I just got my OLED 512gb steam deck today but I’m having some issues. I ordered a WD black 2tb sn770m nvme drive for it.

First issue: from the original 512gb SSD I couldn’t connect to a WiFi network (2.4ghz or 5ghz) during setup no matter what I tried.

Second issue: I swapped out the 512gb original SSD for the WD 2tb SSD. The new WD drive was not visible from the boot menu. I still tried to boot into steam recovery from a USB and sd card (using Rufus). Finally got to the recovery OS and selected the “reimage steam deck” option. I was then greeted by the “/dev/nvme0n1 does not exist – no nvme drive detected” error.

I can’t get on WiFi on the provided SSD and I can’t get the new WD drive to boot so that I can reimage steamOS. What am I doing wrong here? I’m so frustrated

  • ArkaiumBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    You’re sure you installed it correctly? It’s hard to get the screw in if it’s not pushed in all the way, but you got the ESD shield on and everything?

    • Puzzlegeek15OPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Pretty sure. I’ve attempted to install both the original and the new nvme multiple times now. Never any issues with the deck recognizing the original nvme. Only the new WD one.

      I put the shield on whichever drive is installed at the time. The screw seems to fit just the same to secure the new WD drive. I can’t see anything I’m doing differently with how I’m installing the two drives

  • Puzzlegeek15OPBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Might have figured it out. I just got the SD to reimage with the steam recovery OS.

    The biggest difference is I UNZIPPED the .bzp steamdeck repair file before writing it to the external SD (USB probably works but it seems way quicker in my experience on an SD card). I also used balena etcher rather than Rufus to write the image to the SD card.

    My WD 2tb nvme was not recognized in the boot menu, but was recognized in the recovery OS on the SD card.

    Going through setup now and it looks like the wifi portion worked this time around (though it only worked on the 2.4ghz ssid). Steam says it’s installing, so I will update y’all a bit later!

  • Yoh__AsakuraBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah same with the WiFi. I have absolutely no idea what to do and I’m just using a ethernet cable for now…