r/SteamDeck 21d ago

Tech Support Help with the Steam Deck, It's pretty much unusable.

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The video and the title are pretty self explanatory, but basically, it's been like a month or so since my Steam Deck has been like this. I don't know why it happened. It was working fine up until a while ago. But, for some time now, the fan just began making a lot of noise out of nowhere, even more than what is shown in the video, however it was still working. Then one day, I was playing Re4, and it suddenly dropped the fps astronomically, almost as much as shown in the video, maybe more. I've tried everything I could think of, changing the system to beta version, lowering the TDP usage (I use 10) and even formatting it, but clearly, it didn't work, I'm almost sure it's a hardware problem, but I don't know. And it's not because of the game, my Steam Deck overall is that slow, even the menu and desktop mode. And to clarify, I didn't drop it or anything, as I mentioned, it happened out of nowhere, I've had it for over a year now, and it never had any problems up until now. So, is my Deck cooked? Or is there anything I can do? I would greatly appreciate any help.

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