Want to repair your Valve Steam Deck handheld gaming PC? iFixit is promoting official components for virtually every bit of the console — and after by chance placing these elements up on the market on Friday, it’s now pushed a lot of the assortment (and a big assortment of restore guides) stay for everybody.
Sadly, it appears to be like such as you gained’t be capable of purchase a number of the most fascinating objects in the event you click on proper now. The motherboard and daughterboards are MIA (in the event you had been hoping to construct a FrankenDeck), the fan and screens are out of inventory (sorry, upgraders), there aren’t any thumbsticks left, and iFixit solely has a literal armful of the Steam Deck’s plastic case halves final we checked.
iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens tells The Verge says that gained’t be the case without end, although: “We’ve heaps extra on order and are enjoying atone for the availability chain.” It additionally doesn’t assist that a number of the components offered earlier than they formally went on sale. “We noticed larger than anticipated demand and offered much more than we anticipated on Friday,” says Wiens.
Right here’s the entire record of components that iFixit is planning to inventory within the close to time period:
Steam Deck restore components at iFixit
| SKU / Hyperlink | Title | Value |
|---|---|---|
| SKU / Hyperlink | Title | Value |
| 2600021 | Steam Deck Fan / Half Solely | $24.99 |
| 2600022 | Steam Deck Fan / Repair Package | $29.99 |
| 2600031 | Steam Deck (512GB) Display / Half Solely | $94.99 |
| 2600032 | Steam Deck (512GB) Display / Repair Package | $99.99 |
| 2600041 | Steam Deck (64GB or 256GB) Display / Half Solely | $64.99 |
| 2600042 | Steam Deck (64GB or 256GB) Display / Repair Package | $69.99 |
| 2600051 | Steam Deck Proper Thumbstick / Half Solely | $19.99 |
| 2600052 | Steam Deck Proper Thumbstick / Repair Package | $24.99 |
| 2600061 | Steam Deck Left Thumbstick / Half Solely | $19.99 |
| 2600062 | Steam Deck Left Thumbstick / Repair Package | $24.99 |
| 2600071 | Steam Deck Motion Button Rubber Membrane | $4.99 |
| 2600081 | Steam Deck D-Pad Rubber Membrane | $4.99 |
| 2600091 | Steam Deck Steam Button Rubber Membrane | $4.99 |
| 2600101 | Steam Deck Audio system | $24.99 |
| 2600291 | Steam Deck Left Set off Button Meeting | $7.99 |
| 2600301 | Steam Deck Proper Set off Button Meeting | $7.99 |
| 2600161 | Steam Deck Left Bumper Button Meeting | $6.99 |
| 2600171 | Steam Deck Proper Bumper Button Meeting | $6.99 |
| 2600181 | Steam Deck Again Plate | $24.99 |
| 2600191 | Steam Deck Entrance Plate | $24.99 |
| 2600201 | Steam Deck Motherboard | $349.99 |
| 2600211 | Steam Deck Proper Daughter Board | $29.99 |
| 2600221 | Steam Deck Left Daughter Board | $34.99 |
| 2600231 | Steam Deck Battery Adhesive | $4.99 |
| 2600241 | Steam Deck Display Adhesive | $4.99 |
| 2600251 | Steam Deck AC Adapter (US) | $24.99 |
| 2600261 | Steam Deck AC Adapter (EU) | $24.99 |
| 2600271 | Steam Deck AC Adapter (UK) | $24.99 |
Once more, iFixit doesn’t have an answer for battery substitute but, noting in a brand new weblog publish that the Steam Deck’s glued-in-place battery makes repairs there tough.
When you do crack open your Deck, please observe that one essential warning appears to be lacking from iFixit’s guides: don’t overlook to take away your microSD card earlier than you open it. Some individuals have by chance sheared their playing cards in half whereas attempting to drag open the snap-apart case, which is in any other case fairly simple to open with eight small Phillips-head screws plus some plastic clips you’ll have to pop it open with a plastic pry instrument.
Replace, 2:37PM ET: Added iFixit CEO’s feedback on provide and demand.
Correction, 2:37PM ET: The components went on sale Friday, not Saturday as we initially wrote, in response to iFixit’s CEO.
