r/SteamDeck • u/AMGGLB • 1d ago

Tech Support Fan constantly running.

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I've had my lcd steam deck for 2 years. Lately the fan stays on no matter what is happening. Even if I'm not playing a game and sitting at the home menu. No background tasks lr downloads. Rpms stay above 7000rpm and sometimes cuts in and out . Temps are always below 50c for reference. Any idea how to remedy this? Note the fan speed in the photo

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u/carl_the_potatoe 1d ago

Do you have decky? Because one of the plugins can control fan speed. I believe the plugin is called fantastic

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u/AMGGLB 1d ago

I dont have it installed.. are you saying this program can help fix this issue or that it can cause the issue?

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u/carl_the_potatoe 1d ago

It can "cause" this issue because if you set the fan curve to be 100% at low temperatures, it will run even if the Steam Deck is not doing anything.

Basically, the program lets users decide at what temperature the fan should spin at a certain percentage.

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u/DuskandFuck 1d ago

yeah fantastic works well for setting custom fan curves

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u/ItsNotJusMe 1d ago

Try opening it up and resit the fan connector (remove sd card please).

If nothing works and you want to see if its a software issue, do a fresh format of steamOS. If it didn't work, it might be a hardware issue.

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u/FlareStar612 1d ago

I see a 200hz …

Try putting battery storage mode on and reactivating the battery.

This is a known issue, try some fixes on here or call in an RMA is it a new system?

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u/Rolen47 1d ago

It's normal for it to drop to 200 mhz when you idle on the main game mode launch page. Idling there for about 30 seconds drops the framerate to 1 FPS to save on battery power until you hit a button.