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Cake day: November 18th, 2023

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  • My OLED deck arrived today, WiFi won’t connect!

    My OLED deck arrived today. It came two days ahead of schedule! The bad news is it won’t connect to WiFi 😭 (Fyi I’m a computer engineer and I build embedded Linux systems so this is more of a rant then a tech support request.) Full story: I received the unit in seemingly perfect order with no signs of damage. Oddly enough I pushed the power button just to prove it was in a safe shipping state before plugging it in, and it powered up. I thought ‘huh?’ but certainly didn’t expect to encounter the Wi-Fi problems that were upcoming. I made it through the initial startup wizard and it scanned and found my Wi-Fi connections. I selected my 2.4 GHz Network and it started up and downloaded a few things. I noted that it was relatively slow and then remembered I had a 5Ghz connection that would probably be faster. Upon entering the CORRECT password it failed to connect. I tried to reconnect to the 2.4 GHz, this now failed too. I tried forgetting and remembering both networks, I restarted the whole system. I switched to desktop and attempted to connect. (One error showed 'no secrets provided) I switched to the beta channel, tried to connect with no dice. I got my LCD steam deck booted up, and updated it to 3.5.5 to see if I encountered any weird Wi-Fi issues with that. It’s still connects with no hesitation. At this point I’m way too bummed to attempt any further troubleshooting and I I’m of hoping it’s a hardware problem. If it’s software it’s surely something that will take some time to fix and patch. Either way I’m starting a return, luckily valve has a notoriously fantastic customer service so I’m sure it will be painless.