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Repair, disassembly, and troubleshooting information for the Steam Deck OLED, a 2023 refresh of the popular handheld gaming console made by Valve. Released on November 16, 2023. Identified by model number 1030.

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Can't start up neither access BIOS

I put my console for too long while and I'm pretty sure the battery was running out.

Now I can't start up the console, it displays nothing with a black screen. Tried many ways found online try to access BIOS, but none of them worked.

Now the console reaction will be:

  1. I charged the console, and I can see the power indicator light is green.
  2. Pressed the power button, can hear a start voice, and the power indicator turns to white and blinking slowly.
  3. After a couple of seconds, the fan start to work with high speed and big noise.
  4. The fan runs a couple of seconds, then stoped. And then repeat for about 4 times.
  5. Shut down by itself. Cause the power indicator turned green again.
  6. The touch pad areas have some reactions but the screen is always black.
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I asked for help from Steam support.

Before I operated the console based on the support's reply, I charged it for another day. It suddenly started working without any adjustments from me.

I don't believe any components of the console are broken; it had just been left on for too long without being manually shut down.

It seems the result proves that as well. It's just a software issue.

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You put it on for to long? Your motherboard and display or the chain that connects them both is cut off in some way, since it didn't fall according to you keeping it on for too long makes OLED screens heat up and slowly burn away. You need to replace the one thing you bought the Steam Deck for which is the OLED. Should start working. Keep it up and it'll spread like a virus. Kinda already spread since you said the fan was acting weirdly. Better find a replacement for the screen now

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