man, those shells are slick. was it tricky at all to do the swap?
was it tricky at all to do the swap?
I’m probably not the best person to answer this for the general public, as I have a fair bit of experience with disassembly, repair, and mods to handhelds - I’ve got several old Nintendo handhelds, a GPD Win 2, and a GPD Win Max that I’ve had open at some point or another, along with some experience doing the same for friends.
As such, I did it with proper tools from iFixit and not the ones that came in the kit.
With that context though, it was probably one of the easiest/least finnicky handhelds I’ve ever disassembled. The most nerve-wracking part was moving the screen over, which is something I’ve never had great success with until my Deck. A hair dryer + lots of patience, worked out nicely.
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How does this compare to a shell swap on the Switch? I’ve done my switch twice, but that’s all of my experience with taking electronics apart. The deck intimidates me, but damn do I want that see-through case. I have both a game boy and my switch in clear pink, and I want the set.
I’ve never actually done a Switch shell swap, but based on watching a couple shell swap videos, it actually looks much simpler to do the Deck shell swap. A lot fewer tiny, fiddly components to manage.
The main thing I’d suggest is to watch Taki Udon’s video on it, it might help you get a better sense of how easy it is - I found it quite helpful, even just knowing that I didn’t have to take the cooler off the APU like ExtremeRate was suggesting was quite helpful.
The standard shell on the steam deck can be a bit creaky if you put pressure on certain points. How’s the new one?
I’ve never noticed any creaking from mine, before or after the swap. Any specific pressure/motions you can think of that I should try?
Twist it like an ice cube tray to see if it pops out.
dang it, did it too hard and all the bits fell out.
now I’ve got 1s and 0s all over the place and it’s your fault
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I don’t know how statistically prevalent it is, and where you’d get it varies. Sounds great that you don’t have to deal with it either before or after.
For me initially it was around the usb port when I press down on it. Nowadays, I get it when I do a twisty motion with both hands while holding it, but I’ve had it for well over a year, and it has experienced a couple of bumpy falls in the meantime.
Taking the screws out and re-torquing them correctly seems to fix that, at least it did for me.
