Hey all, my new steam deck oled came in a few days ago and i got pretty bummed out when i opened it: The bumper was making a springing noise when touched, even louder when pressed; Trigger was feeling mushy near bottoming out; Trackpad was making clicking noises. Luckily, all of these issues occurred on the left side of the deck resulting in less work for me.
I will give you a fix for each issue if anyone experiences anything similar.
Springy noise from bumper:
Open up the deck and adjust the spring on the bumper. Ive had to take mine out with some tweezers and carefully put it back in. After that, the noise was gone, its that easy.
Mushy trigger:
The trigger was hitting the shell when it was near bottoming out. Grabbed a file and took off a bit of material where the trigger rubbed. Had to redo at a couple different spots but it was fixed in the end. Trigger also made some spring noises, so i took the chance to spin the spring around until the noise was gone.
Finally, the clicking trackpad:
Had to take out the multiple daughter boards to gain access to the trackpad. Be mindful that the ribbon cables have little clamps on them that need to be opened. I took the track pad out and retightened the screws with less torque. Reassembled and tested, and its now working as intended.
I was pretty annoyed initially, but enjoyed tinkering with it in the end. The unit is now functioning flawlessly. Hope this helps anyone having similar problems, but be very careful and take your time with it.
Tags if anyone searches this: Clicking noisy trackpad springy pinging bumper mushy rubbing trigger hitting case spring noise sound
This is a QA issue. I’m glad you fixed it but you shouldn’t have had to in the first place is my larger issue especially with a “limited edition” version existing now. The Deck has been in production for a few years now too.
I’m not getting an OLED, I’ll wait for the actual upgrade but I am mostly content with my original. The B button used to get stuck and there’s light bleed a bit but its all functional and nothing is broken right now and hearing things like this does not make me want to rush out $900 CAD to grab a side-grade especially if I have to open up the limited edition one lol.
This is an issue that shouldn’t exist, Valve.
My X button was getting stuck too on the OLED, so they still have those kind of issues.
I filed it down a bit, but surely I was not thrilled with that kind of quality out of the box.
Hi there, i am having the same problem with the my X button getting stuck and wondering if there is a video on how to go about filling it down?
also did your x & y buttons makes a rattling noise
Thanks for your assistance.
Ritz
Not that I am aware of.
I just filed the contour of the button very slightly until it didn’t stick. Maybe the same effect with very fine sandpaper.
That’s insane because my B button sticks and makes a funny noise when used. I’m guessing it’s not a singular problem and more large than expected. I’ve cleaned around it and nothing, wouldn’t mind but my friends buying my LCD and I’ll have to show him the B button 🤦🏻♂️
I had the same problem - took it apart and there was something sticky on the guide tube (is that what it’s called?) that guides the button. Cleaned it up with 70% isopropyl and it was good to go.
Awesome thank you! I’ll give that a go when I get the time, he won’t collect the deck for a couple weeks so got some time lol appreciate the advice brother.