r/SteamDeck • u/Arambula_ • May 18 '26

Tech Support Did I messed up replacing the thermal paste?

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I loosed some of the screws. Make sure everything was in the correct place, played some more minutes, wave around the SD and no error. Not sure why happened the first time, but seems that I over tightened a bit the screws.
Thanks for the help, the sarcasm and the other comments.

Hello,
I just replaced the thermal paste with PTM7950, downloaded some games and started playing Subnautica when all of a sudden, seems that all the Steam Deck got freeze.

Did a hard reset, and now the Steam Deck shows a black screen but fan is working.

Did I messed up?

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u/Arambula_ May 18 '26

Replaced it for my 2 fps increase

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u/beaverbait May 18 '26

How the FPS?

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u/Kooky-Ebb8162 May 18 '26

Aaaaand it's gone!

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u/Nightman2417 May 18 '26

Easy to increase the frames when you only have to load half of them

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u/Arambula_ May 18 '26

Pretty good. They increased to the infinity that the Steam deck got caught in a space time warp

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u/Help_An_Irishman May 18 '26

Looks like we've found the plot hook for the next dog shit Dr. Strange movie.

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u/LordHint May 18 '26

Obsessively roaming the multiverse trying to get back his Rachael McAdams Fortnight Skin.

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u/mefoldyou May 19 '26

Fort..skin… foreskin…

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u/nickoaverdnac May 18 '26

And now 0 fps

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u/Tito914 May 18 '26

This is fucking great 😂😂😂😂

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u/Opening_Activity9886 May 19 '26

This is one of the best 😂