Reemplazo del tablero del botón derecho de la Steam Deck

Escrito Por: Carsten Frauenheim

Comentarios: 73

Reemplazo del tablero del botón derecho de la Steam Deck

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45 minutos - 1 hora

Introducción

Usa esta guía para cambiar el tablero de botones derecho en la Steam Deck.

Recuerda: seguir los procedimientos de seguridad contra descargas electrostáticas (ESD) generales mientras reparas tu dispositivo.

Estos pasos solo describen cómo retirar y reemplazar físicamente la placa de botones de la consola. Es posible que necesites herramientas de software y procedimientos de calibración adicionales para obtener una placa de reemplazo que funcione según lo previsto.

Herramientas

Paso 1

Enciende tu Steam Deck y deja que la batería se descargue por debajo del 25 % antes de comenzar las reparaciones, ya que una batería de polímero de iones de litio cargada puede ser peligrosa si se perfora accidentalmente.
Como precaución adicional, Valve recomienda poner tu Steam Deck en modo de almacenamiento de batería dentro de la BIOS antes de comenzar cualquier reparación interna. Lee cómo hacerlo aquí.
Apaga tu Steam Deck y desconecta todos los cables.
Si tienes una tarjeta microSD instalada, asegúrate de quitarla antes de abrir Steam Deck. Si intentas quitar la cubierta posterior con ella aún instalada, podría romperse por la mitad.
Durante la reparación, a veces puede ser útil colocar el Steam Deck boca abajo en tu estuche para proteger las palancas de control y evitar que se tambalee.

Paso 2

Utiliza un destornillador Phillips para retirar los ocho tornillos que sujetan la tapa trasera:
Cuatro tornillos de 9,5 mm
Cuatro tornillos de 5,8 mm
A pesar de los estándares, los destornilladores Phillips pueden variar en tamaño y forma: dos destornilladores etiquetados como del mismo tamaño pueden encajar de manera diferente en el mismo tornillo. Utiliza el tamaño que se ajuste mejor a la cabeza del tornillo.
A lo largo de esta reparación, realice un seguimiento de cada tornillo y asegúrese de que vuelva exactamente al lugar de donde vino para evitar dañar su Steam Deck.

there should be a picture of the SD card slot at the start of every Steam Deck teardown. i know the note is there but i generally use the pictures to guide me and forgetting to remove the SD card is a very critical step

Nathan Barrow -

I agree, I just broke mine...

Camille B -

What is the the #1 philips used for? Only the #0 is mentioned in the instructions.

Christopher Martin -

I wish they would specify which size to use for which screws.

Mark D -

I found it easiest to use a PH1 for the red screws, and PH0 for the rest (including the internals.)

Chris Clawson -

Be careful you can strip the screws take your time

I use PH00 bit

jaybush74 -

I used the PH1 bit for this. You can use smaller bits but ideally there should be no play of the bit in the screw head.

Charles Semple -

are there playstation replacements (circle,square,cross,triangle)

Deór -

I used the ifixit tools and used the 00 size for the screws on the back.

Luis B - 10/01/23

I've completed the guide and found it very helpful!

I think somewhere in this part it would be helpful to name the size of the correct Phillips driver to use:

Use a Phillips driver to remove the eight screws securing the back cover:

Four 9.5 mm screws

Four 5.8 mm screws

Maynard -

I used the PH1 for the 9.5mm screws and PH00 for the 5.8mm screws. The PH0 wanted to strip one of the small ones.

Pol Llovet -

Paso 3

Inserta una púa de apertura en el delgado hueco entre la tapa trasera y la carcasa delantera, a lo largo del borde de la empuñadura derecha.
Si tienes problemas para insertar la púa en la costura de la empuñadura, intenta comenzar primero por los bordes largos superior o inferior y luego desliza la púa hacia la empuñadura.
Haz palanca en la tapa trasera para liberarla de los clips de bloqueo.

I found it easiest to start this process at the top of the device near the fan exit.

Peter Lindberg -

second that and inserting the pick in the bottom middle and sliding the pick to each side

Sub -

I also found the top near the fan exit to be easier

Travis Patton -

Thank you for this tip, it definitely was easy starting at the top instead of by the bumper/triggers. After I opened the top I did the bottom and then it was way easier to gently open the sides. be very careful and go slowly to make sure that none of the clips are damaged

Luis B -

this as suggested above:

1. open the top

2. open the bottom

3.gently open the sides

austrasier - 17/04/23

same; i pried from the top of the screen area. I was unable to find an opening on the side

Dennis Wu -

I also started from the middle of the deck and worked my way out since I couldn't get a grip with the pick on the deck's side grips. Since this is a common step for pretty much all guides for opening the deck I think it's also worth noting that you should be careful not to bend the trims/seams where the front and back covers meet with the pick. When I first opened my deck you can definitely see where I nudged the pick in between the covers since I was probably using too much force on the pick itself.

Kaleb McKone -

It would be useful to note here that if you want to insert the little blue triangular iFixit opening picks into the right side along the edge, there isn't actually a gap as the directions say, at least not on newer Decks. You'll be making the initial gap using the pick. Brace it on something because you will need to use enough downward force that you're flexing the pick a bit and it'll probably be digging into the skin of a bare hand. With enough force suddenly it will make a click and go in just a bit, and then you're in business.

CaptFrost -

plastic picks didnt work for me but finger males did the job on prying this open

jacobbagsic -

I found it easiest to open starting with R1 or L1 buttons and proceeding to the center of the top edge

Karol Gro -

Paso 4

Una vez desconectados los clips de un borde, el resto se desconecta fácilmente.
Agarra la tapa trasera por la abertura que acabas de crear y tira de ella hacia arriba y lejos del dispositivo para desenganchar los bordes largos.
Retira la tapa trasera.

If you have an SD card, you will want to take it out. I followed the guide and didn't think about the SD card I had inside. When I went to snap the case back on it clapped shut on the exposed SD card, shearing it in half and leaving the bottom half stuck in the SD card slot. I am still endeavoring to get it out.

Novice -

Paso 5

Utiliza unas pinzas para retirar el trozo de cinta adhesiva que cubre el tornillo oculto del escudo de la placa.
Si es posible, trata de no rasgar o romper esta pegatina (sticker) para poder reutilizarla.

Use some heat here from a hairdryer to make this part easier.

If you screw up here you can replace the little aluminium square with some aluminium tape from Amazon. No less than 50 microns thick, slightly thicker is fine. and the square is 13mm both ways.

Matt S -

Paso 6

Usa el destornillador Phillips para retirar los tres tornillos que sujetan el escudo de la placa.
Un tornillo de 3.4 mm
Dos tornillos de 3.7 mm

The procedure ended here for me, used an ifixit PH 00 bit on the screw behind the aluminium tape, bit wouldnt bite too great, one wrong twist and the screw was stripped. Not sure who or what initially screwed in that particular screw as the rest of the screws on the shield were fine, but boy is it in there tight. So now i have a stripped screw and a botched ssd replacement, don't think valve will let me RMA for this, but i'll give it a try and update accordingly.

Y. van S -

Any updates? Did they let you RMA?

Emanuel Gjoni -

I found one screw to be ridiculously tight too, managed to undo it without stripping thanks to reading your comment beforehand and going extra careful. Not going to lie, it was a tense moment :D

Andy HL -

I think the tendency is to go too small on the screwdriver bits because you're working on small electronics.

I used the PH1 bit on the screw under the foil and the PH0 bit for the two remaining screws without any problems.

Charles Semple -

What does this shield actually do? Some kind of magnetic protection?

Corey Cleric -

if I had to replace the key (R2) and that's it, can I directly remove it or do I have to act here on the motherboard too?

pujattidanny -

have you gotten an answer yet? trying to change mines as well but dont wanna do too much to the deck

briaNN -

button Not key, i’m sorry

pujattidanny -

I used the ifixit tools and used the 00 PH for these screws with no issue

Luis B -

If only swapping the SSD, it is not necessary to remove the top left 3.7mm screw. The heat shield is flexible enough that you can move it out of the way to access the SSD screw. For me this was necessary as the 3.7mm screw was completely unmovable and quickly stripped.

Scott A -

FYI there is a little pin on the cover that slots into the board. It is located near the top screw. I needed that to be inserted for the cover to go back down properly.

Seth Robinson -

For anyone who may have stripped a 3.7mm screw, Steam Support states it's M1.6 diameter with a 0.35 thread pitch and a 3mm length. Hopefully that'll help anyone trying to locate a replacement screw. Hoping iFixIt can make an internal screws kit as they're kinda hard to find the right one online.

Michael Dyer -

Paso 7

Retira el escudo de la placa.
Durante el montaje, asegúrate de que el cable del ventilador esté en el lado del escudo de la placa y no está pinchado por debajo.

When putting back on, run a pick along the edge of the shield between the wires to make sure nothing is pinching and the wires are clear of the shield before screwing down.

Matt S -

Paso 8

Agarra el cable de la batería por su lengüeta y tira de él directamente hacia fuera de la placa madre para desconectarlo.
Alternativamente, usa la punta de una spudger o una uña para empujar gentilmente el conector fuera de su socket, luego desconéctalo completamente a mano.

After fully reassembling my device I found that my battery was not showing any stats anymore. I couldn't start the device without being plugged in, however if I restarted it would stay on even if my power cable was detached. Battery showed 0%. It turns out I had not fully reinserted the battery cable at this stage during reassembly. MAKE SURE YOU PUSH IT ALL THE WAY BACK IN!

Michael Hoffmann -

Awesome thanks for this tip!

petergeranio -

It is helpful to lift up gently with a the tapered end of a spudger underneath the tucked-in portion of the battery cable, creating a bit of flex in the cable before pulling on the pull tab. I found that without doing so, the fabric pull-tab simply tore off of the cable under light-to-moderate force (the fabric itself ripped cleanly across, like a paper towel). Careful, gentle pressure with a spudger can be used to remove the plug by prying gently on the rear ridge of the plastic plug (not the wire!) if this happens.

Gene Eckser - 08/08/22

This is exactly what happened to me. Maybe it was a pull tab previously, mine was a ribbon cable that tore - captured the image here: https://www.ianwootten.co.uk/2022/11/22/...

Ian Wootten -

I found it less scary and easier to remove the battery connection by using a fingernail on the ridge and pushing it off the connector. I felt like pulling on the battery cable was too harsh.

montgomery mchargue -

Upon plugging the battery back in, I found it easy to use two spudgers- one on each side- to pull/push the connector back into it's port. Be careful to not put any pressure on the battery wires themselves.

montgomery mchargue -

When reconnecting the battery cable, you'll know when it's inserted and power is restored, because the white LED will illuminate at the top of the Deck near the power button. You should be able to see it while you're reconnecting the battery cable

Michael Davis -

Why not just let the battery discharge completely and then not have to disconnect it?

Jeffrey Martin -

Completely discharging a battery reduces its lifespan. It's completely unnecessary.

Stefan Camporese (CENTER) - 12/11/22

Because no lipo battery is ever completely discharged -- you would not be able to recharge it if it was. There will always be enough power left in it to cause damage if shorted even if it isn't charged enough to power up the device it's connected to.

David Cameron -

I would personally not recommend pulling the tab. It doesn’t apply force at the correct angle. You should revise these instructions to advise using a combination of pulling on the tab, and careful pressure on the connector towards the right of the mainboard to carefully work it out.

Using the pull tab alone could cause problems if not done extremely carefully.

William Winborne - 09/01/23

This part was wayyyyy easier than I anticipated and I worried for nothing because I used the ifixit spudger to push it out a bit and then I literally used my finger nail and was able to slide it right off. Dont be afraid, its not that difficult and its not that delicate to break if you do it patiently

Luis B - 10/01/23

I inserted the cable very firmly with a spunger, being careful not to press down too hard on the cables, and even tried redoing it, but I don't see any LED illumination. I am now unable to boot the deck into the boot manager. Any additional tips?

junefish -

Paso 9

El gatillo derecho estará en tu lado izquierdo cuando trabajes en el Steam Deck, ya que está colocado al revés.
Los gatillos de la Steam Deck se enganchan en dos clavijas en el soporte del gatillo, que hace las veces de bisagra.
Coloca el extremo plano de un spudger en el borde interior del clip derecho del gatillo.
Gira el clip del gatillo hacia fuera, alejándolo y levantándolo de la clavija para desengancharlo.
Al volver a montar el gatillo, encaja primero la clavija más externa. Una vez que esté en su lugar, empuja el gatillo hacia abajo para encajar la clavija más interna, hasta que haga un sonido de "clic" audible.
Asegúrate de que el resorte del gatillo esté correctamente alineado. Prueba el movimiento del gatillo antes de continuar con el montaje.

Paso 10

Quita el gatillo derecho
Ten cuidado de no perder el resorte del gatillo. Se ajusta a presión en una clavija en la parte inferior del gatillo.

Paso 11

Utiliza un destornillador Phillips para quitar los tres tornillos de 5,2 mm, que sujetan el soporte derecho del gatillo.

Paso 12

Quita el soporte del gatillo
Los gatillos de sustitución necesitan calibración para funcionar como se espera. Para calibrar nuevos gatillos, sigue esta guía de calibración.

The right bumper button on my switch deck stopped working after the deck was accidentally dropped from 5ft. When I got to this step of the instructions, I was able to see that the momentary switch that the button triggers had been bent backwards from the impact, making it difficult for the button to trigger the switch. I bent the switch back to its original position, which fixed the mechanical problem. Unfortunately the solder joints for the switch cracked when I pressed the switch forward. I re-flowed the solder joints with a tiny Weber iron that I filed down to a narrow point. The button works properly now.

Paul Krakow -

Paso 13

Usa el extremo puntiagudo de un spudger, para levantar la pequeña solapa de bloqueo en el conector ZIF del cable del stick.
Usa un par de pinzas, para sacar el cable de su conector.
Sujeta el cable por la lengüeta azul, no por el cable en sí.

Paso 14

Usa un destornillador Phillips, para quitar los tres tornillos de 5,2 mm que sujetan el stick analógico.
Durante el reensamblaje, puede que tengas que sujetar la Steam Deck para que no se apoye en la mesa de trabajo, para que no descanse sobre el stick nuevo mientras aprietas los tornillos.

Paso 15

Quita el stick analógico derecho.

Paso 16

Usa el extremo puntiagudo de un spudger, para levantar la pequeña solapa de bloqueo en el conector ZIF del cable del tablero de botones.
Usa un par de pinzas, para sacar el cable de su conector.
Sujeta el cable por la lengüeta azul, no por el cable en sí.

Paso 17

Usa el extremo puntiagudo de un spudger, para levantar la pequeña solapa de bloqueo en el conector ZIF del cable de interconexión del tablero de botones.
Usa un par de pinzas, para sacar el cable de su conector.
Sujeta el cable por la lengüeta azul, no por el cable en sí.

Be very mindful of this cable during re-assembly, if this cable isn't fully seated properly the deck will turn on slowly and not be able to recognize any inputs besides the touch screen.

Peter Lindberg -

Paso 18

Usa el extremo puntiagudo de un spudger, para levantar las pequeñas aletas de bloqueo del resto de los conectores ZIF del tablero de botones. Usa un par de pinzas, para sacar los cables de sus conectores:
Desconecta el cable de los botones de acción.
Desconecta el cable de la placa del panel táctil.
Desconecta el cable del panel táctil.

Be especially careful disconnecting and reconnecting the touchpad cable. It is short and can pull out on the touchpad side fairly easily. Reconnecting it requires splitting open the touchpad itself which is difficult to do without damaging the springs.

acey_zero -

Paso 19

Usa el extremo puntiagudo de un spudger, para levantar el cable háptico y desconectarlo.

Personally, i think this should just be a suggested step, since the connector is different and requires more force to disconnect than the ribbon cable connectors and you can leave this connected and lay the board over to the side without disconnecting this and still access the buttons.

Peter Lindberg -

I agree with Peter on this. I tried fixing my right bumper before ordering a replacement and during disassembly I followed these instructions exactly and still broke the bracket that holds the haptics connector. Luckily my haptics seem to still be working after putting it back together but I have a feeling it will disconnect on its own after some time and I will be needing a whole new button board.

Biscuits -

I did this very carefully and the bracket still broke

Christian McCarthy -

I broke the down part of the bracket as well. Glued it back on with some crazy glue applied with a wooden toothpick (to make sure to not touch anything else). Haptics still working. Next time I don't think I'll remove that connector.

Sébastien M -

Paso 20

Usa un destornillador Phillips, para sacar los cuatro tornillos que sujetan el tablero del botón derecho:
Tres tornillos de 5,2 mm
Un tornillo de 3,9 mm

Paso 21

Quita el tablero del botón derecho.
No pierdas el botón de acceso rápido y su membrana, ya que una vez que se quita el tablero del botón derecho, ya no están asegurados en su lugar.

Conclusión

Para volver a montar el dispositivo, sigue estas instrucciones en orden inverso.

Lleva los residuos electrónicos a una centro de reciclaje certificada.

¿La reparación no salió según lo planeado? Prueba algunas soluciones de problemas básicos o pide ayuda a nuestra comunidad de respuestas de Steam Deck.

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Carsten Frauenheim

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17 comentarios

When will this part be available?

Eric Canals -

Is there any update to when this part will be available?

Tim Ceesay - 29/09/22

Will this part not be available due to their need being a special calibration or hardware step? Having past six months this makes one think the part is not possible with end user due to another factor.

zZz - 17/10/22

Is there any estimated time to when this part will become available?

David Chan -

Parroting everyone else. When will this part be available?

Mario Noriega -

Yes, I need this part, as well. The plastic bumper piece is fine... the button on the board itself is my issue with my R1 button. Need this part... but don't want to send my Steam Deck away for several weeks on warranty... would rather fix it myself.

Dan Lnenicka -

I fixed the micro switch myself, see my comment: Reemplazo del tablero del botón derecho de la Steam Deck

Shane Qi -

I finally broke my screen (kid stepped on it next to my bed!) and I was going to buy both this part and a screen from iFixit and do the repairs myself.

This part isn't available! I guess I'll try and send it on warranty.

Andrew Ballinger -

Hello I want to buy this part please

Blake N. -

Same here daughter dropped my deck and right button ripped from the board would really like to replace the board ASAP

Tom Just -

I fixed the micro switch myself, see my comment hope it helps: Reemplazo del tablero del botón derecho de la Steam Deck

Shane Qi -

When is this part going to be available to purchase? It's ridiculous that people have been asking the same question for months without any response at all

Jake Guest -

Installing these boards in the Steam Deck requires special calibration that isn't currently publicly available. As of right now we don't know if/when these could be available for purchase.

Carsten Frauenheim -

If you are here because the L1/R1 micro switch is broken, you can replace just the micro switch. I've done it recently:

1. the micro switch I used was the sync/pair button of the Xbox controller, and it works just fine (iFixit sells the Xbox controller motherboard for $15 each)

2. later, I found the micro switch's model number: "TL3340AF160QG" (<$1 each)

3. I used a soldering iron to install it. It's not easy, but DIY-able. I have very little soldering experience, and I fixed it myself.

4. If you use hot air, don't blow directly on the plastic part of the micro switch because it could easily melt.

Here is the thread where I documented this project: https://mastodon.social/@shaneqi/1100088...

Shane Qi -

This only works if the solder pads don't rip off. I think a lot of us have broken pads and need alternate points of contact

Christian McCarthy -

@christianm74231 good point. In that case, we'd still need to wait for the board to be available, or RMA the deck.

Shane Qi -

I don’t suggest others do this, but this is what I did to “fix” my 512 GB deck:

All I had to do was buy a brand new 64 GB Steam Deck and I swapped DBs … The only problem (besides the fact that I had just paid $400 for a new Steam Deck when I only needed the DB) was that the L and R DB were connected by a different number of ribbon cables. My 512 GB Deck had one ribbon cable connecting the L and R DB together whereas the 64 GB Deck had two smaller ribbon cables, so I couldn’t just swap out the one side. Once I swapped both DBs and cables and put it all together, the shoulder buttons worked, but the trackpads could no longer detect pressure, so I couldn’t “click” with them. It wasn’t a huge loss though because I could still use Steam+LT/RT to perform mouse clicks.

Christian McCarthy - 09/04/23