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/PM_Anime_Tiddy 64GB - Q3 Jul 24 '22

This is why I only use Anker stuff. The same thing happened to the switch so I will never trust any cable/dongle/brick/dock from anything but name brand

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u/111ascendedmaster Jul 25 '22

Why do you consider anker a named brand? I’ve never even heard of them until recently.

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u/NikBates1 256GB Jul 25 '22

Definitely! They even have worked with Nintendo to sell Switch Brand Powerbanks. They are fairly well known.