Hey all, my new steam deck oled came in a few days ago and i got pretty bummed out when i opened it: The bumper was making a springing noise when touched, even louder when pressed; Trigger was feeling mushy near bottoming out; Trackpad was making clicking noises. Luckily, all of these issues occurred on the left side of the deck resulting in less work for me.
I will give you a fix for each issue if anyone experiences anything similar.
Springy noise from bumper:
Open up the deck and adjust the spring on the bumper. Ive had to take mine out with some tweezers and carefully put it back in. After that, the noise was gone, its that easy.
Mushy trigger:
The trigger was hitting the shell when it was near bottoming out. Grabbed a file and took off a bit of material where the trigger rubbed. Had to redo at a couple different spots but it was fixed in the end. Trigger also made some spring noises, so i took the chance to spin the spring around until the noise was gone.
Finally, the clicking trackpad:
Had to take out the multiple daughter boards to gain access to the trackpad. Be mindful that the ribbon cables have little clamps on them that need to be opened. I took the track pad out and retightened the screws with less torque. Reassembled and tested, and its now working as intended.
I was pretty annoyed initially, but enjoyed tinkering with it in the end. The unit is now functioning flawlessly. Hope this helps anyone having similar problems, but be very careful and take your time with it.
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I had to do a bunch of fixes like this on my LCD deck.
Bumpers making a double click noise when pressed, had to remove foam pads that protect the bumper buttons in case of impact on the newer LCD models.
Trigger scraping shell…had to unscrew trigger ass. and hold slightly in one direction while I tightened the screws back up so it cleared the shell completely when depressed.
Creaky case…replaced backplate.
Creaking/springy noise from trigger…had to go in and just move the spring 180 degrees.
So far my OLED has been perfect. Lets hope it stays that way lol. Sick of having to replace back plates and stuff from the clips not engaging as well as when it was new from opening it up so many times.
My LE is perfect, no dead pixels and all buttons triggers and trackpads work as they should. No issues with drift etc. Looking forward to playing it all day.
Is what I’ve linked below comparable to what you had? I’ve also made the left side of my trackpad better by only untightening the 4 screws behind the trackpad itself somewhat (didn’t dare to touch ribbon cables yet without a guide). You went further and completely fixed it? Also had the clicky left trigger?
This is my topic on it: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1675200/discussions/0/4038101970211430425/?tscn=1700869463
Not completely fixed, sorry. I’ll do the other side today to balance it out. It did get a lot better though
Out of curiosity: you also have the clicky trigger? I still think I’ll live with it. It’s something I never use in games (trigger haptics), and the difference is minimal now. You only really notice it on the keyboard, for instance. Vibrations feel the same left and right.
Sorry to hear this. Should not have to do this. Glad to report that my LE has had zero issues so far. Love this thing. So light compared to my 512 OG.
The trigger is STILL hitting the shell? I had that on my unit 1 1/2 years ago…
Anyone have issues with there sticks making clicking sounds when moved from the neutral position? Both my sticks do this but the right does it more and louder. If I have my volume at 75 or louder I don’t notice it but in the am playing with volume low it can get annoying. Non of my Xbox controllers do this but my ps5 controllers do something similar.
Both do it, yes. Every slight deviation from neural position is clearly audible. Just the way they are
One note regarding the trigger bottoming out: there’s a bit of foam that the trigger should hit before it hits the PCB inside the Deck. On mine the foam is there behind the left trigger but missing behind the right one. I added several layers of electrical tape to do the same job.
Also a guide on how to void your warranty 😂
Bless you for this my friend.
I’ve had the issue with a very loud left trackpad and just fixed it or dramatically lowered the machine gun sound on the left trackpad.
Took me 20 minutes to complete and it was quite easy… but I have some experience tearing down my switch, joycons and other devices. It’s still doable for an unexperienced person to fix.
It’s way better than RMA but we shouldn’t be doing this for a device that costs that much. If this was Miyoo Mini or something of this caliber - sure. But not SD. I hope they level up their QC.
my 6 month old deck does the springy noise still, only audible when playing non demanding games since the fan is the kicker most of the times
I opened my limited edition yesterday and the left bumper feels mushy or springy/sounds odd. I’m torn on RMA or trying your fix because I’m so stoked to have it. I had the trackpad issue on my LCD deck as well.
I’m genuinely sad to hear these QA issues. I understand it is not completely Valve’s fault but for us consumers, it sucks regardless.