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Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by NeryK@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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Now that my Steam Deck LCD has been relieved of his duties as a daily driver desktop PC, I finally went ahead and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one. It turned out to be relatively easy to do ; and lo and behold, it is indeed quieter.

Recent adopters may or may not know there was a medium-sized kerfuffle about disparities in noise profiles of early Steam Deck units. It was proved and narrowed down to a difference between 2 fan models (see Gamers Nexus detailed analysis).

Obviously the one I got was a "bad" one, emitting a high pitched noise when running at full speed. I did not find it unbearable but it was still not ideal, particularly when using the SD in quiet environments.

Took me 2 years to get to the point where I figured it was an acceptable risk to attempt the replacement. How many of you did the same and kicked the Delta out of your unit ?

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[–] Water_Melon_boy@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Really cool! Love to see some modding. And wow, that full kit of IFixIt.

[–] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Bought these to make the most out of those shipping costs. I do not tinker all that much, but having adequate tools like those certainly is a big help.

I also used them to replace the sticks of a Nintendo Switch joy cons with hall effects ones. I saw that similar components are available for the SD, but I currently have no drift problem, so ...

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

That’s their mini kit. I recommend their pro tech toolkit for most people, has all the bits and accessories you’ll need for most things, and then I also have their Manta kit, but that’s overkill unless you’re really into repair. I have a lot of toolkits though. I have a great Wiha set similar to the pro tech toolkit, and Drivesavers sent me a really nice kit as swag from when I used to outsource customer data recovery to them that I use at work.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

How did the daily driver experience go?

I did it for a week with an external monitor and I thought it was.. fine? Wondering about your experience.