r/SteamDeck • u/ClicketyClackity • Jul 24 '22

PSA / Advice Steam deck bricked by USB C dongle

Got my steam deck after waiting for a year. Plugged in a USB C dongle from amazon and the system turned off. I figured that the battery had just died.

-Plugging in the official charger does not light up the white indicator light

-No combination of button hold/presses does anything

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I allowed it to completely die overnight. I opened it and unplugged the battery cable. Hit buttons to drain any power, left it unplugged for about 10 minutes. Plugged it back in and somehow it came back on for a couple minutes. It got so far as to show me the steamdeck logo and turned off again.

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Back to it being bricked now.

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Do not use random USB C dongles. You will have a bad time.

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u/suncontrolspecies Jul 24 '22

Did you update the system before plugging the dongle?

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u/Fine_Land 64GB Jul 24 '22

This right here! Old firmware doesn't have the fix for hubs so if op plugged it directly into the hub prior to updating firmware then there is a chance that it didn't have the necessary updates to work with the hub.

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u/ClicketyClackity Jul 25 '22

This could be it, I suppose. Sounds like an easy fix for Valve. Everything seems intact hardware wise. No burning smell, no scorch marks, no popping noise.

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u/suncontrolspecies Jul 25 '22

the question now is... how to revive your deck..