Valve says you shouldn’t fix the Steam Deck’s noisy fan this way
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YNZW)
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Steam Deck started shipping two months ago today, and it's gotten quite a bit better since, but this week might be the best yet - because we're finally addressing the single biggest issue with the $400 portable PC. Yes, I'm talking about the fan.
When the Deck launched, it shipped with an extremely noisy fan to cool its AMD Zen 2 and RDNA 2 silicon, and owners like me have been dealing with its volume and constant whine from day one. It ran constantly, even when I wasn't doing anything with the system, and was always ramping up even in relatively lightweight games like Vampire Survivors.
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge My Steam Deck's fan, from Delta Electronics.Worse, it whines. Or at least some...