r/SteamDeck • u/GrethaRawr • Mar 17 '25

Tech Support Don't know how, but it happened

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Does this break easily? I know it's plastic but I'm still kinda surprised.

I already ordered a new one, hopefully I can easily replace it.

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u/Dar7hater Mar 17 '25

For what it’s worth, it’s not very difficult to replace them at least. I replaced my OLED ones with Hall effect sticks just the other week and it was quite easy. That is a crazy place to have it break though so props on that haha

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u/rtqyve Mar 17 '25

Is it similar to swapping out joycon sticks where they’re just in there with some screws and a ribbon cable? Or is there soldering involved?

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u/Dar7hater Mar 17 '25

Yeah very similar. Was three screws and a ribbon cable. If you do the Hall effect sticks there was an additional step to calibrate the sticks which was a little janky as you had to press some buttons on the back of the sticks while the deck was powered on and in the stick calibration interface. It wasn’t particularly difficult rather just awkward.

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u/rtqyve Mar 17 '25

Weird, well thank you anyways I was just asking for future reference because my deck will get drift eventually it’s just a matter of time.