I'm new to this so I've got no clue what I'm doing. I've been following guides for days and I finally managed to get teknoparrot working. I wanted to play initial d arcade stage 4, so I downloaded the files and extracted them.

When I go to game settings and select game executable I can't find the files anywhere. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Can anyone help and thank you in advance.

Forgot to add, and I don't know if this matters but I'm on steam deck.

Edit I tried to post this with pictures but for some reason they didn't save so im annoyed about that.

Hey there!

I want to apologize in advance if my flair is incorrect, as I, so far, am unable to know if my problem is software or hardware in nature.

Basically I suffer from what seems to be an old problem of my SD card not being able to be formatted by my deck, which either says it failed the verification step, or if it's disabled, that it failed to format it.

Thing is, the fixes I found online do not work, I tried going into the Desktop Mode "SD card manager" and formatting then making a library there, and formatting it with my Switch lite.

The second method simply failed, but the first one at least worked temporarily, the problem is if I dare shut down or sleep my Deck, it won't recognize the card anymore, even if I go in Desktop mode. For now I have a workaround that seems reliable of using the Desktop Mode's file manager and launching the game from there, but I would kinda like if there was a way to not need to do that.

Additional info, I'm fairly sure my card is an off-brand one since I bought it from Amazon and I never heard the company's name anywhere. It still works though (on other devices.) I also have a smaller, older card I used previously which didn't trigger this issue, a SanDisk.

My first question is, from how I (badly, sorry,) described it, is there something I can do to make my Deck finally recognize the damned card? Since it seems I can launch games from the File Explorer, it won't be the end of the world if I can't, but I'm scared it could mess up again, and if I don't have Internet available if it does, I'll be out of luck (and installing on the Deck is not a good option as it is the 64gb model, one game + the proton versions fill it up almost fully.)

Secondly, in the future, what kind of cards can I buy that won't trigger any issues? I've seen recommendation online of the SanDisk brand, but also reports that they suffer the same issue, so I'm not sure what to do, but since the size I want (1tb, but thank God they reduced ARK's size) is "slightly" pricey, and other normal sounding brands are too, I'm scared of triggering this issue again as I'd rather avoid a cycle of returning and re-ordering cards ad aeternam.

P.S.: The problematic card is actually this one: [https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0H5KC7M6F ]

Edit: Tried to fix the link by adding a space before the bracket

I've been using rustdesk for ages and it's always been a great experience. Recently though the behavior has changed and not sure if its due to an update or not. It suddenly is talking about Wayland and everytime I connect to the steamdeck I have to click a permission on it before it'll connect. The interface is also incredibly laggy and while remotely connected, the display from my steamdesk on my PC is very flickery now despite it use to be buttery smooth. Anyone else have such an experience lately? I would say it started around a month ago.

I have steam deck that show blank screen the fan start normal for a spilt sec then stop the it goes at max speed i tried every button combinations but ntn works

Sometimes it would blink I don't have the original charger I tired multiple 65watt PC charger.

Can this only be fixed with original charger or I should get a new board

Also I plug off the battery drained it and the moment I plug it on the same thing happens again I even made it run out of power and charge it for a day

😕sigh this suks because it's my 1st deck and I don't it get to play it yet. I tried so many ways watch many yt bids but ntn works

Edit It won't let me boot into bios or anything just blank screen and fan at max plugging on to monitor doesn't work either

I know this sounds like a strange question, but has anyone else noticed this?I’m talking about the SteamOS interface itself (Home, Library, Settings), not games.A while ago, the UI felt perfectly smooth even with the TDP limited to 4–5W. At 3W it was already noticeably less smooth, which made sense.After the recent SteamOS updates, it feels like the UI only stays completely smooth at 6W. At 5W I can already notice stuttering when scrolling through the library or opening settings.Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed the same thing? Has the SteamOS UI become more CPU-demanding after recent updates?

Hello, I’ve been trying to figure this out for 3 days and I just need someone I can talk to about how to do this on my specific hardware that I have available to figure out what’s going on.

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My available hardware:

-Steam Deck Limited OLED (1tb internal ssd)

-MacBook

-External Hard Drive (1tb)

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I know it’s more difficult and tedious to do it without a PC, but I don’t mind a few extra steps if that means I can have some personal help. If anyone would be willing to do that for me, it would mean a lot! Thank you!

So long story short, I got really tired of the clunky GeForce NOW launch experience on SteamOS (having to open the app, navigate menus with a trackpad, etc.). I wanted my cloud games to sit right next to my native Steam games in my library and launch instantly.

So, over the last few weeks, I reverse-engineered the GFN cache and Steam's VDF files to automate the whole process. I built GFN Sync.

What it does:

• Auto-detects your GFN library cache
• Lets you pick your games via a native UI (kdialog)
• Injects them directly into Steam under a "GeForce NOW" category
• Games launch straight into the stream via --url-route (no extra clicks)

Why I need you: before I do a big public launch for the wider community, I want to make sure it doesn't break on different setups or edge cases.

I’m looking for a few courageous testers to try it out, break it, and tell me what needs fixing or to be improved UX/UI-wise. Feel free to request any additional features as well!

If you're interested, the repo (and the one-command installer) is here:
👉 https://github.com/supernebuleux/GFNOW-SYNC

Let me know in the comments if it works for you, if it crashes, or if you have any feature requests for the final release.

Hope it could be useful ☁️ 🎮

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Is there still a way to overclock my oled steam deck? I have an undervolt and a more aggressive fan curve, but could I overclock to something like 18-20 watts or is that just an older lcd thing? Asking reddit after 5 hours of tinkering with powertools, smokeless, and random konsol commands :(

I’ve been thinking of running my Steam Deck as my main PC for a bit while tech prices stop being crazy, but that would mean dual booting windows.
I should be good but my main concern is it would mean having the deck plugged in for extended periods of time while I work and if I can’t limit the charge while in windows, it will probably ruin the battery.

So anyone with deck+windows could answer how does that work over there?

Thanks!

I'm having issues with cheat deck lately. I recently updated my Deck to version 3.8.11. Decky loader is on version 3.2.6. When I load a game with a trainer, the trainer screen doesn't display it just goes into the game.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling cheat deck, but the decky store isn't loading. I had to change the channel to Testing and then I could redownload cheatdeck but still having the same issue.

I've deleted the exe file and re downloaded it as well but still no luck. Not sure what else to do.

I tried going to this GitHub page, https://github.com/SheffeyG/CheatDeck/issues/76, and when I copy and paste the link to download it to decky the download never finishes.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Edit 4: I put this here because somebody said that calling it bricked might be wrong since there is still responses from the Deck. So I guess it's just not turning on at all and I can't change the title, sorry.

So, the other day I left my Steam Deck on its dock to update. But accidentally it was taken out during a pivotal moment during the update. There was a red steam deck icon that showed up and then the steam deck turned off. Since then, I have tried all possible key combinations (Power + Volume Up, Power + Volume Down + Quick Action, and any other key combinations in the web).

I have also tried to contact Steam Support to ask for their assistance. However, all of the advices that Steam Support gave to me did not come up with a result. Steam support told me to unplug and re-plug the PSU from the Steam Deck, try plugging the PSU into a different power outlet in your wall, try an alternate USB-C PSU, and I have done all that for external factors. And for internally asking to hold the power button for 10 seconds to show the power menu (which of course cannot show up due to the fact that the Steam Deck is dead), Holding the volume down + quick action key combo while pressing the power button and to expect a chime, which was present some of the times only.

I have asked around and received a suggestion to remove the battery connection since that may be the issue to begin with, but sadly even after opening the Steam Deck it did not come up with a result.

And so I dove deeper and found out that there are previous versions of the BIOS that are posted online that I could try to flash, however it needed a CH314A programmer to check the hex code of the BIOS that is present directly from the chip through its own cable.

Unfortunately, I do not have the specified tools and knowledge, so I did the next best thing and went to a local shop. He told me that he has tried everything including checking around for the hex code through the CH314A programmer but cannot seem to find the required BIOS file. After reading around, I saw that someone also needed a 16MB BIOS file, but the ones posted online are either 17MB or 18MB. I expect this is also the problem that the shop owner faced.

I am posting here in hopes that somebody might have a solution for my problem. And before you advice me to do an RMA to Valve, the issue is due to my geolocation and the Deck's warranty that has passed. Due to my location, it will be very difficult and costly to send an RMA back to Valve, hence why I went through the local and DIY route. If there are anyone out there with a solution please do let me know.

Here is a list of things that happened with the Deck throughout the last few hours:
- Power LED blinked white for a while after pressing the power + volume down + quick action key combo
- Power LED showed a blue led blinking twice after pressing the same key combination - expecting this one to the battery hibernation mode or something that can only turn back on after re-plugging into power (no result)
- Green Power LED when charged
- There a few times in which a chime can be heard but nothing on the LEDs
- Power LED pulsing white
- If not mistaken there has been a time when the LED just turned into a static blue.
- There was a time a chime can be heard, and the LED started blinking, but nothing after 15 minutes (Steam support said that it should boot normally after 1-2 minutes)

So, those are pretty much everything that I can remember. If there can be any help, it would be much appreciated. Thank you beforehand.

Edit: Somebody has told me to do the crisis mode flash BIOS from the stanto page, and I did it with F7G0110 fd file flashed to a FAT32 USB drive (through Windows Disk Management), ran through an OTG connector to the USB-C port on the Steam Deck and did the crisis mode key combo (power + volume down + quick action) to no avail. Only part that changed was the normal blinking white LED, but it wasn't fast nor was it different from when it blinked without the USB.

Edit 2: I think I also forgot to mentioned that some times, the haptic feedback on the trackpad seems to work just fine. Some people consider this as a success in going to the BIOS installation menu, but the display seems to show nothing at all during this time.

Edit 3: Just tried to do the boot to recovery / boot to previous OS installation menu by holding QAM/3/,.. button while turning on the Deck. Expected the boot menu to appear, but nothing appeared. Only response was a pulsing LED.

Just recently purchased Swat 4 Gold Edition from GOG, i downloaded the offline file (CBA for launchers) which was a set up exe.

I added the exe to steam, changed to compatibility pref to proton 10 and launched the setup and installed SWAT 4 through there and it launched the game once finished. I quit the process to look for the game’s .exe so I can add it directly to Steam but can’t find it anywhere. Within the setup I was told it would be installed within the C drive.

I even relaunched the setup and unintentionally reinstalled.

Do I have 2 instances of Swat 4 on my steam deck + where can I find those files?

Thank You

I haven't used the steam deck in about 6 months but when I try to turn it on the screen doesn't work. The steam decks charging light lights up, I can feel the vibrations of the steam deck still work and so does the fan. The only thing that doesn't work is the screen. I've tried resetting it and entering bios mode but nothing happens. Has this happened to anyone else ?

Hi guys,

I was just wondering if anyone has been able to get Fortnite on steam deck and if so how? I used to play it on Xbox and switch but I have recently switched over to steam.

Any advice would be appreciated.

It seems to be game specific but I’m not sure what could be causing it, it’s very apparent when I play need for speed most wanted. Play for a few minutes and all of a sudden the stick is forcing left. Any thoughts?

Many of you including me, ran into an issue after the latest release of steam OS 3.8.xx. Where you won't be able to launch some of the apps such as jdownloader and portproton. After I have done some reading a simple toggling in the settings made the apps work back as normal as they used to be.

Reason for this issue : SteamOS 3.8 overhauled the underlying Linux foundation, switching display server configurations and removing default X11 support, which frequently breaks external wine/proton wrappers. " Quoted from Google AI search result"

Potional solution :go to desktop mode - application launcher - system settings - application permissions -select the app that is not launching and scroll down all the way to advanced permissions and uncheck the box that says "Wayland windowing system" then press apply and restart if the app didn't launch.

So far I only had issues with two apps and did the same procedures for both of them and they started to work. Hope it works for you guys as well.

I am not an expert with steam OS or Linux. So experts please confirm this action won't harm the users.