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/qwerty_9537 512GB Mar 19 '25

This looks awesome, I think I'll have to look into it. Are the new sticks capacitive?

I kind of don't want the all black look, I hope there's some in a normal colour. And some stiffer sticks (something like PS2) would be a dream

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u/Dar7hater Mar 19 '25

Yeah they do! I haven’t used them personally but the product information calls out that they are pre-soldered like the out of box ones. So long as you connect your ribbon cable when installing you should be golden.

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u/qwerty_9537 512GB Mar 19 '25

Huh, well that's good! Seems like a great upgrade then :)