Hey all, my new steam deck oled came in a few days ago and i got pretty bummed out when i opened it: The bumper was making a springing noise when touched, even louder when pressed; Trigger was feeling mushy near bottoming out; Trackpad was making clicking noises. Luckily, all of these issues occurred on the left side of the deck resulting in less work for me.

I will give you a fix for each issue if anyone experiences anything similar.

Springy noise from bumper:

Open up the deck and adjust the spring on the bumper. Ive had to take mine out with some tweezers and carefully put it back in. After that, the noise was gone, its that easy.

Mushy trigger:

The trigger was hitting the shell when it was near bottoming out. Grabbed a file and took off a bit of material where the trigger rubbed. Had to redo at a couple different spots but it was fixed in the end. Trigger also made some spring noises, so i took the chance to spin the spring around until the noise was gone.

Finally, the clicking trackpad:

Had to take out the multiple daughter boards to gain access to the trackpad. Be mindful that the ribbon cables have little clamps on them that need to be opened. I took the track pad out and retightened the screws with less torque. Reassembled and tested, and its now working as intended.

I was pretty annoyed initially, but enjoyed tinkering with it in the end. The unit is now functioning flawlessly. Hope this helps anyone having similar problems, but be very careful and take your time with it.

Tags if anyone searches this: Clicking noisy trackpad springy pinging bumper mushy rubbing trigger hitting case spring noise sound

  • RestyPad@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    My 512GB OLED has the same issues as yours.

    Right bumber creates a huge springy noise to the point where it vibrates the unit. The left bumper has a subtle click to it.

    Oh as a bonus, the right bumper is also super mushy.

    My left trackpad is a complete mess. It feels completely different compared to my right trackpad. The rumble only works in the center and outer corners, so when you drift your finger diagonally it will rumble-stop-rumble-stop-rumble, whereas the right trackpad would consistenly rumble as you drag your finger across the pad.

    I was contemplating to fix it myself, but it makes absolutely no sense for a completely new device to be in this state.

    My original LCD steam deck from launch had similar issues, so it’s amazing Valve still haven’t nailed down these QA issues.