Note: It is best practice to unplug your battery before swapping the SSD, but I’ve personally never had an issue with it. Here is a link to the full iFixit guide: www.ifixit.com/Guide/Steam+Deck+SSD+Replacement/148989
Thank you for the tutorial, it really helped me, just one thing you forgot to mention is that hardware controls won't work until you finish the software update, you will need to use the touch screen and after everything is done then controls will work again, so don't panic everything is good
Great easy guide!! I tried to use a regular ol' 2.0 flash drive with an adaptor and it was not a good time I wouldn't recommend lol Took like almost an hour just to hit the desktop to reimage then crashed there. Couldn't even load up the reimage option. Definitely smart of you to have just gotten a cheap USB-C flash drive. I ended up using a micro sd I had sitting around I could wipe, used it with Rufus, process went smoothly after! Thanks again
Bought a cheap SSD, Corsair Force MP600 Core Mini M.2 2230 2TB for around $115. Thinking of getting the atomic purple front shell and then making my brother to fix it :)
Which size screwdriver did you use? I want to avoid stripping these weak screws that are easy to strip if the size is not an exact match. The inner 4 screws appear to be smaller than the outer 4 screws.
Re-image Steam Deck - This performs a full factory reset - all user info, installed games, applications, or operating systems will be wiped and replaced with stock SteamOS. Reinstall Steam OS - This will reinstall SteamOS on the Steam Deck, while attempting to preserve your games and personal content.
I have question I did the steam recovery image on my usb ( actually I did it on ssd micro card ) but I'm not sure if the image is there because now my win 11 doesn't recognize this card when I put it into usb nothing happens what that means?
In 2024 and with a NVME external caddy you can do it all without losing your data. You can clone the old drive from desktop mode. Then swap the drives and volla no Computer needed.
Any USB would be fine, but I like the one I listed in the description. I don’t think balena is the issue, I’ve used it before. Yeah nothing wrong with the computer then.
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Note: It is best practice to unplug your battery before swapping the SSD, but I’ve personally never had an issue with it. Here is a link to the full iFixit guide: www.ifixit.com/Guide/Steam+Deck+SSD+Replacement/148989
I can't believe you have 5k subs. You just saved me and others from overheating our steam decks. Thanks!
Very nice tutorial, Jason. It's a pleasure to see someone provide instructions that are complete and easy to follow.
Thank you for the tutorial, it really helped me, just one thing you forgot to mention is that hardware controls won't work until you finish the software update, you will need to use the touch screen and after everything is done then controls will work again, so don't panic everything is good
Great easy guide!! I tried to use a regular ol' 2.0 flash drive with an adaptor and it was not a good time I wouldn't recommend lol Took like almost an hour just to hit the desktop to reimage then crashed there. Couldn't even load up the reimage option. Definitely smart of you to have just gotten a cheap USB-C flash drive. I ended up using a micro sd I had sitting around I could wipe, used it with Rufus, process went smoothly after! Thanks again
Glad it helped!
You should also disconnect the battery before taking out the ssd.
This is certainly a best practice way to do it, I’ve added a pinned note, thanks!
I have this nvme slot in my hp laptop but I cant find an ssd designed for a laptop I wonder if I could use these
Bought a cheap SSD, Corsair Force MP600 Core Mini M.2 2230 2TB for around $115. Thinking of getting the atomic purple front shell and then making my brother to fix it :)
Free labor is always the best 👌 sounds awesome
@@JasonWitmerYT Beers are not free :')
That's how you hot swap a ssd. Dude unplug that battery!
This is certainly a best practice way to do it, I’ve added a pinned note, thanks!
I’d rather not risk breaking anything ngl 😂
Biggest reason to upgrade the 64gb is the shader cache stuff
I had no intention to replace the internal storage so I purchased the 256GB version.
Smart move!
Which size screwdriver did you use? I want to avoid stripping these weak screws that are easy to strip if the size is not an exact match. The inner 4 screws appear to be smaller than the outer 4 screws.
I used PH1 on all the screws
What's the difference between choosing reinstall and reimage steamos?
Re-image Steam Deck - This performs a full factory reset - all user info, installed games, applications, or operating systems will be wiped and replaced with stock SteamOS.
Reinstall Steam OS - This will reinstall SteamOS on the Steam Deck, while attempting to preserve your games and personal content.
what usb drives are not detected by rufus it says 0 devices found
You might need to reformat it to exfat
I have question I did the steam recovery image on my usb ( actually I did it on ssd micro card ) but I'm not sure if the image is there because now my win 11 doesn't recognize this card when I put it into usb nothing happens what that means?
That’s okay, it’s formatted for Linux now so it will work on your Steamdeck but not on windows
But you can always format the USB afterwards on windows
@@JasonWitmerYT how do you want to format this card in windows now if widows does not see her at all?
You’ll have to use partition editor
The ssd Screw is so fcking tight
Wow, a fully charged battery and not unplugging it. Braver man than me lol
In 2024 and with a NVME external caddy you can do it all without losing your data. You can clone the old drive from desktop mode. Then swap the drives and volla no Computer needed.
Im using Mac and flashing the recovery to my 3.2 usb is taking days. any advice? my laptop is brand new and im not sure what the issue is
That’s strange. Can you try another USB? Or port? It should only take no more than 15 minutes.
@@JasonWitmerYT do you think its my computer maybe. i wish i could show you what happens
No your computer should be okay, unless it’s a very old MacBook using a harddrive which would make it very slow.
@@JasonWitmerYT na its an m2. only 2 months old. which usb drive do you recommend i use. or could it be balena
Any USB would be fine, but I like the one I listed in the description. I don’t think balena is the issue, I’ve used it before. Yeah nothing wrong with the computer then.