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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.

Left joystick having drift/input problem

I had a tiny bit of water spill on steam deck turned it off immediately for 4 days turned it on as I was told and everything is working fine except the left joystick keeps going left but when I switch to desktop mode and use the keyboard it goes up and down fine even pushing down on it to turn on and off caps lock works fine just can’t go left or right is there a way to fix the joystick or anything I’m not trying to buy a whole new steam deck I just bought this one not even a full year ago

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Hi!

First, open it up and check for corossion inside. If you find any, clean it with isopropyl alcohol. For the left stick, clean it with isopropyl alcohol anyway and see if that fixes it.

If not, then replace the left joystick and see if that will fix it!

Guide: Steam Deck OLED Left Thumbstick Replacement

Please let us know how it goes!

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