It always was, it shock and re seated components. Which could fix alot of headwear malfunctions. The problem is its RNG vs just looking for the problem
Alot of LCD screens has this, even LCD computer monitors, both mine has it and it's only noticable when I'm watching a movie and a black screens comes on.
Summary: he bought a refurbished Steam Deck to get the screen with bad backlighting so he could fix it, which is why he bought a refurbished Steam Deck to get the screen with bad backlighting so he could fix it, which is why he bought a refurbished Steam Deck to get the screen with bad backlighting so he could fix it, which is why he bought.. Yeah really the loop doesn't even make sense lol.
The light leak around the edges happens because the screen isn’t seated right (happens because they heat it up to put it in and then as it cools it contracts and the seal can get loose). Instead of twisting it, just get a heat gun and put it on low for like 30 seconds and then gently go around the edge of the screen with fingers and press down on all four corners at once. Should fix that problem. But don’t turn the heat gun up all the way and don’t put it too close to the screen and don’t just keep it on one area. Unless you want to start a fire then by all means
Backlight bleed is unfortunately not a Steam Deck problem, but an IPS screen problem. Every IPS screen will tend to have at least some level of backlight bleed, even high end tvs and computer monitors can have it.
Yeah and a lot of TVs and monitors have different backlight features like dimming zones, Direct-lit, Full-Array, and Edge-Lit which attempt to increase contrast. On my TV it just looks like backlight bleed, doesn't really help picture quality in my experience
This is not normal backlight bleed, the screen isn't fully seated so the backlight is shining through. That is not supposed to happen when seated properly.
Much less scary approach I saw wwad applying pressure to the spot where the gradient is and slowing pressing harder till it dissapears them holding for a few more seconds. Worked on mine
We have to see the quality improvements on future revisions but Valve sure did a great work for the 1st gen also the expanded catalog of pc gaming is awesome
Feels like the correct solution should be a compressible frame between the screen and case to kill any potential light bleed, as long as that doesn't compromise cooling. Hopefully, now that valve should be aware of this, they can start addressing it during the refurbishing process and nobody has to crack their deck's neck going forward.
Steam doesn't care about backlight bleed like this. I've brought it up to support and they told me to deal with it, and it's not something they'll repair. I was lucky I was within my 14 day return window; I refunded it.
That blacklight bleeding is a danger on all LCD screens (which most of the TVs and monitors are, except for higher range, like >$800, though QLED is expensive and still also LCD) It sometimes, but not always, can be fixed by massaging the spot, where it is happening. You aren't very likely to get a refund because of it, same goes for a few dead pixels, from most brands.
Maybe it's because I'm still too scared to fully do what needs to be done, but I did sort of try this with my 512GB model Deck and unfortunately there's still noticeable light bleed in the bottom right corner :/ Mine isn't refurbished btw. Received it new last year back when the waitlist was still insanely long, and I was so excited to have it I didn't want to immediately send it back, but now I'm thinking I should have, because this thing was too expensive to have an issue like this, and it's too expensive to risk breaking it with the twist method.
Unless it’s a special edition of a console I’m getting day one (Halo Infinite Xbox Series X, Zelda Gold New 3DS XL, etc) I mostly wait a bit and buy refurbished as it’s pretty low risk IF you buy directly from the manufacturer.
I had a 512gb brand new one, but broke the screen, got the replacement and fitted it myself and was miles better than the original one. Very little if any backlight bleed. I was shocked at the difference
The steam decks biggest issue is the fact it's a Linux device. (Here comes all the Linux fan boys to fall on their swords) I bought 2 steamdecks, a launch version and an oled version and the only complaint I have is the compatibility dumpster that is Linux. You have to jump through soooo many hoops to install and play certain titles. Ffxiv is a good example of this right now. Or we could go installing mods to skyrim on the deck. 🤷♂️ let the your wrongs begin.
I SERIOUSLY thought I was crazy WulffDen… I noticed the backlight edge bleed out of the box but later got used to it, until one day I accidentally SAT ON MY STEAM DECK, freaked tf out, and then later realized that the backlight bleed was vanished. Thank you so much for giving me closure that I wasn’t just imagining the weird backlight issues
This reminds me of the time my iPhone 5's wifi toggle was greyed out and the solution was to wrap it in paper towels and leave it in the freezer for about an hour... damn thing worked.
The worst issue is if the game is put into sleep or standby mode, when you wake the deck it won’t control any launched games. It’ll only control the steam OS controls. So you have to restart it
I want the OLED version so bad. I have the LCD, but OLED is just so beautiful, especially in a darker room (and I use it in need with the lights off a lot)
Light bleeding is really common issue with ips panels. It's pretty much unavoidable on monitor unless you spend a good bunch on one. You don't see it on phones or tablets because of how hermetically they are factured for the IP waterproof and dustproof certifications.
The bigger problem is, that the dock still isn't working correctly. I mean, you really have to unplug that thing from power to get it to work somehow. That's insane
I don't have any issues with mine. But quality wise, my Nintendo Switch OLED feels way better to hold and the display is way crisper than the Deck. But the Deck offers more versatility and I like the fact that I can use it as a normal PC on the go.
Its fact that every steamdeck has that issue. Its becaus ofe changing temperature, warm cold warm cold; material moves slightly a bit and works. Dont forget, the steamdeck can reach up to 105 degree celcius, that alot for such a small device, its like a reactor. By twisting or chiropractice it, it loses pressure on the material. That backlight issue is caused by material pressure. The steamdeck is solid as hell, so dont be afraid when twist it a bit, it will just crack like bones and nothing will happen, but fixing the screen
Lol yeah I really plan on having it plugged into the tv most of it's life, so I'm not worried about the screen. I plan on getting a refurbished one soon. I can't imagine crunching my stream deck 😅
My backlight has glowing blacks next to the charge port. I always assumed it had something to do with playing while charging and getting too hot there.
My kid's nintendo switch light had a similar issue, the screen wouldn't light up & wouldn't charge, gave it a good chunky twist then boom! Screen was back & started charging 🤣
"GRAB HIS DECK. TWIST IT."
"The ollllllle Deck Twist!"
Bop it......pull it....
I see what you did there.
Oh dammit, where did my wife go, our favorite game... 😂
TWIST THAT DECK
Chiropractors getting in on console repairs now?!
Lol
I'd rather they were doing elctonics repair instead of scamming people and pretending to be real doctors.😂
Bro I just tried it on my steam deck and it actually worked I was like wtf it worked
"Take a deep breath for me...." POP.. "oh yeah that's a good one"
Bro I rather them break handles backs instead of regular peoples backs 😂
It's the equivalent of smacking on top of your tv to get a good signal back in 1980's
"Percussive maintenance" is the technical term.
@@fletcherenfield9474🤣🤣🤣
And it’s only ever a temporary solution that will eventually make the underlying problem worse.
@@happyspaceinvader508 help
That's it guys, we finally arrived the moment in human history where "kick the electric device" solution is actually viable.
We came full circle again
It always was, it shock and re seated components. Which could fix alot of headwear malfunctions.
The problem is its RNG vs just looking for the problem
@@RusticRonnie headwear malfunctions? what, your hat isn't working properly?
been smackin my ps4 bro
Percussive maintenance has been a thing since forever.
You gotta crack it like a glowstick, when the battery inflates you know your doing it right
☠️☠️
You'll know if you did it wrong if you have any cracks in the screen or smoke coming out of the fan
Especially when the big orange light Turns on and Spreads through your House 😂
Thanks Palps. Always knew you as a trusted source of information.
if you're dumb enough to believe this for even a second, yes it was supposed to be a joke.
"Give it a good crunchy twist"
This is how I broke the screen of my tablet in 2017.
Seeing this made me realise mine has this but the idea of twisting it gives me the fear 😂
Alot of LCD screens has this, even LCD computer monitors, both mine has it and it's only noticable when I'm watching a movie and a black screens comes on.
steam customer support: what happened?
you: the guy over at youtube told me to twist it....
@@H.Richardmakes me wish SED finally came out 😥
@@kougamecs3876 makes you a little feel SED =[
@@H.Richard yeah.
Good thing emissive displays are coming Back in the form of microled and quantum dot electroluminescent
And oled as well.
Bro's looking like Keanu reeves and moist critical had a child xd
And then fed it meth
He is Rex Brown
I’m dead😂
But lacked the brain cells
Hey, guys. My video never seems to end.
It's that loop timing in the editing. 😂
I don't know when this loop trend started but it's got me a few times 😂, some channels I didn't think would do it ended up doing it too lol
it's always fun to see all the different ways different channel loop their videos.
Summary: he bought a refurbished Steam Deck to get the screen with bad backlighting so he could fix it, which is why he bought a refurbished Steam Deck to get the screen with bad backlighting so he could fix it, which is why he bought a refurbished Steam Deck to get the screen with bad backlighting so he could fix it, which is why he bought..
Yeah really the loop doesn't even make sense lol.
Congratulations, you made me feel a type of anxiety I didn't think I had...
We're not cavemen, we have technology.
The light leak around the edges happens because the screen isn’t seated right (happens because they heat it up to put it in and then as it cools it contracts and the seal can get loose). Instead of twisting it, just get a heat gun and put it on low for like 30 seconds and then gently go around the edge of the screen with fingers and press down on all four corners at once. Should fix that problem. But don’t turn the heat gun up all the way and don’t put it too close to the screen and don’t just keep it on one area. Unless you want to start a fire then by all means
Finally, best advice, everyone else with your suggestions, do one! Or prepare for a replacement.
I cant believe that Jesus just bought a refurbished Steam Deck
Jesus is not white
oh no, IM not giving my deck a crunchy twist
Backlight bleed is unfortunately not a Steam Deck problem, but an IPS screen problem. Every IPS screen will tend to have at least some level of backlight bleed, even high end tvs and computer monitors can have it.
Yeah and a lot of TVs and monitors have different backlight features like dimming zones, Direct-lit, Full-Array, and Edge-Lit which attempt to increase contrast. On my TV it just looks like backlight bleed, doesn't really help picture quality in my experience
Yea it's a steam deck quality control problem
This is not normal backlight bleed, the screen isn't fully seated so the backlight is shining through. That is not supposed to happen when seated properly.
Much less scary approach I saw wwad applying pressure to the spot where the gradient is and slowing pressing harder till it dissapears them holding for a few more seconds. Worked on mine
Source? I'd rather press on the screen than to twist the whole console in my hand
the idiot clearly made it up and is full of it@@WinstonPoptart
"pressing harder till it disapear"
Worst advice. There would be cases in which pixels of the display would "disappear" before the lightbleed.
Can we all just admit that computers today are amazing
@throwawayrob Try living in the HDD era or for that matter the floppy drive era
We have to see the quality improvements on future revisions but Valve sure did a great work for the 1st gen also the expanded catalog of pc gaming is awesome
Been playing dark souls 2 on my steam deck… explains why I haven’t had this problem…
I guess at that saturation the whole game already is backlight bleed
“THE OLE DECK TWIST”
Yeah dont fucking do that. Just unscrew the screen a little.
Lol was looking for this comment XD. Yeah you know just snap the fucking thing in half no more problem
How are you supposed to unscrew a screen that's not screwed in? It's taped down with double-sided adhesive. The chassis is twisted.
@@real_synthaxunscrew the chassis, Mr. Cro-Magnon
doesn’t help
It absolutely does @@imstupidbut
I didn't even know penguinz0 had a tech channel
Lol
The perfect loop doesn’t exist.
Wulffden: Hold my beer.
That was truly a fucking scary thing
Feels like the correct solution should be a compressible frame between the screen and case to kill any potential light bleed, as long as that doesn't compromise cooling.
Hopefully, now that valve should be aware of this, they can start addressing it during the refurbishing process and nobody has to crack their deck's neck going forward.
Sweet, a sensible response.
Hopefully their upcoming Steam Deck 2 won't have this problem. Hopefully.
Or just building in an oled display :D
Steam doesn't care about backlight bleed like this. I've brought it up to support and they told me to deal with it, and it's not something they'll repair. I was lucky I was within my 14 day return window; I refunded it.
If that could work the leading solution to having lightbleed on your screen from the internet wouldn't be "ignore it"
That blacklight bleeding is a danger on all LCD screens (which most of the TVs and monitors are, except for higher range, like >$800, though QLED is expensive and still also LCD) It sometimes, but not always, can be fixed by massaging the spot, where it is happening. You aren't very likely to get a refund because of it, same goes for a few dead pixels, from most brands.
Cr1TiKaL's lost brother
why is John Wick talking about the steam deck?
Two Steamdecks in my house. Both have no backlight issue, but it's true some have seen an issue with more backlight bleed than is normal.
Well, at least it's not the red ring of death.
We have Charlie at home
Charlie at home:
I never thought of Gilfoyle reviewing a Steam Deck.
Maybe it's because I'm still too scared to fully do what needs to be done, but I did sort of try this with my 512GB model Deck and unfortunately there's still noticeable light bleed in the bottom right corner :/
Mine isn't refurbished btw. Received it new last year back when the waitlist was still insanely long, and I was so excited to have it I didn't want to immediately send it back, but now I'm thinking I should have, because this thing was too expensive to have an issue like this, and it's too expensive to risk breaking it with the twist method.
thanks for the information John Wick
My first thought on the thumbnail, seen from across the room, was "Gilfoyle bought a steam deck?"😂
The left trigger tends to have this weird issues where ot constantly acts like it's being pressed when it's not
You could just keep it connected to a TV but that's crazy it has lighting issues.
Probably the best loop of all YT shorts in the biz. Almost watched it twice 😜
Unless it’s a special edition of a console I’m getting day one (Halo Infinite Xbox Series X, Zelda Gold New 3DS XL, etc) I mostly wait a bit and buy refurbished as it’s pretty low risk IF you buy directly from the manufacturer.
I had a 512gb brand new one, but broke the screen, got the replacement and fitted it myself and was miles better than the original one. Very little if any backlight bleed. I was shocked at the difference
The steam decks biggest issue is the fact it's a Linux device. (Here comes all the Linux fan boys to fall on their swords) I bought 2 steamdecks, a launch version and an oled version and the only complaint I have is the compatibility dumpster that is Linux. You have to jump through soooo many hoops to install and play certain titles. Ffxiv is a good example of this right now. Or we could go installing mods to skyrim on the deck. 🤷♂️ let the your wrongs begin.
Bro looks like the Pianist.
Steam support: Take that down take that down
Me wondering how a repair can be so easy yet terrifying.
Vid: Twist! 😱
TWIST HIS DECK, THE OLE DECK TWIIST!!!
Gives me "charge your iphone by putting it in the microwave" vibes.
“Santa, I want a Steam Deck for Christmas”
“Oh… Jesus had other plans”
Holy my language was on the start screen :)
GRAB HIS DECK AND TWIST IT! THE OLD DECK TWIST!
All good until someone finds away to snap the plastic whilst doing it……
That's why you get the OLED, no backlight 🤗
I SERIOUSLY thought I was crazy WulffDen… I noticed the backlight edge bleed out of the box but later got used to it, until one day I accidentally SAT ON MY STEAM DECK, freaked tf out, and then later realized that the backlight bleed was vanished. Thank you so much for giving me closure that I wasn’t just imagining the weird backlight issues
That transition though
The old deck twist!
I bought 2 and everything looks perfect like brand new
OH NO! i cant go to twitter anymore since they removed it and put that X rated X site in its place.
Most scary fix ever. Jikes.
Hey something ain't right as Charlie looks different here...
nah, I can't see any differences at all in those comparison pictures so I guess I'm fine with the "backlight Problem".
This reminds me of the time my iPhone 5's wifi toggle was greyed out and the solution was to wrap it in paper towels and leave it in the freezer for about an hour... damn thing worked.
I accidentally ripped my steam deck in half
I got same issue too but valve said it seems normal,I so glad heard you talk about this thing make more SD owner knows
This loop was crazy. I'm watching an working and failed to realize this was a short.
Give that Steam Deck a good ole ring dinger.
The worst issue is if the game is put into sleep or standby mode, when you wake the deck it won’t control any launched games. It’ll only control the steam OS controls. So you have to restart it
Ah yes let me spend a few hundred on a piece of tech to have to become a chiropractor
I want the OLED version so bad. I have the LCD, but OLED is just so beautiful, especially in a darker room (and I use it in need with the lights off a lot)
I’ve never had a steam deck but im planning on getting a oled next week how was your steam os experience?
@@ZyneNullits hard to play tripleA games, that's all i can say.
@@hikarutatsunaru4098bc of the controls?
Light bleeding is really common issue with ips panels. It's pretty much unavoidable on monitor unless you spend a good bunch on one. You don't see it on phones or tablets because of how hermetically they are factured for the IP waterproof and dustproof certifications.
Gave it a crunchy twist, now I have detachable joy-cons for my steam deck! 😅
I think im Lucky. No backlight issue. And that was the 64gb version. ( not anymore, 1tb dualboot now)
That just means you got a free crunchy-twist from the shipping company.
What do you dual boot with? I understand that the steam deck has its own OS but do you use the steam OS and Linux?
@@a110100Steam OS is Linux. So probably something else (most likely Windows I suppose)
@@a110100a lot of people load windows cause of annoying drm or launchers that aren't compatible (blizzard launcher and destiny for example)
Meet the engineer 💀
didnt realize it was a loop for a lil
That's NOT a fix!!!
As someone who fixes electronics, don't ever twist your Steam Deck, because it could potentially lead to a bigger problem…
but it works
The bigger problem is, that the dock still isn't working correctly. I mean, you really have to unplug that thing from power to get it to work somehow. That's insane
The old deck twist
My psp was like that. Had to give it a slight twist every minute or so lol
For the generation that had the first few GameBoys with no backlighting whatsoever, this is a very minor issue for a great machine.
Got one on gamestop refurbished for 250 dollars. Highly reccomend becomming a pro member and picking one up
Dear god it’s Jason Bourne
I don't have any issues with mine. But quality wise, my Nintendo Switch OLED feels way better to hold and the display is way crisper than the Deck. But the Deck offers more versatility and I like the fact that I can use it as a normal PC on the go.
Nice loop, heheh
Yup I’ve had two Steamdecks and both have backlighting issues / colour gradient changes on the left side, mainly noticeable on the Home Screen.
I would personally not use the adjective "big" for an issue like this
I aint crackin a $600 electronic... im good
Its fact that every steamdeck has that issue. Its becaus ofe changing temperature, warm cold warm cold; material moves slightly a bit and works. Dont forget, the steamdeck can reach up to 105 degree celcius, that alot for such a small device, its like a reactor.
By twisting or chiropractice it, it loses pressure on the material. That backlight issue is caused by material pressure.
The steamdeck is solid as hell, so dont be afraid when twist it a bit, it will just crack like bones and nothing will happen, but fixing the screen
well, that made me flinch
My Rog Ally has the same back light bleeding. It’s only noticeable when most of the screen is black. It’s just an issue with most displays.
Ima check mine when I get home. If it has this, I haven’t noticed
Lol yeah I really plan on having it plugged into the tv most of it's life, so I'm not worried about the screen. I plan on getting a refurbished one soon. I can't imagine crunching my stream deck 😅
I got my 512GB monster for $200 dawlaz... Love it.
From where?
Whenever my phone is glitching out a good lil push on the edges always fixed it.
Always had this issues on both my decks
Haven't noticed the bleed before until I saw this video and check back my Deck 😅
Steam told me the gradient issue was acceptable lol
I have this problem bad but I’m terrified to twist it and I have no way of knowing how hard is actually safe so I’ll just deal with it.
My backlight has glowing blacks next to the charge port. I always assumed it had something to do with playing while charging and getting too hot there.
Rex from Pantera talking to me about a steam deck
they basically wipe the drives and call it refurbished. Nothing is changed interally.
honestly wish they were available in my country
My kid's nintendo switch light had a similar issue, the screen wouldn't light up & wouldn't charge, gave it a good chunky twist then boom! Screen was back & started charging 🤣