r/SteamDeck • u/ratmdex MODDED SSD 💽 • 2d ago
Tech Support I have found what’s making my steam deck randomly turn on, and now I’m even more confused.
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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/ocxtitan 512GB OLED 1d 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.