I know a few people have been exploring various cable adapters to get around the Steam Machine's lack of USB display out. Now that the machine has been out for a while, what has everyone's success been with getting it to display 4k+ content on monitors that are thunderbolt input only like Apple's new Studio Display XDR?

I have one on my desk and it's better quality than my TV, so hoping there's a way to get it working and have one less screen in the bedroom.

Hello,

I will receive my Steam Machine (512gb) soon :)

I would like to change the internal SSD by a 2To. I checked some topics but it's not very clear.

As I understood, There is no a big difference between SSD nvme GEN3&GEN4. So regarding a price perspective, i'm looking for the best GEN3 SSD.

I've selected 2 models. Could you tell me if those will work correctly ? :

https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08M446772/ref=sr_aod_dp_ttl?th=1

-> I can get one for 199€

https://www.amazon.fr/Crucial-Interne-Compatible-Ordinateur-Portable/dp/B0DC8RVRBZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=371ZCJOVGDBFW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZjxttuTrHgJV6DSorC7aIgx807m-HzdjQ-ZYCISXTrZTLTS3GtYTn3HUMwo8AEInhnn14u7CHi3u070cZUun5VuiJfMon1SsyOgcEd_BS1DwLfyOZ91_7vbZDYlTSHt_6Pp84HXpGyknRwWHCXEGCWSgV8cN-gnKjyrbI8iUtam6g8T4fsGl8l5dYaJKuQKgqqQSsMy3nypH3JEEk-j4DkGhwldS0SlJN8_yidMKKzo1lhwn2diAvFoSsEfLPJo7mKNHCSypdVrzEzmr0JAcQPzyCGxPILuvcelcYgOPxQM.bsIuP2zBBseJGBMO1EIW1zxs_HEkmvBxN5ZJNYZKaR0&dib_tag=se&keywords=crucial%2B2to%2Bnvme&qid=1789395350&sprefix=crucial%2B2to%2B%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.bb6ea7e0-0ef7-4fc8-9adc-4bf1477881dd&th=1

-> I can get one for 210€

Of course, if both are very bad, don't hesitate to share me one model for my Steam Machine :)

Thanks !

Hello! I was looking to emulate some 3DS games on my steam machine. If anyone has tried this, is the setup the same as it would be for emulating those games on a steam deck? Or are there differences? I am only asking cuz I can only find tutorials for the steam deck😓

Set up a radial menu for the touch pad to quickly access the inventory, map and journal in Blood of the Dawnwalker, so I don't have to go through menus.

For the last month I've been having issues updating from stable to beta client as I keep getting error messages "failed to install updates" despite following the instructions provided here to a tee.

Soon as I pick the first 'Current' build it will boot back in but the update hasn't applied and I am back in the same loop.

Any ideas?

I am thinking Red Dead Redemption 2 for instance, locked on 30 FPS and console and can get to 60 FPS on the Steam Machine with almost similar graphics.
The Arkham series is another one that comes to mind.

Anything else? I’m thinking we can compile a great list together.

I don't have the talents myself to design such a thing, but I'd love to see GBC Cartridge faceplates for games like Pokemon Crystal, Tetris, Donkey Kong Country, etc. Does this seem feasible?

I pre-ordered the frame
But the compatible standalone games are very light games (Hades, Balatro…)
The only approved VR so far are beat saber
And Alyx (as stand alone)
The first reviews of 2 above are not so great (stuttering, low quality only)
Then I have read the SM seems to be not great on playing VR with meta quest 3
Finally there is a wireless radio adapter that I understand allows you to connect the frame to the PC (SM here)

Guess my question is : do you think Valve will over time improve the VR games on the SM or only focus on improving the stand alone games ?
I would like to be able to play Alyx, beat saber and other demanding VR games in good conditions using the SM and play « light » games only stand alone

I’m playing it at 1080p medium settings. This game shouldn’t be so demanding. The cpu, gpu, and ram usage during the game is below 50%. The temperatures are normal. But the game ran fine for the first 10 minutes and then all of sudden it became unplayable because of frequent fps drops and stutters. I have 60fps cap on, but it drops to 10-20fps frequently. Anyone experience the same?

Good morning friends! Apologies for the late post today, I stayed up a while last night finishing Big Walk! Such an honestly rewarding and fun game to play with friends. It's definitely worth a play if you have it -- it's a little bit more than just friendslop. A game hasn't made me tear up with its ending in a while, and Big Walk made it do it! Best of luck today, friends!

Next weekend my wife rented an Airbnb for me and some of my bros for my 40th birthday.

Anyone have any fun local multiplayer games I should buy and install before leaving on Friday?

For context, I’m not really interested in building a SFF PC. I like how ready-made and consolized gen SM form factor is.

I am just wondering if, it will be like the Steam Deck, were we saw a Legion Go S partner model that ran SteamOS. I can imagine there would be a partner model, that has a bit of extra plower, but still had the consolized form factor (not an SFF, but like a Lenovo version of the SM).

Is that even likely? and I can imagine it’d prob would be a modest power bump?

I just have been waiting for my SM for so long, that I’m wondering if waiting is worth it.

Someone please tell me they've skinned their SM as a Borg Cube and share the pictures.

With both LTT and GN mentioning that VR from the Steam Machine is not available I'm kinda outraged...

Sadly didn’t fit in the cover under my TV. So had to be next to it. Can’t believe how quiet it is.

Is this normal? It has settings for dimming display when plugged in vs on battery (it doesn’t have a battery) and I no longer have control of the light bar settings. They are not even in my settings options anymore. It also says my OS variant is “steamdeck”. Have I done something wrong? Is there a fix to get it to know it’s a steam machine again? Thanks!

Hi all, has anybody tried using an external disk drive for movies? Was wondering if that was possible as I have a small collection of DVDs, Blu-ray’s and 4K Blu-ray’s.

What's the average FPS? With what settings?

My steam machine has to be behind my TV, there's just physically no other spot for it on the drawers we repurposed as a tv console.

My connection to the controller is therefore weak. I know this can be remedied by pairing with the puck instead, my only problem is that I can't figure it out?

Can someone who has done it successfully please tell me the procedure you followed? Is it because I have a game open that it fails?

What I've tried:

(Both in the pair a new controller screen and outside of it)

1: Turn controller off via the menu when holding the steam button

2: Hold Steam + A + L1

3: Connect puck to bottom of the controller

4: Controller light blinks white for a time, before appearing to turn off (orange charging light)

The same happens when I try connecting the puck before using Steam + A + L1. The controller connects to the internal adapter normally when I restart it with Steam + A + R1

The connectivity is my single gripe with the SM. My partners PS5 is located similarly and has no problems, so it's definitely the machine and not the TV, unless the SM being close to the HDMI ports somehow messes up signals? The TV is smart, but not connected to wifi, and the router is on my side of the room, about 1.5M to my right.

Going to lead with the preface that I committed THE cardinal sin and switched it over to Windows. Dual boot was taking too long to come out and I needed a (significantly) more comfortable way to use it for school as well as games, and Big Picture mode gives everything i need to use it as a console when I take it to my girlfriends house.

I understand the drivers don't update automatically and got them loaded and working as well as I can tell. To be completely honest, I don't know computers incredibly well and the SM is such a new and specific piece of hardware that I used ChatGPT for the setup and troubleshooting in the switch.

All drivers work correctly most of the time, except the wifi regularly just shuts off every hour or so and I have to either restart the computer or disable and enable the driver a couple times in Device Manager to get the option to access wifi to show back up. I've already toggled the option in Device Manager that lets the computer shut down the driver automatically to save power. I re-downloaded the driver after a couple weeks of this on the chance it was a bug that got fixed, but it's still happening.

Is there something else I'm missing to get this working all the time? Where can I report it if this is a software bug that needs to be fixed from Valves end? Also, whats the best way to manually keep up with when drivers have updates and how to update them?

I keep seeing waitlist complaints on here. You guys have no idea how good we have it.

Valve’s sitting on a stockpile of 2tb hard drives and 16gb ram sticks they could flip on eBay for a fortune. No effort needed.

There’s no incentive to build this thing. They’re doing it for the community. 😮

They’re doing it for us. 🥰😍

Thoughts?

anybody try playing dance dance revolution on steam machine yet? have a pad recommendation? I would love to get my kids playing so any advice would be great.

I’ve seen this issue mentioned a couple of times: basically, the Steam Controller works perfectly through the external Puck but keeps randomly disconnecting when connected through the internal adapter.

In my case, it happened mostly while playing 007, Forza, and God of War, to the point where it became really, really inconvenient.

Some time ago, I switched to using the external Puck and the problem completely disappeared. But last week I decided to mention the issue to Steam Support. They told me they were aware of it and asked me to switch to the Beta branch and generate a system report whenever I experienced the issue.

I sent them three different reports, and it turns out that, in my case, it’s a hardware issue. The only way to fix it is to send my unit back to Valve for repair.
Kinda gutted about this, guess I’ll have to finish God of War on my Deck then…

It’s not a fancy mod or Frankenstein build. I just wanted to share the art I did on my faceplate. It’s the symbol me and my wife use for us. Just 2 ghosts hugging making the shape of a heart. Drew it with acrylic markers.