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Understandable, I was hoping there was some sort of board schematics or even block diagrams to aid in fixing blown up chips and other faults. I most often see f
by vanchor3 3y ago
Understandable, I was hoping there was some sort of board schematics or even block diagrams to aid in fixing blown up chips and other faults. I most often see failures on the main board and of course that's the part they don't sell you.
- doikor 3y agoWhile no board schematic there is quite good selection of guides hosted iFixit (Valve links you there from their website so it is the "official" source) https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Game_Console https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Steam_Game_Console
- saidinesh5 3y agoOut of curiosity, what chips do you see get blown out typically? And are there any specific usage patterns that lead to more of these issues?
- vanchor3 3y agoIt most often seems to be the power management/charge/USB-C chip, with no particular pattern other than "playing a demanding game". Doesn't seem to matter whether plugged in or on battery, official charger or other USB-C charger or dock. I even had it happen to my own Steam Deck (while playing Minecraft of all things) which I sent into Valve and they replaced. I haven't been able to investigate it too much but last I looked at the data sheet for that chip it seems like there's no way it should have a hole blown in it unless something was designed wrong.