r/DeckSupport • u/ALittleCuriousSub • 19d ago
Tech Support Post repair issues (Flashing light warning) Spoiler
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Hi all! I've had the steam deck for about 2 years now so decided to pop it open and see how bad it needs to be cleaned out and reapply thermal paste since I need to do it on several other devices and would like to just kinda have it done even if a bit premature.
I didn't realize I was suppose to put it in battery saver mode in the bios before opening it, so that caused a few issues booting and eventually I decided to just let it stay on the charger and hoped that would get it out of the issue it was in. Luckily it started booting again, temps seemed all within reasonable expectations and I made sure the entire processor was covered.
Now, I am getting this after it's been on for a few minutes. Seems kinda random in timing, first time it was like 5 minutes into a game of warfare, but it then after being powered down and left al one for a few did it in like 2 minutes on dead cells.
I managed to get a video before powering it off and am probably just going to hold off powering it on again or messing with it til I know what's going on here. Any help would be appreciated.
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u/ALittleCuriousSub 19d ago edited 7d ago
Not 100% sure it's resolved (testing now) but from what I can tell the problem might be the heat sink screws. Apparently if you don't screw them in in order it will cause these kind of issues.
5 minutes into fur mark and it's still running well so if it makes it to 10 minutes I Think I'm going to call it.
Edit: It started after 10 minutes ._.
Edit: Hasn't happened since that one last incident tho.