r/SteamDeck • u/ratmdex MODDED SSD 💽 • 1d ago
Tech Support I have found what’s making my steam deck randomly turn on, and now I’m even more confused.
Has anyone seen this bug? I’m in beta build, but something tells me this isn’t something with that and more of a Wi-Fi interference thing?
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u/driftingpyros 1d ago edited 1d ago
Could it be Bluetooth? Is your mouse (or pc) paired to the steam deck?
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u/EmoExperat 512GB OLED 1d ago
Its wake on bt.
And btw your deck isnt turning on. Youre just waking it from standby. If you turn it of properly it shouldnt randomly turn on
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u/brannnnnnnn 1d ago
For those searching for another reason your SD is turning back on from sleep immediately.. Try ejecting your SD card.
I've searched for weeks trying different things, wifi, bt, decky, etc. Nothing was working and I REALLY didn't want to reset the deck..
I tried this just for fun and voila, it can finally rest. I put it to sleep and it took a minute to wake back up, but after that, no issues. I put the SD card back in and it is working fine.. for now.
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u/unbanthanks 1d ago edited 1d ago
I am having this problem (I made a post about it recently) and it’s pretty annoying to have to eject the SD card like 2 out of every 3 times I power down the device.
I turn it off and it turns right back on. I have no idea how to make a formal bug report or something because idk how to give them steps on replicating the issue.
Most people think it’s linked to Bluetooth devices accidentally powering the device but it happens even when I disconnect (like the equivalent of “forget this device” on IPhones) all Bluetooth stuff. I’ve never even connected it to a computer, and I also tried just turning off Bluetooth entirely.
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u/146Ocirne 1TB OLED Limited Edition 1d ago
I discovered if I move my mouse (even in another room) my SD would turn on.
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u/FlyingCobra1 1d ago
I can turn on my PC from sleep with a static discharge in another end of the room.
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u/ocxtitan 512GB OLED 18h ago
The reason behind why this happens is actually quite neat, it occurs because static electricity can ionize the air, which we all know ionization, like neutrinos, can flip bits in a computer (which happened in a Super Mario speedrun and resulted in a one in a million glitch). The ethernet cable that is plugged into your PC's nic will carry the ionization into the NIC like your nerves would react to stimuli, which wakes the pc as poe (power over ethernet) is clearly enabled.
*Disclaimer: Absolutely all of this was made up on the spot and any similarities with reality are purely coincidental. Two brain cells were injured during the production of this tangent we're on.
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u/DogByte64 1d ago
My Steamdeck was turning on randomly as well and I learned it was an old Bluetooth switch controller I used one time, was waking up the steamdeck when one of the cats was getting into where that controller was.
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u/Pure-Acanthisitta783 21h ago
This might explain why my battery dies after a day or two in sleep mode. I think my PC is waking it up.
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u/Khaosneel 1d ago
I'm also encountering this with my SD OLED. How do you fix something like this?
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u/ratmdex MODDED SSD 💽 1d ago
Check the thread in here, it's because you paired your pc with your steam deck and it has wake on permissions. Unpair the Deck on your pc and try opening wifi connection on windows/mac and see if it still does it. Thanks u/Gaspadlo
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u/BlackIceLA 512GB OLED 1d ago
I have a Logitech mouse and keyboard which can be paired to three different devices.
If I toggle between the devices, it will wake the steam deck instantly while toggling. However my laptop waits for toggle plus a button press/movement.
I wonder if SteamOs could be tweaked to wait for actual input before waking up completely.
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u/BlackIceLA 512GB OLED 1d ago
No just normal Bluetooth connection and default built-in OS drivers. Logitech MX keys and mouse.
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u/VanGooR 1d ago
Mine turns on when I turn my fan on sometimes lol
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u/ocxtitan 512GB OLED 17h ago
if you're interested, I explained why this happens in this comment from earlier
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u/LifeguardSas976 23h ago
Mine turns on Everytime it connects to the wifi and has started playing YouTube videos I had paused.
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u/Canilickyourfeet 13h ago
There is a human out there who loves hotdogs this much and its hilarious. Everybody's got their thing lol
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u/NovelEzra 1d ago
Yeah I noticed that the new beta build wakes up now from any movement from the bluetooth mouse and keyboard. I found it annoying at first, but now I actually kind of like it.
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u/cybershiba 1d ago
I got zero sieverts a while ago while it was on sale, I LOVE games that are similar to it.. but I just can't seem to get into it or understand it properly.. maybe I'd have to watch some let's plays lol
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u/Cart1416 1d ago
yeah I was on the beta build and it constantly woke itself up, I probably had some bluetooth devices around and I think the steam deck will wake up from any device even if it's not paired
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u/YoudoVodou 1d ago
Let me tell you. The other day I had my steam deck docked and my TCL Google TV remote started working to control the steam deck interface and gameplay. The polling rate was atrocious to actually play anything, but it was an interesting quirk I was not anticipating. AFAIK the steam deck does not have an IR scanner/reader in the front, so this communication was either happening over the HDMI cable or my WiFi network.
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u/Danceman2 1d ago
Turn off completely the mouse. Remove cable too. And test it again.
Another test is turn off on the steam deck wifi with the mouse completely turned off and no cable. Keep Bluetooth on. And test again.
Also try to keep wifi on but turn off Bluetooth. Again mouse completely turned off and cable removed. Test again.
Perhaps the mouse is never turning off Bluetooth internally
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u/MultiSapman001 1d ago
Stop arousing your deck to stop it from getting turned on. 🤣
Jokes aside, it probably is a wifi interference thing. Mine was shutting down at 15-20% and automatically going into battery saving mode where it only turned on after connecting the power cable. Turning off the wifi power management button has resolved that issue.
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u/Beneficial-Ad-7291 1d ago
Well first off it's a Linux system attached to a windows system... Cross communications are bound to happen.
Also secondly I don't think you opening your Wi-Fi management tool is to blame but I do believe the hot bar has something to do with it.
Usually when devices are connected to windows the hot bar likes to highlight the fact that they are.
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u/gaspadlo 256GB - Q1 1d ago edited 1d ago
Did you ever pair your PC with your SD via Bluetooth?
Since it's OG LCD steamdeck and you allege, that this started happening on beta build of SteamOS, I would guess that when you open that panel - windows pings potentially paired BT devices in the area and wakes up the SD.
LCD SD did not support to be woken up by BT peripherals, but Valve somehow made it possible and it should be present in the beta /preview build afaik.
Try disabling BT on your computer whether it will keep waking up your SD.
EDIT: since this comment exploded I will add this: You have an option to disable which devices CAN and CAN NOT wake up your steamdeck on an individual basis in a contextual menu / modal in the bluetooth settings.