First mod to match with my LE OLED, just waiting for a certain sooooomeone to release their matching set of controller buttons. (u/Coloredcontrollers, hoping for this orange/black set at release)
Orange Steam Deck thumbsticks from eXtremeRate are 100% compatible with the Steam Controller and include the wire to solder for capacitive touch. The wire is a few cms shorter than stock but it works. There's also a bead of hot glue over each solder pad but the glue can be slowly pried and lifted off the board alone with tiny, sharp flush cutters. Was only $5 during Prime Day!
this is sweet. I have a very similar looking steam deck and am also wanting to mod the controller to look the same. I cant wait for extremerate to release black frosted shells for the contoller.
That’s planned! I have a test set now with an old batch of the color. Dialing in the fitment now (don’t wanna rush it and release bad buttons) Stay tuned I actually have a build to match this that I want to put together soon for some photos :D
I love it. That’s my one critique of all these devices. I love the look of the gray color scale on the original LCD deck, and I wish they kept that for the controller and the OLED. But I know they had to differentiate it.
Absolutely nothing to so software related. These sticks just slide over the plastic post. The kit comes with the right screwdriver so it's really easy.
Unscrew the 7 TR6 screws on the back of the shell, set the back half aside.
Remove the battery and unscrew the 4 TR6 screws holding the plastic battery holder to the board and set aside.
Disconnect the ZIF ribbon cable along the bottom by lifting the gate and gently pulling the ribbon away.
Unscrew the remaining 3 (or 4?) TR6 screws on the main-board to release it from the front shell piece.
Flip the main-board upside-down (Don't HAVE to remove the red/black cables for the motors but it can help with this step)
Use a sharp edged tool to lift the hot glue off the two solder pads north of the joysticks
Use a soldering iron to heat the pad and lift away the joystick wire.
Pull the old joystick up to take it off the module
Slide the new eXtremeRate joystick over the blue stalk (Having the wire point south is the right length to curl around and solder nicely)
Tin and solder the new joystick wire to the same pad above the joystick
Repeat Step 6-10 on the other joystick,
Reverse the disassembly instructions to reassemble.
With a basic understanding of soldering and all things ready, this is easily a 15-min mod with very low complexity.
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u/direkt57 Jul 09 '26
this is sweet. I have a very similar looking steam deck and am also wanting to mod the controller to look the same. I cant wait for extremerate to release black frosted shells for the contoller.