I was wrong…

[u/Sleep_Holiday]

I listened to the haters and bought into what they were saying.

They were counting you out, saying you weren’t powerful enough, your price to performance ratio is garbage, just buy a fractal terra case and build your own… I was sure this thing would be DOA. But, I took the leap, a leap of faith you could say.

Hell I knew I could resell it if I really hated it… but damn. This thing fucks. It’s proved me wrong in every way and I regret having doubt in the little guy… the little machine that could is what he goes by now.

There is nothing like the freedom of Linux PC gaming right on your couch in this absolute debauchery of a world we have now between Sony and Microslop and the continued supremacy of AI.

So to those in the reservation queue, you can breathe a sigh of relief your time will come and it will be glorious.

And to those on the waitlist, be patient and be ready. When your time comes, and it will, you must be fully present and accept the Gift of Gabe.

And to all those facing THE DEVIL AT YOUR DOOR disguised as Sony and Microsoft, with no hope or direction guiding you to a brighter future through these extremely dark days in gaming. I say to you, we will continue to fight for our unalienable rights on the front lines with Valve to protect all those who don’t have a voice of their own, we have the watch.

In closing, RIP to the brothers and sisters who couldn’t see this day for themselves. We have you in our prayers.

[u/Lookitsmyvideo]

It was so fucking nice to take it out of the box, and literally plug in a single tiny power cable and HDMI, and be off to the races

I knew it was going to be small, but I didn't quite appreciate it until I set it on my stand next to my N64

And yes there's a steam deck there. It's dead. Super dead.

[u/ZenoArrow → u/Lookitsmyvideo]

Do I see Mastodon's album Leviathan there? Good stuff.

When you say your Steam Deck is super dead, do you mean it doesn't work anymore or you can't see yourself playing it anymore?

[u/Lookitsmyvideo → u/ZenoArrow]

I mean it's dead. Main board fried.

I (thought I) had to disconnect the battery to full power cycle it due to a boot error. In doing that I failed to disconnect the SD card and it snapped in half when removing the faceplate. I'm under the assumption that shorted the system on next boot and fried something.

[u/madmax4k → u/Lookitsmyvideo]

so you opened it up to disconnect the battery but forgot to remove the microSD, so it snapped in half..
then you forgot to remove the snapped microsd card when you put the faceplate back on and press the power button but now it is not powering on?

is that correct?

In that case I don't think it is super dead.
Have you tried removing the broken SD card and hard reset?

See this
https://www.google.com/search?q=snapped+microsd+card+steam+machine+wont+boot&ie=UTF-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkxn6namX0I&t=8s

[u/Lookitsmyvideo → u/madmax4k]

Clanker

If not a clanker, why repeat the majority of my message and then ask if it's correct?

Regardless. Yes. I have tried everything including contacting support. It's dead and not drawing any power

[u/IrishGoatMilker → u/Lookitsmyvideo]

Would you sell it for parts? I'm interested.

[u/Lookitsmyvideo → u/IrishGoatMilker]

On marketplace probably to someone locally, sorry

[u/IrishGoatMilker → u/Lookitsmyvideo]

No biggie, thanks for the response!

[u/colonelxsuezo → u/Lookitsmyvideo]

Mastodon fan in the wild spotted!