What the title says. I upgraded my SSD a while back to 2TB. When I grab the OLED model will I be able to swap the SSD and SD Card over and just keep chugging along? Or will this need to be a clean install?

Anyone ever try moving their SSD to new LCD Steam Deck hardware?

  • HopelessRespawner
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    1 year ago

    I put in a support request to Valve to see if they had an answer… 🤞

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    1 year ago

    I am looking at doing the same thing, I wanted the top model but have been told the anti-glare coating ruins OLED screens?

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    This is good news in general but bad news for me.

    My LCD deck died about 2 weeks ago out of warranty on a 3.4 stable build, and I have no way to upgrade the firmware to 3.5 to make the transfer compatible.

    I hope im somehow able to still swap in my 2tb ssd and upgrade the the firmware on the oled model…

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    1 year ago

    Does anyone know of issues swapping SSDs if used cryoutilities or undervolting/overclocking on old LCD deck?

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      Not sure about the undervolting etc, but I had/have cryoutilities set up. No issue there. You’ll need to re-modify the UMA buffer though, that’s set in BIOS and lives off the SSD.

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        Thanks I wouldn’t have caught that. On 2nd thought bios controls under volting, so shouldn’t have any impact on SSD swap, just have to do again on new deck. Old deck did with Smokeless UMAF to unlock bios. Latest official bios has options to go to -50mV. Not sure yet numbers people are able to achieve on this new 6nm chip but was able to set -30mV on everything, and haven’t tried going further yet.

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          Yeah just thought about that too, since it’s also set in BIOS. Will need to redo stability testing though since 6nm and every SOC has its differences. I just left my UMA at 1G for now. I’ll play with it again if I start having performance issues. Everything right now is buttery smooth. Steam Deck 1 perfected.