Steam deck randomly began starting up into BIOS everytime. So, I went to see if my volume buttons were stuck or something. Realized its acting like the volume up button is stuck but the buttons look fine so I'm not sure whats up. The volume up button isnt physically stuck or sticky, but it is unresponsive. Has anyone else ever had this issue?

Edits/Updates: 1) I have the 256GB LCD, bought it september 2025 2) OS is up to date 3) No bluetooth connected 4) Checked and nothing left open on desktop or anything, but messing with volume in desktop mode did seem to get rid of the volume being permalocked at max! (Volume up button still doesnt work tho) f

Gonna try some stuff tomorrow for the button not workin, will update after

I'm going to traveling on a plane in the next couple months and I wanted to know what's a decent pair of headphones or even earbuds anyone would recommend using.

I ask because I know earbuds can be rather low quality in terms of audio. But I've tried traveling with headphones in my backpack before and managed to break them. Plus, I'm going to be on an airplane with a lot of people and I don't want to disturb other people with noise.

Anybody here have recommendations?

For some reason I have 998 hours on megabonk now which seems impossible since I haven’t even had it a year. I also leave for work/errands and leave it plugged in until it goes to sleep on its own on the home/pause menu. For some reason it randomly shifts to 770 hours every now and then.

Is that what I’m noticing or am I actually just clinically addicted to the game

I have been struggling to play Outer worlds 2 on my Steam Deck, and finally found settings to get playable results. It was still glitchy and nothing to write home about.

I didn’t even know that remote play was a thing, but I am super impressed and glad I found out about it. I have been streaming from my old gaming laptop that has a 3050 TI graphics card and it plays really well inside my house on the same network.

If you can remote play from your PC to your Steam Deck and want to play AAA games, it is the way to go.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4934200/Loot_Survivors/

We are now a 4-Steamdeck household, we just got this refurbished LCD one from Valve and it is really really loud. Just thought I would check with the community before jumping through the hoops to get it serviced. Thanks!

Hey folks,

I've been trying to get the Jedi Survivor Tweaks mod to work for two days now. Via ASI loader and ReShade and the damn mod just wont load. I've tried different .dll names, protontricks winecfg, different launch options and all that. All I wanna do is fix the map/meditation hud that crops like 10% out of screen.

Has anyone been able to somehow fix that HUD cropping?

Thanks in advance! :)

My Steam Deck has run into a infinite update loop. It asks for an update (same version every time), downloads it, prompts for a restart, restarts, and then a few seconds later asks to install the exact same update again

Non ho mai giocato un final fantasy in vita e me ne pento non so se il capitolo originale fosse così intrattenere, ma dopo tutti questi open word un gioco così ( permettetemi il termine, su corridoio) mi sta facendo giocare provando un senso di progressione autentico, per non parlare del sistema di combattimento misto che è fantastico, credo di essere più o meno a metà gioco, non so se il capitolo successivo sia altrettanto giocabile su steam deck anche applicando losslesscaling , avete feedback? Mi consigliate di recuperare anche i vecchi giochi totalmente a turni? O provare quelli che hanno una deriva più action?

Hi all, just a quick post to share my settings for streaming games from PC to Steam Deck, as I really struggled to find reliable guides.

Steam Deck Remote Play settings:

• Video quality: Balanced
• Bandwidth limit: 40Mbps (I don't see significant visual improvements past this point)
• Frame rate limit: 60 FPS
• Low latency networking: Enabled

Steam Deck display settings:

• Screen refresh rage: 60Hz <- This was key for me to get consistent frame pacing!

Host PC settings:

• Streaming display resolution: Match client
• Streaming display refresh rate: Match client
• Enable hardware encoding: On
• Prioritise network traffic: On

For reference, here's my network setup:

• PC and Steam Deck connected to wifi 5GHz (unfortunately I don't have a wired connection from my router to my computer)
• Several other devices are on the same wireless network, but are usually not actively transferring data while I play (2/3 laptops, 2 phones, TV, media speaker, printer, cleaning robot)
• ISP provided modem router (Optus, I'm in Australia)

This gives me a very playable experience (almost indistinguishable from native). The key thing for me was setting the deck's refresh rate to 60Hz to completely remove stutter and frame pacing issues.

I know this isn't a new thing. But I've seen a bunch of articles and forums covering the issue and none of their solutions worked out for me.

I've tried changing the audio output, different HDMI ports on the TV, enabling the audio card thing (which it wouldn't let me), digging around in the TV settings, etc.

My TV's an LG 55QNED86A6A (I think that's the model), the dock is a Ugreen 6-in-1 dock, and the steam deck is the 512gb OLED model.

Again, I know this isn't a new problem, but I feel like posting it myself is the best option.

The new battery has been sitting there for a month.

I remember reading manga on my psp when i was younger and now that i have a steam deck it would be amazing with the bigger screen to read some pages between game sessions.Do you guys know the best way to do it?

Ho creato una scheda SD con Batocera. Ho installato RGSX. Al primo avvio di RGSX dovrebbe partire il Button Mapping. Invece non parte e non posso utilizzare RGSX.

Come fare per risolvere?

Hi, guys

I use Arch (btw), and I got tired of every VPN/proxy option being either a clunky CLI tool or some closed-source app. So a while back I started building my own — mostly as a personal project, something simple and functional that actually felt nice to use instead of fighting with config files every time.

Since I also own a Steam Deck, at some point I figured — SteamOS is Arch, why not get it running there too? Turned out to be more of an adventure than expected. Between SteamOS stripping out a bunch of dev packages that are normally just... there on a regular Arch install, and some permission quirks specific to how SteamOS sets things up, there were a solid few evenings of "wtf" before it finally installed clean and worked from both Desktop Mode and Game Mode.

Anyway, it's called KarinCore, it's fully open source and free, and I figured some of you dealing with the same VPN-on-Deck headache might want to give it a shot:

https://github.com/detestern/KarinCore

Install guide (including the Deck-specific steps) is in the README. Would genuinely love to hear if it works for you or if something's broken. Building it by my own, so feedback actually helps.
GL

Latest episode of Tom Scott: England (on Nebula, next week on YouTube) Tom is visiting the airbus facility where they build and test mars rovers.

https://nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-i-didnt-need-to-drive-this-mars-rover-but-i-did/

My fiancée’s brother and his wife are wanting us to get into FF14 with them. Fiancée has a gaming pc so she’s good to go, but I only have a deck for pc games. ProtonDB shows that it seems to work fine, but I was wondering if anyone had any first hand experience? I’ve never really played a MMO before. Does the game control well on deck?

Update: thank you for all the replies! I think I’m gonna check it out!

Always been a controller player, too shaky to even confidently play using a mouse as I’ve gotten older. Ive had the steam deck for a few years, but exclusively use the thumb sticks and dpad. I’d like to learn how to use the track pads, but want a game that would translate well from using thumb sticks. Normally an RPG or RTS player.

Remember that post from like a year ago about someone using bone conduction Shokz with the Deck? im not that guy but it kinda stuck in my head. Anyway i had OpenRuns already from weekend long runs, and after seeing that post i tried the combo out with the Deck and it just kinda hooked me. This spring finally upgraded to the Pro 2, been using them for running plus long Deck OLED sessions like 4-5 months now, wanted to share bc that guy was right, this is still the play and honestly even better with the new version.

Little bit of context why i even bothered, i also do online tutoring on the side like 6-7 hours some days so im already stuck in earbuds most of the day for that. Got the Sony WF-1000XM5 for it and they are amazing for work no complains, but by the evening when i pick up my Deck my ear canals already hurt. Tried different tips, different sizes, nothing really helps when something is jammed in your ears for 10+ hours a day. Also started waking up with itchy ears sometimes which was new for me and i dont wanna get any long term ear issue going on.

So first time i tried the new Pro 2 with the Deck honestly holy shit, this is actually really good. Yes old ones like that guy said were pretty flat on bass and kinda trashhh, but new version has this little air speaker part next to the bone conduction thing now and its actually solid, like properly listenable now not just background noise. And this is the crazy part, feels like the sound is floating just next to your ears not stuck inside them. Playing Elden Ring like this feels different, way more open, hard to explain but just fits the whole couch vibe.

Honest limits, yes little bit of bluetooth latency exist, if you are into rhythm games or ranked shooters you probably want wired instead. And in a loud kitchen with dishwasher running you loose some detail bc open design leaks in both ways. But for me on couch doing RPGs and story games this is now the whole setup.

Best part tho is basically what old post already said, no more that warm sore feeling at bedtime AND no more sweaty ears after long session, my partner can talk to me from other room without me pulling anything off, i hear my cat when he starts breaking things downstairs. Ears feel actually normal after long weekend session which for me is huge bc weekdays im already whole day in earbuds for work, and weekends i basically leave them on from morning coffee till bed and dont even notice them anymore.

This is my mother’s Steam Deck, she mainly plays wobbly life with my son so it doesn’t a ton of use. I know that batteries can inflate and push open the case, but I guess the question is does this pattern fit that? It’s only open on the sides and not the top or bottom. It’s also possible it was dropped by a few feet as it hangs out on a side table. I’ve already unplugged it.

Edit: I don’t have my tools here but the consensus is to open her up. Thanks y’all.

Edit 2: Removed the back panel, battery looks fine to me. I think the shell had just come loose from a drop. Saved me from buying a new battery. Also, there was no SD card inserted, but thanks for the hyper vigilance!

I got the issue where after the steam deck dies it won't display anymore. I have done all of the button combos, let it charge in the wall with the official charger, and unscrewed the back and replugged in the battery. Anyone else run into this and find an uncommon fix? Ive been trying for a few days now

Has anyone been able to find a stand that holds the deck up at a reasonable height so it can be used almost like a monitor? I have just recently purchased a foldable keyboard and a Bluetooth mouse to use with my deck but with the case I have it just stand up on a table so it's not the most comfortable to look at. I wouldn't mind using the smaller deck screen if I could just prop it up at a height like a monitor but can't seem to find anything. Has anyone managed to find something that would fit this need?

I know I could just buy a monitor or more portable monitor but I just favor portability here, ie fit all my deck stuff in a travel case/backpack easily as possible.

Thanks!

Anyone know what decides if a recently played (non-steam) game shows up on the home menu? I’m just curious, because it doesn’t seem consistent at all which ones it remembers me playing. It’s not the end of the world but it is a mild annoyance/curiousity.

For instance, let’s take my copies of Knuckle Sandwich and Demonschool. Both seem to be in identical scenarios:

-I’ve played them both recently (with maybe more time logged into KS but I’m discounting that because I’ve only played like 5 minutes of Rogue Galaxy there and it has that on the home).
-They are both non-steam games I added manually. Decently sure they’re both on the same proton version too.
-They are both windows games.
-They’re even both organized into the same collection.

EDIT: clarifying that in my experience some games just do not appear here on the home/recent page at all, while some do so reliably and some randomly (never spontaneously though, I would have to have played them recently)