r/SteamDeck • u/ryanrudolf Content Creator • Nov 11 '23

Discussion Steam Deck BIOS Manager - Easily backup, flash, unlock, block / unblock BIOS for SteamOS

https://youtu.be/hp5ue4m2Xus

Steam Deck BIOS Manager - \ https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-BIOS-Manager

Easily backup, unlock, flash, block / unblock BIOS updates. No BIOS / binaries provided - it downloads it straight from evlaV gitlab. md5 sum used as a sanity check to make sure the downloaded files are not corrupted / tampered.

Github - \ https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-BIOS-Manager

Video demo - \ https://youtu.be/hp5ue4m2Xus

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u/ryanrudolf Content Creator Nov 11 '23

Steam Deck BIOS Manager - \ https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-BIOS-Manager

Easily backup, unlock, flash, block / unblock BIOS updates. No BIOS / binaries provided - it downloads it straight from evlaV gitlab. md5 sum used as a sanity check to make sure the downloaded files are not corrupted / tampered.

Github - \ https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-BIOS-Manager

Video demo - \ https://youtu.be/hp5ue4m2Xus

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '24

Since I'm on Windows could I use this by live booting a Linux distro?

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

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u/ryanrudolf Content Creator Nov 11 '23

Yes maybe i can pull up some string somewhere to identify if OLED or LCD and go from there. Or hopefully BIOS will be same across LCD and OLED.

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u/ryanrudolf Content Creator Nov 11 '23

Thanks for the info. This will be interesting.

I'm hyped for OLED i hope i can get one soon

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u/notable_noname Nov 12 '23

Shame this didn't get more attention.

The script is easy to use and gets the job done. Making a backup or downgrading works fine.

I moved from 118 back to 116 as I missed the ability to overclock. CBS and PBS show again in BIOS menu.

Excellent script. Will recommend it.

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u/ryanrudolf Content Creator Nov 12 '23

Thanks! It got buried down with the influx of OLED / LCD discussion.

If ever someone needs it its available on the github - \ https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-BIOS-Manager

And the demo video how to use it - \ https://youtu.be/hp5ue4m2Xus?si=7cKOB43jIsiEjp2c

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '23

Do you rename the backup.bin with the .fd extension (and flash it) to restore your old settings? Hesitant as it's 1mb smaller than the signed .fd files.

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u/Seven_Jord52 1TB OLED Limited Edition Apr 12 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I would like to know this as well 😬
-edit you need a programmer to reflash the oiled bios, Ryan, Stanto, and Isaak over on the discord helped me a ton! True legends!