Modder transforms Steam Deck with broken display into a mini PC, and you can too
Someone turned their broken Steam Deck into a mini PC with some 3D printing and creativity to prevent it from becoming e-waste.
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From the beginning i just wanted valve to sell a standalone mainboard for exactly this purpose.
A Valve x Framework collaboration would be awesome.
People are so creative!
When ifixit originally leaked repair part prices, they actually did have a motherboard listed as a replacement part that was intended to be purchasable. However, it was priced at $350, which obviously isn't worth it compared to the price of a full deck (especially when on sale).
It's possible they could sell it for cheaper now that the Deck's production volume is higher, but basically with the normal Deck's being originally priced to sell at a loss, major repair parts like the motherboard cost too much individually to be worth buying at standard price + ifixit markup.
Nah 350€ is really good value for that hardware, but only tinkerers would buy it because mainboards in the steamdeck almost never break i would assume. I think the issue is more that valve wouldnt get any ROI from selling a mainboard without steamOS on it because it might not be used for gaming.
Yeah, it doesn't make any sense for repairs when you can buy a new 256GB for just $50.
The stock comes and goes, but you can also buy the 64GB refurbished model for $279 as well.