Actually less worried about shorting something, note worried about it damaging some adhesive or protective film, or anything on the screen, really :)

I noticed that my shell isn’t completely flat

Probably a good idea to quickly pop it open and have a look at the battery. Opening the steam deck is quite easy (remember to remove the SD card!), It only takes 3 minutes to check :)

I’ve reached out to Steam Support atleast, hopefully they can directly sell me one, or point me somewhere that I’m not buying one off Amazon

From what I understand, iFixit is their official partner, valves support website directed me towards that as well.

When did you get your steam deck? Mines an original Q3 an curious if this is something common for our 2 year old devices?

August 2022, close to three years old now.

I just went to ifixit’s website and ordered the battery. Ordered it on sunday night, according to my tracking app it has just been delivered, so no long waiting times.

Maybe it depends on your region? It’s in stock on the german website.

I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.

In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery to cut through the adhesive would have worked well.

Dang. You understand batteries.

eh, apparently, not really. When it comes to battery health, it feels to me like the wisdom changes every few years. It probably wasn’t very healthy for the battery to be on the charger for dozens of hours on end, despite battery management.

If youre talking about before the operation: I let the battery discharge completely (fired up a game and played until the system shut off on its own). I haven’t charged it afterwards, but imidiatelly removed it.

If youre talking about general usage: it was plugged into the outlet whenever I was not gaming, It barely drained below 40% when I used it.

This was a chore to remove. I had to heat up the battery so much, I was really worried.

I remember batteries that had a pull tab, why can’t they use those anymore

I am considering not using the adhesive that comes with the new battery, but using something a lot less adhesive.

operation seems to have been successful, Follow up pictures of the removed battery

Don’t let this distract you from the the fact that in 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, “Spare Tire” Dixon.

that’s the new name for the store now.

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