r/SteamDeckModded

After/Before

Cooldeck Cooper plate mod, icepc graphene copper plate for 1tb micron ssd. Jsaux atomic purple v2 case full shell replacement. Gulikit joysticks. extremerate clicky button kit. Used duronaut thermal paste and thermal grizzly minus pad extreme 2. Im running cryodeck and decks loader. Thermals max around 75c. ​

Copper plate heat sink Https://www.tindie.com/products/low\_budget/cooldeck-cooling-mod-for-valve-steam-deck-lcd-oled/](https://www.tindie.com/products/low_budget/cooldeck-cooling-mod-for-valve-steam-deck-lcd-oled/

Ssd heat sink

https://a.co/d/0hh3Hw86

I did an emerald green translucent shell from Extremerate, swapped the buttons for clicky buttons, replaced the thermal paste, changed the joysticks to Hall effect and soldered white caps onto them!
Star headphone jack charm made by me to match the thumb grips

So happy, i did it! I went for the Xbox look which I like it a lot! JSAUX white shell.

Tks for this community, reading the experiences here gave me the confidence to do it! Also, few points to everyone thinking on doing it:

Remove your SD card!
Watch a lot of videos first, very helpful and build your confidence
Sort your screws, most videos don’t show the sizes.
Don’t be afraid when removing / putting together R2 buttons. You need to put some pressure otherwise will not come out.
The screen was not bad at all, honestly. A hair dryer and the tools that come with the JSaux was more than enough. The tip here is the plastic thin rectangle to use to pry, once you get it in, move to the corner of the screen. Once the plastic is behind the corner, was quite easy.
Another tip: take your time removing the remaining glue while the screen is still hot. Or apply more heat to help remove. Don’t ever use metal of any kind to try to remove the glue. Only the plastic tools should be use to avoid scratching the borders of the screen.
If using the storage mode before disassembly, don’t panic if don’t turn on immediately. It takes up to 10 minutes for first boot (and don’t forget to use the original charger to connect)
In my case, after 10 minutes the screen was still off. After panicking a little, did some research and notice the green light near the storage, indicating it booting (or at least there was activity). Them I connected to external monitor and was showing ok. So was able to check the problem was the connector of the screen or motherboard connection. So turned off and recheck all the connections again and voila! Working!!
That’s all folks, I really enjoyed the process!

this decktop is not so very laptop

Looking for some advice with aligning the OLED’s midframe with the front plate of an ExtremeRate transparent shell.

Everything looks neatly flush for me except on the top left screen side. All the alignment posts are in place from the backside and I can’t find any wires or ribbons that may be getting in the way. From the top side the audio jack also looks aligned to the new shell.

Is it just a matter of putting more force onto the audio jack area or do I need to maybe unscrew the audio board to reseat it?

Made a small purchase on AliExpress, bought this port for phones that has hdmi out , nvme tf card reader usb c usb a ports in it and its own small cooling fan , made from metal , and it just works , put a small 1tb nvme in it and plucked it on with the port built in magsafe and it works

The cable connection is very loose and hard to get it stay. I added electric tape on top of the ribbon so it fits more snug and then after closing the clamp I taped it down a lot to prevent it from coming loose.

Only the Y button has issues, I have to press the Y button down very hard to get it to register. The connections are clean and no damage I checked with a magnifying glass.

Does anyone have advice? I can try to tape it down even more.

I ordered a new right bumper part so I can try to swap out the button connectors with a new ribbon Cable. Maybe mine is just faulty. If I put a lot of pressure on the clamp to ensure the cable connects with the button board the Y button works better but no amount of tape will keep that strong pressure on the clamp.

Sorry if I am not explaining it well!

Please don't recommend RMA I want to fix it myself.

I used jsaux RGB rear, extremerate front and green deck buttons. The display was really nerve-racking especially with the hand tremors acting up today. I also had to shave the outer sides of the triggers because they were hitching on the shell clips around that area.