Easy Steam Deck SSD Upgrade!
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Please add warning that the screws are self-threading. Meaning that over tightening may cause damage.
ooh! that's getting pinned.
I can confirm I'm the idiot that learned this the hard way while opening it up, never had so much sweat running down my head while using a drill 🤣🤣🤣
@@BulletBarry and what screwdriver is needed. I bought a pack with a #0 and #00 and neither fit in the longer holes ;_;
@@lukerobson2000able using a drill on screws of that size was a dumb idea to begin with
Mine were pre-overtightened on arrival. I had to use a drill to remove it after the incredibly soft metal stripped away like wax with an iFixit 00 bit.
Read this so you don't panic, after you install your ssd and reimage your deck, the controls won't work when you try to do the setup, you have to use the touchscreen until you connect to the Internet and go through the whole setup process. After that the controls should start working
I was so scared but then I saw ur comment. aaaaahhhhhh I felt relieved. thank u so much
Thank you for this 😅
Was wondering why my controls weren’t working.
nothing is showing, just the cursor
Thank you for the information. i was about to have a heart attack.😅
@@TheSkeletor1993 had the same problem it's probably fault of slow usb stick so just taking things slow and not spaming icons will help.
Pro tip! If you want to prevent damaging the buttons, sticks and screen while screwing/unscrewing, you can just use the deck's own case!
Fantastic idea!!
Thanks for the tip, actually replaced mine today and using the case method saved me!
Is that safe to do with the material they used inside the case? Would it not be prone to esd?
@@FlintBleopard lol no
I dont get it
Hey there, obviously this is super late, but you really should mention you NEED to take out your SD card before taking apart the casing. If you try to pry apart the casing with the SD card inserted, you will snap it in half.
@Devinso common sense is removing the sd card, but not the process shown in the video?
i just did this upgrade and realized my sd card was still plugged in after popping off the back. my sd card was still securely tucked inside its slot, but i can definitely see a reality where you could snap your card. just dont forget like i did lol
I forgot 💀
yes, always this, heh.. not sure why it would be concidered to be common sense to all and why it shouldn't always be mentioned in tutorials about taking decks or any device apart.. besides from the screws being janky and one being slightly hidden it is probably the only part of taking apart the deck to ssd swap that isn't common sense / knowledge to a certain degree, lol.
If Linus of LTT didn't think about doing it only to then snap his 1tb xtreme card that probably cost similar to more than my entire 64gb deck at the time he bought it in half when he opened his (something that many others have followed in his footsteps since, including other tech tubers) then it kind of proves that anyone can forget or not even think about it in the first place, even if your whole carreer is in part based around taking apart devices, and in his case even devices similar to the deck prior to doing that.
I was just checking this vid at random to make sure I didn't forget anything obvious before taking mine apart since it's been a year I guess since last checking vids about it and only then had a duh moment thinking shit, the sd card!.. lol.. why I checked to see if anyone else had mentioned it :)
Yeah I broke mine just now doing this lol
I think it's important to note that the bottom-right screw on the shield doesn't actually need to be removed, just the other three.
Ok, was curious as I just did mine and it only had 3 total, came.off just fine but I was curious why I was missing one, guess I got one made one Friday lol
@@chomp7927 same here, only 3 for the shield lol
Hey, you don’t have to format the usb to GPT. That’s what Rufus is for. It will format everything for you.
I have a MacBook would Rufus work with it
Thanks for this tip!
My rufus has all those options greyed out. just says its MBR and I can't change it.
Edit- it worked even though I couldn't change them.
@@IamR3D88 perhaps it does it automatically?
@@IamR3D88did you partition anything or just went through with the process
The right screwdriver is a Phillips size #0. Otherwise you risk stripping the screws.
Thanks man. Just changed out the 64gb chip with a 1tb. Helps a lot with shades that will begin to pile up. I did have trouble with changing the partition from MBR to GPT. So I ended up keeping it at MBR. I had no issue. Also want people to know that sometimes the screen will remain black for a 1 min or two when going into bios. Don't worry, the deck is fine. Then I saw that sometimes when connecting to the network it can stay on "installing" indefinitly. Don't worry if this happens. Just press "B" to go back and press "A" to continue. That will fix the problem. Overall Don't worry guys. You got this
@@Aytierrez Doesn't that affect the games in some way? I'm completly new to this thing
@@LianCasablacks no because shaders get updated over time, and the old shaders end up taking up space.
did you replace it with just a 1tb nvme?
You can disable shader precaching in the Settings > Downloads
The thumb drive DOES NOT have to be formatted to GPT.
For those who dont know or just want to skip the formatting process. Works just fine without formatting.
I will say you are right but typically it's better to attempt to flash it clean before writing an image, as a collision reduction step when making a guide.
THAT SHIT STRESSED ME TF OUT, I FUCKING HATE THIS YTBER
Thank you I couldn’t get my thumb stick to format to GPT
Should also add that: YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR SD CARD OUT before doing any of this!
Yeah, broke mine because of it, dumb mistake that I'll make sure wont happen again
While taking mine apart, I almost broke my card, but luckily I've had past experience with broken micro sd cards in a raspberry pi case, so I remembered last second to remove it.
Pro tip: the battery connector actually has a little black ribbon attached to it to make it easier to unplug and plug back in. Still be careful and don’t use too much force.
You forgot to mention that if you have an SD card first take it out of the deck before opening it. If you don't it will break the SD in half. I wish Valve did what some cells phone have which is a little slit that it fits in. The second revision could make the change. Just a heads-up for those updating the SSD. Don't want to break your 1TB SD card.
just installed a 2TB SSD before my deck even left the box. just needed this to re-image it! now for a 1TB micro sd
have you been getting heating issues from the high density storage or is it fine?
@@AnimatorBlake not yet but, very low usage so far.
I got a 2TB too. I think I'll pass on the micro SD card for a long while though.
Me and my clumsy hands ill just order the 256gig version
We are just going to skim over this "make sure your thumbdrive is formatted to GPT" as if its a common, easy thing most people know how to do, huh?
Rufus format it by itself
If you buy the cheapest LCD 64GB steam deck right now it would be $349. iFixit sells the replacement screen mentioned in the video for $64.99. A 512 GB SSD goes for around $50. Totaling somewhere around $465. Granted you can find the ssd and screen for cheaper but at that point.. steam sells the upgraded steam deck with screen and 512ssb for $449. So.. I'm not seeing how this saves you money really. Its a fun diy project but not really a cost saver.
If you're having trouble getting the bottom of the shell seated, make sure you haven't accidently placed one of the metal shield screws into the case screw hole. Easily done.
dude thats exactly what i did. was so frustrated lol
Thanks. I'll be careful not to get them muddled up.
Holy shit thank you
@iceberg2001 no problem at all, was hoping it would help someone!
Yes, this took me three times of closing and reopening… there’s a screw hole right next to the back panel hole. It’s recessed lower.
thanks for including the ifixit stuff at the end. It's cool to know that I can look through that in case I ever want to replace other parts. This was very helpful!
Fyi in newer steam decks the buttons will work in BIOS but after that they won't work until you install the updates, you'll have to use the touchscreen to get to that point
Thank you I was starting to panic
@@CSHummer So was I until I got to that point
THANKYOU
Here I thought I had damaged something!
I expect to see more companies make steam deck ssd's
same!
You can also use a microSD card to flash the OS again. I didn't have the USB C adapter so I tried it that way. But it didn't work with Rufus I had to write it using Balena Etcher so it would show up in the Deck boot menu.
Just coming to confirm this - I had just microSD and Rufus didn't work. Tried with Balena Etcher (very straight-forward what you need to do) and then it found my bootable microSD. Thanks cu*nt lol
edit: after the Steam Deck loads back up you'll be sent to the desktop where you'll have to select "Reimage Steam Deck" then a small action bar will appear and you'll have to press "proceed" and then you'll just have to wait (it'll appear as it froze or doing nothing.. you just have to wait) - and then it's aaaall done! Yay!
This is exactly the I fo I was looking for, thank you.
Hang on, what exactly do I need to do to use my sd card?
If you are going to use steamdeck in the desk mode, SD card is a no go for file transfers.
Once the OS is installed from the SD card you can wipe it and use it for other things.
Only 3 of the 4 screws that you unscrewed for the shield inside held the shield on. The first of the 4 that you unscrewed does not need to be unscrewed.
Can confirm (just did this 12/20/2022). The shielding only needs the 2 left screws to be removed and the one under the sticker. The others half of the shield is held down by the external screws that hold the entire case together.
@@vilebastage thanks
Thanks to your video I did this yesterday with a 1tb. crazy easy. my only input is make sure you use a screwdriver for the back of the screws that fits well. lastly, use a faster usb drive when reflashing. I used an old USB stick with one of those usb to usb-c adapters on it and it worked fine. just the speed was slow because the usb itself was a gen2.
You can also use a subc external ssd
The right screwdriver is a Phillips size #0
@@ashbybridges1744 ahh nice thanks!
Hey Barry. Will be good to see what you think of the Steam deck. It’s been an amazing emulator and retro pc handheld. If your struggling with controls on some games, press the steam button in the game and download a some custom configured controls. That’s how I got original ff7 and quake 2 to work well.
I noticed that and the community controls tab! This thing is really cool!
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Thanks! I just ordered a 256gb SSD for 15 bucks and 7 bucks for a USB c. This is about how I figured it would go but perfect. Will be using this as reference when they come. Also heads up I've heard people breaking their micro sds... So take that out before you unscrew your deck.
" 256gb SSD for 15 bucks" That sounds fake given the form factor and speed
@@michaelmoran9020 yeah lol. I am not seeing anything below 80 bucks from any well known brand and vendor.
@Michael Moran can confirm after almost a month the SSD is what it was listed as. They were an eBay listing that were pulled from new laptops. It is the correct speeds and size, wasn't a scam. I'm not saying this will be the case for everyone. I got lucky. Funny thing is the USB drive was the scam piece lol I had to use my SD card to flash steam os
@@hey-carbon Why only 256gb ?
@@kiruoful Because of the fact that M.2 2230 is such a tiny area to fit storage, thus making them expensive. That's why OP's statement is ridiculous.
256gb for around $40, but when you look at 512gb it jumps to $100 and I wasn't really in need of that, considering I have a 1tb microSD all my games sit comfortably on.
I only needed more internal space for steamOS files / desktop apps and that was it. 256gb is comfortable for that.
Quick personal note, i had trouble going through this with a potato USB stick i had laying around from work. Use something that isn't junk 😅 kept locking up with a black screen with a cursor, 15 minutes of waiting and nothing. After i emptied out my good usb drive and did the same process, very seamless and worked great. Great vid btw, quick and to the point. Only other thing i needed to figure out was how to convert to GPT which i had never had to do before today!
Can confirm, tried to use an old 8gb USB 2.0 flash drive and none of my linux os would work, used a USB 3.1 flash drive from sandisk and no problem.
In watching other youtube videos I have not seen anyone else convert to GPT, so I am going to skip that step and hope for the best. Anybody with knowhow, I would appreciate your thoughts
@@thomascleveland MiniTool Partition Wizard is a free Windows tool that can convert to GPT.
@@RyanJonkerMusic That the first thing I tried and I just an error when trying to convert to GPT saying there is no space on the drive despite being empty.
I guess you had to delete pre-existing partitions and then you can change to GPT with MiniTool.
I literally just got my deck today after work can't wait to try it!!!
oh sick!
BULLETBARRY?! The first time through I watched this I did not recognize you at all! Second time watching it while performing the operation myself I was shocked when I realized it was you.
I used to watch your console pessant quotes videos when I was like 15. I only stopped when you made a 9/11 conspiracy video lol
I suggest using the case when removing the back, to protect the joycons
I was following this tutorial to upgrade my steam deck. When I got to the point where I needed to download the Steam Deck OS and put it in a USB drive, I was not able to format it to GPT most likely because of the kind of drive I was using. Basically Rufus was letting me know the drive was MBR but it was still gonna let me copy the files into the drive. I was a bit nervous because I did not know if it was going to work, or if it was going to crash or brick my steam deck. Bottom line is I had no issues with it being MBR instead of GPT. Again, I tried to use the command prompt on windows to convert the drive to GPT but it would not allow me to. Just know, the MBR drive worked on me.
did the boot process take a long time for you? Mine is currently just stuck on the logo
@@dannybecerra2998 it took a while. I can’t exactly say how long, but it definitely wasn’t quick.
Been sitting for 2 hours …..
Hopefully it’s fast lol
@@dannybecerra2998bro, is it still sitting there? Lol, this is where mine currently is. Did your’s finally work?
I should be getting mine tomorrow, I am very excited.
I got the 512 variant, so I don't plan on modding the internals, but I do plan on making and designing a ton of 3D printed stuff for it 🙂
oooh hell yeah! Like a stand!
@@BulletBarry Yeah! I got a good handful of ideas. I'll be sharing them on my channel when I get around to it.
One idea is an adjustable grip, allowing you to adapt the unit to better fit your hands, but then collapse it down to fit in its Carry case.
@@nomadsgalaxy thank you. it needs to be pocket sized. i don't want to carry around a backpack everywhere
@@spiddyman0079 yeah, my idea is to make a thin mechanism that uses something like a Ratchet Hinge, something that can fold flat, and expand as needed.
you need to upgrade to 1tb
Thanks for the video. Got my SSD upgraded to a 1 TB Sabrent Rocket today with their brand new 2230 drive!
Thanks for this, my steam deck 64gb arrived like 10mins ago, I've swapped the 64gb ssd out for a 256gb 2230 drive I got for £18. Gonna look into this replacement screen, see if it's actually worth it. Hopefully down the line they release Oleds for these.
wait where did you purchase one and do you know if any of the ones on argos work?
@@Nobody76World he probably got it off cex,I got mine that way
@@hoti257 what's Cex?
@@Mosestylez second hand shop that sells games and hardware in the uk
@@zappyyz6368 Ahhh! £18 is so dam cheap!
Thank you so much! Just got a 2TB SSD installed today with this.
Next video: Why I bought the Steam Deck Version One
XD nope!
In the seat of deck tutorials, this is the one I had the least hiccups with. My install was different towards the end tho. After the first boot, after the install from the USB, I was brought to the desktop. Had to reimage then reinstall SteamOS. Or vice versa. Don't remember. But yeah thanks for the help Barry. Much appreciated.
I need friends like this. Let them borrow something and not just get it back, but get it back better than I gave it to them
Just wanted to say I followed this today and it helped me perfectly. Thank you!
Got mine like 1-2 weeks ago (64GB model)
Have a 1TB 2230 coming in tomorrow (& the exact flash drive you have to flash the OS to it). So, this’ll be fun!
Yo acabo de comprar una de 2TB 🙂
@@StevenSite lo tienes ya todo instalado?
@@StevenSite I’m gonna get a 2TB later down the road. Already down to 158GB 😂
@@Chechu8484HD Si y funciona de lujo 😃
Bro you have an amazing friend if they gave you their Steam deck just a few days after they got it to try out.
That's what I said! He gave it to me the day he got it!
@@BulletBarry damn that's a great friend
I just swapped my steam deck with 1tb ssd. Don't forget to tell everyone that you need to unzip the file after downloading it. I was confused why it didn't work at first, now I know. 😑🤣
On the side note, you might need a magnetic screwdriver to work on this. The screws are so small & it might fall into your steam deck. So be careful and good luck. 👍
I agree 64Gb is really a lame starting point. Even if you add a Micro SD it still installs shaders to the internal drive and it eats it up like candy. I think they should have at the very least started the base model at 128Gb SSD. That way at least you could drop a decent sized Micro SD card in there without having to worry about the shaders eating up internal storage.
agreed
I have the 64GB version and yeah, I have to agree. I haven't installed a ton of games so this isn't a real issue for me (yet), but two things happened: a) when I tried installing Witcher 2 from GOG on the Heroic launcher, it would attempt to download the entire installer (20 GB) to /home before installing, which obviously failed; and b) some of the Proton installations are really big and don't get cleaned out if you no longer have any games that use them. However, while the 128GB starting point would have made so much more sense, I remember Gabe mentioning that they tried really hard to hit this sub-$400 price point with the base model, so a 128GB upgrade might have messed with that.
@@arvindhmani06 Yeah I'm sure it was a bit of a hang up trying to hit that $400 price. However after much deliberating I did dive in and picked up a 256GB M.2 drive for $30 and installed it and was impressed with how quickly and simple it was. My Steam Deck even worked after I was though :D
@@thumperboyad1031 Dude I've still got the 256GB M.2 I bought two months ago sitting in the drawer! 😂 I'm afraid that whatever I've installed via apps like Heroic and Lutris may get impacted by my SSD replacement. Someday maybe when I'm brave enough (or just bored enough) I'll do it
@@arvindhmani06 I understand your reluctancy. I was terrified I would screw up my deck. In fact after I installed the drive and the OS I had an oh crap moment. When it first booted up after the install none of the buttons, pads or controls worked and I was freaking out. Turns out you have to log in using the touch screen and then let the Steam Deck update and none of the videos I watched ever mentioned this. Of course once I let it update it worked fine but I was kind of crapping my pants for a little while there lol.
Followed the guide. It was very easy now I have 1TB device. Also big big precaution. MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE SD CARD IF YOU HAVE ONE PLUGGED!!! Otherwise it will break in two when trying to remove the case!!!!
WARNING only 3 screws are needed to take off the metal guard protecting the SSD. You do not need to remove the first bottom right screw, I did so and cross referenced with the other guides and had to re-open the deck.
It didn't look necessary. xD Lol
I just put down 5 bucks on the cheapest Deck and bought a cheap m.2 SSD on Amazon because of this video.
Edit both have arrived and I was able to swap the drives and now have a cheap 256 GB Steam Deck. The screws are tiny and come pretty tight from the factory and are easy to strip so be careful.
Is it worth buying, though? I am contemplating buying it, but don't really want to wait for the ROG Ally which seems to be an upgrade to the Steam Deck.
I just bought wait to ship. 64Gb + ssd swap. Nearly 2x cheaper than a Rog + have Steam OS. I dont have a pc and If I spend money like rog cost I build PC instead. Thats why I bought SD. If you have a cool pc buy rog. If u dont and dont want spend too much money and want portable gaming order sd rn!!
Slight hiccup after reboot where the deck got hung up 'downloading' update, but after a 2nd reboot all was good! Thx for this easy to follow and complete tutorial. Loving my extra space now!
Thank you for this video I don't think i would've been able to upgrade my steam deck without this tutorial
I don't have a steam deck but I approve
hell yeah!
A better way would be to connect your new SSD to the Deck first, via USB-C in an adapter, clone your original SSD with Gparted, and then swap it in. This allows you to skip the re-imaging and keeps your games, programs and settings
The SSD's are hot swappable, no need to remove the battery!
It is easy to do but make sure you watch this many times take notes and take it slow. For a first timer it took me 40 minutes with this video on my side. I did not want to break or make a mistake in any shape or form.
I'll combine some of the replies I had to a few of the commenters here instead of actually replying to them:
I did not unzip the bz2 file. Seemed to work fine.
I didn't know Rufus would automatically format to GPT, I had done that manually from CMD.
There were some errors during the flashing process (Discover Notifier closed unexpectedly, Plasma unable to start, no write access to $HOME, unable to reboot after flashing). The flashing process continued and the Steam OS appears to be working fine after going through initial account setup. Do not panic if your buttons and joysticks don't work during the flashing process, they'll work again after it's all done.
First few tries I did this, during the step after you choose the USB drive to boot from, I was stuck seeing the Deck logo for HOURS. Co Worker says his took 5 hours. After I had put a Dock on and put the USB drive in that way (I was intending to provide power while flashing so I could go to sleep during the process), and the flashing worked within minutes of using the Dock.
Did you say, "The whole ass motherboard?" lol!
It's easy but the updates took a long time.
I was worried for a while.
I'll be doing this sometime this month
just replaced my emmc to ssd 512gb im so stoked!! flashing the drive rn too, appreciate the tutorial :)
I just did mine with this guide and I can't believe how easy it was haha. Should have done it sooner.
thought it would be as easy as this, too--bought a phone repair kit specifically for this so i had the proper-sized bits with philips 000, 00, 0, 1 among other bits, of which 00 and 0 are the real sizes for unscrewing, and i either stripped or wore out literally every screw, and popping open the back cover was a pita. the bits that were able to unscrew the outer bottom/top screws were different, and the same went for the inner screw--couldn't unscrew with same bit bottom and top. i also completely stripped the second screw for the cover for the battery and ssd, so i couldn't even replace the ssd with my 512gb one. unscrewing the first screw also resulted in the board literally chipping, probably because of the force i had to apply to unscrew it (or it was already damaged from being so tightly screwed). thankfully there was no massive risk of anything being damaged since there aren't any important things immediately around the screw holes, but the steam deck screws really are absolutely garbage.
Great guide, just wanted to add that i used my steamdock USB port for a USB flash drive and it worked perfectly to install the boot image.
bad advice for removing the battery connector, use the pull tag or proper pry tool
I didn't know there was a screw under that sticker, I bent the shit out of it to get the ssd out
I'm surprised Valve used more than 2 screws. Given they can't count all the way to three...
Real good video, thank you :) Just got the discounted 64gb version and this helped. Getting the usb stick to GPT was a bit annoying though :D
I did this with the 64GB Q3 model. And I'm not gonna lie, it took alittle bit for it to boot up Dx I was scared I fried it
fuck that looks super easy... guess ill be buying a new ssd...
Just bought a m.2 1tb 2230 originally for a surface pro, for my Steam deck. Hopefully it works 👍
so... did it?
So, you might want to tell people to remember to pull out their, very expensive, 1TB micro sd card before they begin, thanks for that.
Thanks for this, been looking at getting one.
This video is the start of Barry's "JerryRigEverything" arc.
hell yeah!
Can I say how much I appreciate that you said "Jerry rig" correctly, although it is spelled with a "G"... but still, most people say "jury rig". So thank you for making my internet a better place, if but for a moment.
So I got through the tutorial and I got up until the part where you put the usb stick into the steam deck and I loaded the steam image on that but all it does is just stick to the steam deck logo. I know it's suppose to take a while but I don't think it's suppose to take like 10 minutes. Would there be any reason why it doesn't load right cuz I think I messed something up?
coworker says his took 5 hours. Before he told me that mine was going for like 4 hours and i stopped the process because I thought it was broken. Today I used the dock to provide power while also still using the USB, and the process took 5 minutes, even with the errors that came up.
Btw if anyone didn't know, you have to extract the bz2 file first
thank you so much. I was wondering what the issue was. I kept trying to boot from my usb and nothing was happening. At least I only wasted like 30 minutes before I went looking for answers.
Some flashers do this transparently, but I don't know about rufus. I generally use cli tools for this type of stuff anyways.
Hiw do I do that? I keep trying to through winrar but it keeps saying the file is corrupted everytime I re download it? Please help
@@ShotoMan1 I don’t remember how I did it but I think that I did it through 7zip
Awesome video, I plan on replacing my 256gb SD with a 1TB this weekend!
So how was it?
@@hyper-novaa piece of cake. Had my deck up and running with a new 1tb drive in about 20 minutes!
@@seanwhite4586 what type of ssd did you buy and price?
@@bhyyrttf I got an Inland brand SSD from Microcenter. It was $139
@seanwhite4586 ok, Thank you
I got my deck about a month ago now and I definitely love it, but a lot of small short comings mostly cause of it being Linux. But my favorite thing is steam remote play. There are cheaper ways to do it but all other devices I used in the past didn't seem as stable as the deck handling it and its been amazing.
I dual boot Windows from an SD card and get the best of both worlds. Really great and simple option to check out if it's still an issue.
@@ethanrox333 booting from an sd card sounds like a nightmare, surely it's very slow?
I never realised how crap linux was until I got a steamdeck. It's non stop drama and fumbling around to do the simplest things. Plays games really well though, but I think I'll tinker with upgrading the SSD and making it run windows.
I just got a 64GB One off eBay in a bid for 250. It comes in like 3 days and I can’t wait to upgrade it’s storage and test this bad boy out 😍
i wish i wouldve realized this before i bought the 512gb version
Same here. You tryna buy a 512gb ssd? Brand new* 🙃
Once i have my RTX 2060 for my rig, i will probably buy more storage for my Deck :D!
The OS and Updates takes TOO MUCH Space from the Storage, even if all my Games are on my 1 TB SD Cards :/
I used to watch you all the time years ago. I remember I bought swords with sauce cause of you
Great video, thank you for making it !
One thing to add, my usb drive did not have option to transform into gpt in disk manager so i had to us cmd
Uhhh, so everything went pretty smoothly until I got to the step with Rufus. What do I do if the Partition scheme is greyed out and it only lets me select MBR? Will it still work?
Yes
How do you format the drive to GPT?? 2:47
I dont think I could pull this off, I would be way to nervous
4:10 Barry having the same thought as me lel
Exactly!
Am I the only one to think that these screws are impossible to take out?? I was able to get 5/8 but 3 of them feels like they are straight up super glued in lol (this is for the back shroud, I have not made it to the internals yet)
Yes i had a ton of trouble with them xD I had to get my dad to help me unscrew them lmao
Thanks this is very helpful just ordered a 1tb for my deck
Pro tip: if you can’t access Bios by clicking power and -
Make sure you are sticking the USB and keep pressing the - button and click the power button one time
I got a 256gb Steam deck. Contemplating doing this and also setting up a dual boot with windows.
Better yet, get a 1 TB ssd. Shame 2230s still cost around $200+ for 1TB. Ultimately cheaper than buying the top-tier steam deck.
Bought SN740 1TB WESTERN DIGITAL FOR 120BUCKS
REMOVE THE MICROSD BEFORE THE TEARDOWN
Shame on you BulletBarry you didn't mentioned it in the video
5 minutes or so my rear end. I'm going on 40 minutes lol
Is jt possible to access the files to reinstall the OS if I connect the deck to my computer? Of course I bought a great SSD but didnt think to budget for a USB-C flash drive
I don't think this is possible. The reason is that linux and Windows cannot directly communicate, so you can't "point" to the Steam OS Image on your Windows machine from the Deck itself. The image has to be installed from an intermediary storage the Deck can read - either USB or MicroSD
I wonder why I haven't seen anyone making an external NVME port mod.
you will!
@@BulletBarry Does that mean that I'll see you using a Dremel soon?
The most problematic thing about uprading SSD is the part of finding one to buy 😂
Trueeee 😹
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@@javontedonuts1034 They just started selling em, but people who got Steam Deck earlier had to rely on Chinese from eBay 💀
My mind is always blown wehn i dont do anything with computers for a year and than a 512 gb ssd is so freakin small wehn i get back into it.
right! they're so little!
Could you just copy the original ssd into the new one and make it work that way, switching all the games, plugins and apps just seems like so much of a hastle
Good video, but should have put the USB+Rufus Step first... it could have easily been done concurrently with the steam deck disassembly. Now, we sit. D:
although you didn't buy it, it's kinda funny that 3 weeks after saying you wouldn't get it you have one.
right XD
Love this video straight to the point all the other videos are 17 min long
This works!😁 just fyi: you might need to reboot the system a few times once the image is done. and you dont need to format to whatever
I love how he fails to mention what type of SSD to buy. I further love how he didn't include an affiliate link to the replacement drive he used and or, would suggest. Fail.
You are on your own with that seeing that theres so many different compatible drives and they tend to be OEM. Personally I am using a Kioxia 512 gb which originally came out of a laptop I bought for college.
@@Lauren-bw2sj Of course, there are many drives but this is a guide, so go all the way and at least make a suggestion to your audience. I've since seen other guides and they did a much better job. Reviewing, unboxing and guides are NOT for everyone.
@@all.day.day-dreamer kinoxia aka Toshiba 2230 SSDs 512gb are 55$ on eBay. Those drives are from Microsoft surface tablets.
Bro said fail like its 2008
I think that, for what they are, they are a wonderful little device. For the first time ever, you have a true PC gaming system in the palm of your hand. I actually don't think of it as a hand held gaming PC. I think of it as a back up, hand held multimedia centre for if my PC ever fails on me, or for instances where I might be away from the house for a while, like say if I have to go into hospital. What would be interesting, is putting one of those in an arcade cabinet and setting it up against the like's of the Raspberry P.I., for old retro gaming purposes. One of those, in an Arcade Cabinet = Win.
Yeah. It might not ever replace a traditional PC because of all the drawbacks of being so compact, but it's still decent enough to hold its own. I'm particularly interested in games like Terraria, Halo, and emulators that don't necessarily need high end specs to play, so I plan to get one of these for the comfort of bringing my library on the go. Especially with Hollow Knight's sequel coming out soon, and being perfect for a pocket sized adventure.