I got the limited edition 1tb model and have had the following problems:
- The audio jack static problem. I’ve used 2 pairs of iems and 1 pair of headphones all with varying degrees of noise. The volume of the static increases when pressing buttons and/or moving the joysticks. The speakers and bluetooth do not have this issue for me.
- The left and right sticks. My left joystick has more movement resistance than the right stick and makes the clicking noise.
- My external ssd and none of my dongles work. I don’t know if this is a Steam deck problem or if I’m an idiot on this one but even my dongle that splits into 3 usb a ports doesn’t work with my keyboard and mouse plugged in.
- My usb c port is somewhat? loose. Maybe this is to be expected but using the same usb c cable I use with my other usb c devices, the ports on those devices do not wiggle as much as the port on the Steam Deck.
As much as I have loved using the Steam Deck the past 3/4 days just in time to use during all of my Thanksgiving vacation, I honestly might return it. Maybe I set my expectations too high, but I was expecting a device that costs almost 700 dollars to not have this many issues as I thought after the launch of the original Steam Deck, Valve would have ironed out these issues.
I got the limited edition 1tb model and have had the following problems:
- The audio jack static problem. I’ve used 2 pairs of iems and 1 pair of headphones all with varying degrees of noise. The volume of the static increases when pressing buttons and/or moving the joysticks. The speakers and bluetooth do not have this issue for me.
- The left and right sticks. My left joystick has more movement resistance than the right stick and makes the clicking noise.
- My external ssd and none of my dongles work. I don’t know if this is a Steam deck problem or if I’m an idiot on this one but even my dongle that splits into 3 usb a ports doesn’t work with my keyboard and mouse plugged in.
- My usb c port is somewhat? loose. Maybe this is to be expected but using the same usb c cable I use with my other usb c devices, the ports on those devices do not wiggle as much as the port on the Steam Deck.
As much as I have loved using the Steam Deck the past 3/4 days just in time to use during all of my Thanksgiving vacation, I honestly might return it. Maybe I set my expectations too high, but I was expecting a device that costs almost 700 dollars to not have this many issues as I thought after the launch of the original Steam Deck, Valve would have ironed out these issues.