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Description: The hottest new device right now is the Steam Deck, a handheld gaming PC from Valve—the same company that brought us the Steam Machine, the Steam Controller, and … Steam. Gamers are excited to have access to their library of Steam games on the go, but this thing also connects to a TV or monitor, kind of like a Nintendo Switch. It’s a really interesting device … to take apart. Full disclosure: iFixit works with Valve to offer official replacement parts for Valve products. Valve also supplied us with a Steam Deck for the purpose of this teardown. They had no input on the editorial content or score in our video. Our blog post for this teardown—including a hi-res X-ray image of the entire Steam Deck ifixit.com/News/57101/steam-deck-teardown Thanks again to our buddies at Creative Electron for the X-ray wizardry! Check them out at creativeelectron.com For a deep dive on what causes thumb-stick drift, check out our DualSense Drift video! youtube.com/watch?v=7qPNyio3VDk Use coupon code "GAMERS" for 20% off gaming and VR parts in our US store through February 22, 2022. ifixit.com/Store/Parts?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=ifixitchannel&utm_campaign=steamtdpromo 0:00 Introduction 1:03 X-Rays from Creative Electron 1:30 Opening the Steam Deck 1:59 Retail vs. Pre-Release Hardware Comparison 2:22 Disconnecting the Battery 2:34 Thumb Sticks 3:22 Capacitive Touch Thumb Stick Hardware 3:44 SSD 4:28 Trigger Buttons 4:39 Button Input Boards 4:51 Touch Pad Hardware 5:21 Heat Sink and Fan 5:31 Motherboard 6:06 Battery 7:14 Display 7:40 Steam Deck Repairability Subscribe to our channel for all our latest teardown and repair videos! youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=ifixityourself Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ifixit Check us out on Facebook: facebook.com/iFixit