what appears to be 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:09.040 actually no i'm a little confused through the right hand what are we 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:14.399 looking at there it kind of looks like a grill or something but it can't be because that's the front of the unit oh 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:17.040 is it speaker chrome that might be a speaker 00:10:15.920 --> 00:10:21.760 yeah cause i think we're seeing the table below it so where's the speaker 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:25.440 then is it just below his hand or hold on move it a little bit spark jumps from 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:28.480 you to one of the integrated circuits on the board it'll probably fry some of the 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:33.760 parts forever i mean yes but also if you're unfamiliar wait what 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:37.200 with preventing malaria static discharge you should probably stop doing this and 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:41.600 turn it over to a pro yes yeah that is right yeah but why 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:46.640 didn't they just shoot a quick pick up man why like this the production values 00:10:44.160 --> 00:10:50.320 on this video i'm sending an email to my valve rep because 00:10:48.800 --> 00:10:55.680 this is the kind of thing that would have been completely preventable 00:10:52.880 --> 00:10:59.600 if they had just worked with us on this maybe they wanted it to look really 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:04.720 amateurish so like anybody can get into it and anybody can do it valve is known 00:11:02.160 --> 00:11:08.560 for doing things for a reason first remove these four screws 00:11:06.640 --> 00:11:12.160 wait we just did that we just did that they're literally out 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:15.040 so start keeping your screws organized to help you okay it comes time to 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:18.320 reassemble everything okay this is good advice after the screws are out you just 00:11:16.880 --> 00:11:22.720 need to pry the case there we go yeah yeah try not to break what is that do 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:25.680 they have a special jig for assembling these things is that what i was looking 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:30.320 at oh oh that's cool that is so cool so it 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:33.600 doesn't put any pressure on the screen you don't scratch the screen it doesn't 00:11:31.680 --> 00:11:38.000 put any pressure on the joysticks yeah it keeps it nice and flat flush with the 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:40.160 table i like it yeah your fingernail that hurts 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:46.240 okay there here it is our first unobstructed 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:49.680 look so that was a battery a bit of writing on the battery that we were 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:55.760 seeing got it look at all the ribbon cables and daughter boards 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:58.720 so many pcbs this is some pcb next level 00:11:55.760 --> 00:12:02.880 pcb tetris right here i'm surprised because given how big it is compared to 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:07.040 the a neo which didn't need this many daughter 00:12:04.959 --> 00:12:11.519 boards if i recall correctly i would have thought it would have a bit 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:16.240 more of a kind of contiguous internal layout but then valve also did 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:20.560 squeeze in more i o or okay i shouldn't say more i o the 00:12:17.920 --> 00:12:25.360 aneo has like dual USB-C ports but but more buttons which take up a huge amount 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:28.399 of internal space the other thing is that could be good for repairability 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:32.000 because then you could just get a module to replace out if like one of the 00:12:30.079 --> 00:12:35.279 buttons was decided like there was a broken trace or something that's true 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:40.399 which may not be a thing that'll happen often but if you drop this thing a lot of 00:12:38.959 --> 00:12:45.680 things can go wrong it looks like a combination some kind of 00:12:42.959 --> 00:12:49.600 heat shield slash emi shield that's over top of the CPU or i guess i should call 00:12:48.160 --> 00:12:52.959 it an apu that's going to help keep skin 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:56.720 temperature down on the back of the device you actually have to do that for 00:12:54.800 --> 00:13:01.040 regulatory reasons i wonder if that's also providing an air path for that fan 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:05.040 because the uh the intake and the exhaust are up there 00:13:02.560 --> 00:13:08.000 on that on that entire plane i think note that this video shows 00:13:06.399 --> 00:13:13.600 pre-production hardware and there will be some differences between what you see 00:13:09.920 --> 00:13:16.160 here and the steam deck that you own 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:19.600 this is the battery points to the stairs 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:23.200 this is the battery okay before proceeding it's important to disconnect 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:26.399 it do that by unplugging these wires here disconnect it with okay the first 00:13:24.959 --> 00:13:31.600 component we're going to replace is the thumb stick this part is easy to remove oh wow this 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:34.399 that was very jarring yeah he didn't actually show well we see it here 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:38.560 there's three screws maybe we're gonna go back in time be aware that the whole 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:41.279 assembly is custom the stick the board and the cap 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:45.040 replacing these will require matching the custom parts exactly stay tuned in 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:48.880 the coming months for a source for replacement parts thumbsticks ssds and 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:53.040 possibly more what 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:53.040 wow 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:02.800 we're in sync here but i mean i think that reflects how 00:14:00.320 --> 00:14:06.880 strongly we agree that this is a good guy move 00:14:04.000 --> 00:14:10.639 that shouldn't be a good guy move but it is 00:14:08.079 --> 00:14:16.959 valve should not stand out in the industry for providing easy access to 00:14:13.839 --> 00:14:18.800 resources and replacement components and 00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:23.279 yet here they are a multi-billion dollar corporation that 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:27.199 doesn't have to give to us about what you think because you'll 00:14:24.800 --> 00:14:30.720 buy it anyway and they're doing it well the other thing is too like these parts 00:14:28.959 --> 00:14:34.560 if they manufacture more of them so they have spares and they can sell those 00:14:32.959 --> 00:14:39.360 spares that's going to drive down the cost due to economy of scale 00:14:37.440 --> 00:14:44.079 it'll be a little bit more in terms of logistics yes but it's 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:49.920 it should probably just work out and you get good guy points because nobody else 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:51.360 is doing this for some reason okay 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:55.920 lift this left there the clothes are back on unplugged 00:14:53.040 --> 00:14:59.360 they did it they went back in time again these are much better instructions for 00:14:57.680 --> 00:15:02.560 how to remove this ribbon cable than what they provided for removing the 00:15:01.040 --> 00:15:07.920 battery connector which by the way is connected again well here 00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:11.680 remove these three screws and then take the stick assembly out to 00:15:10.079 --> 00:15:16.480 be clear i don't want to hate on the host here no it's just an amateur video 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:21.199 that's all well okay be nice no i'm sorry i'm i'm that's what i mean 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:24.800 that's no that's not what i mean what i mean is that it's it's intentionally 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:29.519 designed like from the perspective of somebody who's just like hey i'm going to show 00:15:27.760 --> 00:15:32.160 you how to take this apart now here's how it goes 00:15:31.040 --> 00:15:38.160 not like welcome to the valve steam deck disassembly 00:15:35.760 --> 00:15:40.959 more like light light-hearted like casual tone 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:45.600 yeah yeah okay i thought you were calling them amateurs no 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:49.839 amateur means for the love of okay all right all right that's it 00:15:48.160 --> 00:15:53.839 now just reverse all that to put another one back in 00:15:51.680 --> 00:15:57.040 let's move on to the SSD we don't recommend replacing the 00:15:54.959 --> 00:16:01.600 included drive yeah what we do recommend for increasing your storage capacity is 00:15:58.880 --> 00:16:06.880 the handy microsd card slot so much easier and plenty fast that's fair and 00:16:04.800 --> 00:16:11.839 there's already like cad files floating around in various 00:16:09.199 --> 00:16:16.000 subreddits of people designing like external usbc storage packs that would 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:20.800 like clip on the back and plug into the usbc port there's gonna be lots of 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:25.759 options to expand your storage if it was me man 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:29.920 i'd upgrade the internal SSD but i'm also just 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:33.279 a big nerd and i can afford to break my steam deck that's the question you have 00:16:31.519 --> 00:16:36.959 to ask yourself i'm not sure if they mentioned in this video but i heard 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:42.399 somebody saying that there's actually like an emi reason for why 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:46.079 you shouldn't replace that SSD um just vaguely when i saw it going 00:16:44.160 --> 00:16:48.839 through on my twitter feed okay so let's have a look maybe it has a custom shield 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:54.000 on it or something please note before attempting 00:16:51.199 --> 00:16:59.040 an SSD replacement an off-the-shelf SSD could cause problems okay one power 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:02.639 consumption yep an off-the-shelf SSD can draw more power than the original drive 00:17:00.959 --> 00:17:08.000 which could cause overheating and reduce battery life two electromagnetic 00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:12.000 interference yeah our SSD is located very close to our wireless module and 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:15.919 was specifically chosen and tested to not interfere with wi-fi and bluetooth 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:19.760 an off-the-shelf SSD might have a different emissions pattern and could 00:17:17.360 --> 00:17:23.280 compromise wireless performance okay three mechanical that's fair we place 00:17:21.760 --> 00:17:26.880 components on the motherboard underneath the SSD and a different one might 00:17:25.520 --> 00:17:33.679 mechanically interfere with these components so the main reason that might happen is 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:36.000 if you have nand packages on both sides 00:17:33.679 --> 00:17:41.760 of the SSD which could be a very legit strategy for boosting up the capacity of 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:43.919 an extremely small 30 millimeter long 00:17:41.760 --> 00:17:47.840 m.2 yeah i think it's actually pretty common 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:51.039 especially during vibration four assembly 00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:55.440 at least one screw which holds down the thermal module onto the apu is also used 00:17:53.679 --> 00:17:58.640 to hold down the shield can removing this screw can impact the 00:17:57.200 --> 00:18:02.080 thermal performance of the thermal module 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:07.440 here we go first we're working on removing this outer sheet now that's an area where i 00:18:05.760 --> 00:18:12.880 could see them bringing out their torque wrench again you want to make sure that 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:18.000 if you are installing a cooler you are screwing it in evenly on both or all 00:18:15.600 --> 00:18:22.240 four sides and the reason for that is if you got your CPU die or apu and you've 00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:26.799 got your cooler on top of it and it's sitting crooked one side of it could get 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:31.360 less cooling or even in some cases if you have an air gap which is effectively 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:34.160 an insulator no cooling that's a big problem yeah and if you've 00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:39.679 ever at home you've probably not done this but if you've ever tried to install a 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:45.840 threadripper CPU without their torque wrench um that's real difficult too because you 00:18:43.679 --> 00:18:51.440 can either over tighten it and like flatten out the um the lga pins so that 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:54.559 it doesn't make contact anymore or under tighten it 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:57.600 uh and not make contact that way like it's it's actually just actually a 00:18:56.240 --> 00:19:03.039 really good idea to have a torque wrench for this kind of thing if it's a well-designed cooler it'll probably have 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:07.039 stoppers and you just go until it stops but this is valve's first attempt so 00:19:05.520 --> 00:19:10.960 depending on the oem they're working with 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:14.640 shield as you've just seen these two screws come first two more screws under 00:19:13.360 --> 00:19:19.200 here okay now you can actually remove the 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:23.520 shield but be super careful to not disturb the whole thermal setup 00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:27.360 very important to make doubly sure that the battery is disconnected before 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:30.240 proceeding so the battery was under that can yeah 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:35.039 so this whole time pull it out to the side yeah to the side yeah 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:38.480 okay okay yeah that is very close to the wi-fi module look at those antennas 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:43.520 they're right there they're right freaking there 00:19:39.919 --> 00:19:46.480 boy is packed there's your dram yeah the 00:19:43.520 --> 00:19:50.160 fat boy heat pipe one heat pipe yep now disconnect the drive 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:54.880 note that all steam deck models use the m.2 connector for internal storage only 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:59.600 2230 and size will fit yep that's correct yeah 00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:59.600 give the community time 00:19:59.919 --> 00:20:06.320 uh yeah i mean there's no reason yeah you there's no reason you couldn't have 00:20:03.520 --> 00:20:11.440 an extension ribbon extension man do you guys want to see it on lttstore.com okay 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:15.520 steam deck m.2 ribbon extension we find some other place to jam a 2280. i 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:20.799 honestly don't know i don't think we'd be able to probably have to do it externally yeah 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:24.960 including the 64 Gigabyte model to actually remove the SSD so the 64 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:31.600 Gigabyte emmc is a NVMe okay module so interesting that 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:36.559 was not what i expected we knew the 64 gig emmc model wasn't going to have the 00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:38.559 same performance as a full-fledged SSD 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:42.720 using the NVMe protocol also the flash is just not as fast if i 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:48.159 recall correctly no but what we didn't know was if it would plug into the m.2 00:20:45.520 --> 00:20:52.640 interface or if it would be soldered to the board or something and then you 00:20:49.760 --> 00:20:58.559 could expand that with an m.2 SSD it looks like it is either emmc 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:02.480 or an SSD you can't stack them because it was looking like the the smart play 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:08.000 assuming that you didn't need i think it's the better screen that comes with the 512 gig or something yeah it's got 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:11.200 the uh laser etched yeah screen if you didn't need that it was looking like the 00:21:09.280 --> 00:21:13.679 smart play was to take the emmc model and then upgrade it so you'd get even 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:17.039 more storage but it looks like that's not a thing 00:21:15.840 --> 00:21:19.600 here that's it 00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:24.320 cute we haven't filmed the entire reassembly process but as we mentioned 00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:29.440 with the thumbsticks that's the whole thing it's basically doing this whole thing again but backwards 00:21:27.520 --> 00:21:33.200 remember if you have followed these directions correctly you've done 00:21:31.280 --> 00:21:37.120 absolutely that was it that's as far as they're gonna go like i kind of expected 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:42.159 to see a little bit more um not only that but i did notice that the SSD had 00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:48.640 cans on both sides for emi so they're very very concerned about emi 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:51.360 on that SSD now what we don't know is if 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:56.559 we could reuse that emi shield as long as whatever SSD we get is in a similar 00:21:54.480 --> 00:22:01.520 kind of form factor and it wouldn't surprise me to see someone like uh 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:05.520 kyocio who already works in within these kinds of constraints to bring out an SSD 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:10.880 that's specifically compatible with the steam deck i mean we're already seeing it with the playstation 5. it's not like 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:15.360 SSD manufacturers aren't on this you know oh yeah game consoles 00:22:13.520 --> 00:22:18.720 getting SSD upgrades that's a thing i think it's i think it's a matter of time 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:23.200 or maybe even with you know a pre-installed shield or doing their own 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:26.080 validation or whatever now the question there becomes 00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:30.000 if other companies are doing their own validation and their own ssds how long 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:33.679 before valve actually has an official support list i don't think they'll do it 00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:37.120 no i think it's just more hassle than it's worth i guess yeah why are they 00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:40.640 taking on that responsibility there's literally no money in it for them and 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:44.880 it's in their best interest for people to not break these things and even 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:48.559 though i think at least for our users the vast majority are not going to break 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:53.360 their steam deck by opening it the odds are definitely greater of breaking it if 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:57.360 you open it versus if you just don't well by that same token why would they 00:22:55.520 --> 00:23:01.039 say that it's yours to open is it just that they're very libertarian about it 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:06.960 or yeah it's just that you can but clearly the odds of it generating a 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:11.120 return or some kind of false warranty claim from someone who accidentally 00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:15.840 damaged something are definitely greater if people open them people make mistakes 00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:20.640 happens to the best of us i remember an incident with an imac probe once a very 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:23.280 long time ago yeah but the difference here is that 00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:26.960 you'd actually be able to buy these spare parts that you need to repair it 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:34.000 yes that's that's something that valve has just said well they just came out and said just now they haven't committed 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:35.679 to every spare part joysticks yes what 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:39.120 else did they actually commit to providing i don't know that they're 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:43.360 going to provide main boards they may not so if you spill your coffee while 00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:46.400 you're working on an SSD upgrade that's going to generate a support 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:50.000 ticket to valve which even if they don't cover it because it's not covered by 00:23:47.760 --> 00:23:53.919 warranty does add cost i could see batteries i could see maybe maybe 00:23:51.600 --> 00:23:58.000 displays maybe but probably not motherboards probably not personally i'd 00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:01.440 like to see valve go the whole mile 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:04.400 and make it so that for it would cost more obviously because 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:08.960 you'd have all this extra packaging and extra logistics cost but you i would 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:13.120 like them to make the entire steam deck available in 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:16.480 exploded form to build one so you could just buy every part and put it together 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:21.039 yourself if you like were a masochist and you really wanted 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:25.840 to i challenge you valve take it one step further it would cost more to put 00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:29.440 it together yourself with no warranty that is an interesting concept yeah i 00:24:28.080 --> 00:24:32.960 mean i don't think many people would take them up on it but it would mean 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:36.799 that literally everything is available as a replacement part if you needed it 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:40.400 yeah i'd be down for that no of course you would well yeah i mean i'm gonna 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:44.080 take this thing apart i don't care hashtag biased did you pre-order one i 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:48.559 did yeah me too oh wait hold on i heard back from 00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:53.200 valve uh full teardown and additional content make sure you're subscribed guys 00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:57.520 i heard back from valve and we are definitely gonna have some interesting 00:24:55.360 --> 00:25:01.039 stuff going on once they jump through some internal hoops but you're more 00:24:59.520 --> 00:25:04.960 informed now about what's inside your steam 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