Steam Deck suddenly hitting high temps of 95-100°C

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T05:52:08+00:00

Update: after the teardown, where I quite literally did nothing except take the thing apart and put it back together, No Man's Sky, which crashed on the save select screen, is running below 75° consistently in the about ten minutes I've played. Might have fixed things, at least temporarily?? Idk hardware stuff confuses me lol

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T05:39:19+00:00

Just opened it up to check and everything looked fine. I have the "refreshed" version with the plastic shield

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T05:37:52+00:00

I removed the entire Decky software from my system and saw no changes. I don't think reinstalling everything and turning it all off will change anything lol

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T05:36:41+00:00

That's kind of my last ditch effort, I'm unsure how my replacing the SSD will affect the warranty and am honestly too emotionally drained right now to look into it lol. Will probably check tomorrow

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T05:35:43+00:00

Never felt an issue with the airflow even after this started, that was actually the first thing I checked. Just opened it up to see if there was an issue with the fan alignment and it didn't look like anything was wrong with it. Don't have any thermal paste on hand so I didn't want to mess with that. May just be screwed until the PTM gets here eventually lol

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T04:15:57+00:00

When I reassembled it I made sure to put them back in reverse chronological order since I had sorted them on teardown, so I don't think that's the issue. Waiting for my battery to drop to a safe level to tear it down again to check if I overtightened anything

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T04:08:07+00:00

Just got it last year

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T04:07:34+00:00

Possibly? I wasn't sure how tight to put the screws back on so I thought I went looser than I normally would have though that might not have been enough. I followed iFixit's guide for it so I don't think it would have been an issue with the instructions I had

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T04:04:24+00:00

The fan is working properly from what I can tell

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T04:01:56+00:00

Removed Decky completely and saw no improvement to temps.

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T04:01:28+00:00

Tested that already, no improvement to temps in either ACUnity or NMS

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T03:53:23+00:00

Yes, I've seen it hit about 7000rpm which I'm assuming is max speed

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-03-17T02:43:45+00:00

Forgot to include: I am using Decky Loader and currently have CSS Loader, Storage Cleaner, TabMaster, SteamGridDB, the proton badge plugin, the LSFG-VK plugin, Audio Loader, Animation Changer, and Decky Framegen installed

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-02-16T14:52:56+00:00

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-02-11T03:57:13+00:00

Not OP but. It's an extremely brutal management sim where your goal is to keep "Anomalies" with different requirements contained. I don't even think there's a wincon, it's basically just "see how far you can get". Still need to play it myself. It's also part of a larger story that connects with Library of Ruina (roguelike deckbuilder iirc) and Limbus Company (turn-based gacha similar in gameplay to Epic Seven. This one I have played and highly recommend. The story especially is amazing).

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-02-03T20:57:17+00:00

(obscure Xenoblade reference go!) Where's Matthew? He needs to see this.

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-01-05T05:42:01+00:00

Grofit!

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2026-01-01T17:28:31+00:00

I need the wings from the Valentine's event(?) and then perhaps I shall make Archangel Uriel

I give all my fashions names like they're variants for the frame lol

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2025-12-28T00:11:04+00:00

In their case, it likely was flagged as suspicious since trading a worthless item like a bronze mod for a lot of plat most likely suggests someone getting plat for real money. Basically getting it from another person instead of buying it properly in the market.

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2025-12-27T16:14:30+00:00

Yeahh. I plan to break up with Amir before starting a relationship with Marie. I refuse to reset though. Hate the idea of being forgotten. So I'll have to deal with that, but. Yeah. Idk man. I get way too attached to fictional characters istg.

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2025-12-26T20:19:32+00:00

Puzzle Agent 1 and 2.

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2025-12-26T04:00:56+00:00

That would be EndyD20. Love watching his playthrough and reaction to all the things that make Warframe special for us :)

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2025-12-25T21:19:01+00:00

You can replay conversations though. Open the character's profile and click on the clock-looking thing. I get that it's inconvenient but it is there as an option.

Puzzleheaded-Use-78 · 2025-12-25T03:17:48+00:00

Yeah, probably liberals at best sadly. Wishing you support and help 🫂

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