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[-] NOPper@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Holy hell, three Decks? How did they get bricked? I've had mine since the second shipment batch and beyond some very early software issues it's been pretty solid.

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the first one was DOA, the second (in the most amazing of ironies) started downloading an update by itself, which dropped my game down to 10fps. When I restarted the deck and the update applied, it corrupted everything so badly that even the BIOS wasn't left intact. Nothing I did or valve support could do could bring it back, even with reflashing the OS. And while I might be a moron, I've also been building/watercooling PCs and tinkering with OSs for well over a decade. That deck was bone stock and on stable channel xD

I'm on my third one now, and so far it's been smooth sailing...mostly. I still haven't put a screen protector on it, because I think that jinxed my last two, lmao. Thank God everything is backed up.

[-] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You are one unlocky SOB. The worst I have had is SteamOS breaking itself on me once.

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

I am, but I kinda bring it upon myself by getting niche equipment that usually is far outside the norm or not ready for prime time. It's whatever, haha.

[-] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I got my Steam Deck 3 months after they first started shipping and mine didn't brick itself until earlier this year soooo

[-] Cannacheques@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Hey I had an old Samsung I bricked and unbricked at least four times once

this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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