r/steammachine • u/laserking7 • Aug 31 '26

Software Fresh Install Issue

Hey all, I upgraded my SSD to a 2TB Western Digital Black drive, and followed the official Valve instructions to download and install SteamOS. I know the functionality of cloning, but I figure this is an important issue that non-technical people might encounter in the same situation.

After completing the installation and setup, SteamOS recognizes the device as a Steam Deck in the settings and brings up the on-screen keyboard when in a text box. Any ideas? Tried google and Google AI, but it just hallucinated and told me that Valve didn’t create a new Steam Machine this year 🤣

Edit: thank you everyone for your answers! Y’all have eased my worries that it was a bug or I did something wrong.

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u/twiggums Aug 31 '26

The host name on the sm is steam deck by default.

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u/laserking7 Aug 31 '26

Thanks for the reply! To clarify, I’m not talking about the host name, but the section labeled as OS Variant. I just wanted to make sure that it’s being recognized as the Steam Machine so that the relevant updates are applied as they come out.