Got my 512 OLED yesterday, i noticed my fan speed ramps up and down (50 - 60⁰C) in idle mode (just surfing through Steam libraries and menus). Fan ramps up about every 15 seconds, the fan itself is pretty quiet but it makes a weird sound when it ramps up, sound like a smal zipper. Which is pretty annoying. First i thought i was the speaker crackling, but its 100% the fan.

The fan is pretty quiet, even at high speeds but its the zipper sound that bothers me when it ramps up from 0. Anyone something similar?

  • mmiskiB
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    11 months ago

    Not sure if it’s the same issue, but mine makes an occasional faint electric noise (like an old hard drive being read) every once in a while. Not sure if that’s the fan or some other component. I just know my LCD model never did this. It’s not causing any performance issues or stuttering at all though.

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      11 months ago

      Yeah thats the noise. Only workaround so far is disable updated fan curve.

  • PhabulousPhabB
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    11 months ago

    I have the same issue, it is ridiculous, how much I worry about it instead of just playing with the Deck. I think your zipper noise and the noise that mmiski (old hard drive being read) is describing are the same, as both descriptions fit what I am hearing, too. I think I will learn to ignore it or turn off the updated fan control. Not really interested in using tools like Fantastic via Decky Loader.

    PS: Are startup animations briefly stuttering for you, too? Had this issue on my LCD already and kinda forgot about it, but it’s almost funny to still see this happening.

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      11 months ago

      Yep. Fantastic doesn’t work atm. Maybe a new fan rev. from ifixit will do the trick. The Steam boot animations are fine.