Although it’s called a console, Valve’s product is a miniature computer with a screen and a battery included. In other words, it’s a laptop. We reviewed it a few weeks ago and the verdict couldn’t have been better.
And like a good PC, the Valve team is completely customizable. You can open it up and fiddle with it, you can install the operating system you want, you can customize the controls, you can turn it into a desktop computer… and if that makes it unique, it also makes it vulnerable.
More advanced users spent months on all sorts of modifications to the console. From bridges to WiFi to plug in a €2,000 graphics card to people swapping a MicroSD card for a super-fast SSD.
Hello, please don’t do this. The charger chip becomes very hot, so do not move nearby thermal pads. In addition, most 2242 m.2 drives consume more power and run hotter than those the deck is designed to handle. This mod may seem to work, but it will greatly reduce the lifespan of your deck. https://t.co/Kmup7Zov13
— Lawrence Young (@lawrenceyang) June 25, 2022
And it was the Valve engineer who wanted to come out with this latest mod, as it could break a console in a matter of days.
“Hello, please don’t do this. The charger chip becomes very hot, so do not move nearby heating pads. In addition, most 2242m.2 drives use more power and run hotter than the Steam Deck can handle. This mod may seem to work, but it will significantly reduce the life of the device.“, explained Lawrence Young, Valve engineer.
Lawrence’s tweet quoted a post from PC Gamer that taught readers how to add this mod to a Steam deck. Hence the danger of the news: millions of users can kill their console, believing that they are doing something harmless.
This warning from a Valve engineer reminds us that while computers and consoles appear to be fully customizable and open, there are issues that users might miss. Voltage damaging board, port out of standard…
For this, Whenever we modify electronic equipment, it is best to be very well informed and read a lot on the subject.as warranties do not apply when we ourselves break the device due to misuse or manipulation.
Source: Computer Hoy
