



Steam Deck survives 1m plunge in used truck coolant
I work overnight security, left my deck balanced on the edge of this bucket i sat next to thinking it was empty, stood up to do something and when i came back the ENTIRE right side of the deck is under that liquid for max like 1 full minute.
I was shaking felt like crying, these buckets are always empty and thrown away.
Shut it down as fast i could while it was tweaking. Had to leave it propped up on the right side till my shift ended in hopes it didn’t get to the other side.
Spent all day meticulously dismantling it and it did get to the other side somehow, literally bathing every single screw, ribbon cable, board, etc. With 99% alcohol and contact cleaner, some parts drenched until they dripped away all the gunk since they were in unreachable areas like inside the haptic trackpads, joysticks, sd card reader or inside the ribbon cable tabs.
You can see the pink on the screws and ribbon cable tabs and other things that are definitely not supposed to be pink/orange. Good thing is most of it evaporated quick i think? Left behind a very sticky residue and pink stuff but i think just water would have been worse.
Made sure it was all as clean as possible, put it all back, went through all the safety boot up sequences and it’s been a week of grinding AC: Valhalla without any problems. A happy ending indeed