Steam Deck Fan Noise [RMA To Valve] @nextInsiders

next.Insiders This video was sent to Valve, and confirmed to be within the expected parameters of Steam Deck. Steam Deck makes this high-pitched noise on any fan speed level (meaning my personal complaint is not so much about loudness as much as it is about the whine). To get a feel for it, make sure you can hear the background noise before you hear Steam Deck fans start to ramp up its fans.

Real-world implications mean that the fan noise and whine will annoy anyone within a 3-meter radius in-home, as it will overpower any laptop you have at home and will compete with PS4 in terms of noise and whine.

If you are thinking of playing on the couch while your significant other watches tv, or in bed while others might be sleeping, forget about it. If you want to download something at night, you need to leave it as far as possible and close the door between you and the device, but beware, that the whine will travel through ventilation. If you turn the device on in the office, everyone will know you started gaming because of the noise.

On the positive side, probably nobody wants to sit near you in public transport with that noise and while wearing active noise-canceling headphones you don’t hear that noise or whine anyway.

Please do keep in mind, that in this video demonstration, the device has not had time to heat up nor is it connected to the charger, so this is not even the highest rpm speed (therefore whine and noise) the device can do. Putting phone nearby steam deck with the charger connected to Steam Deck and game running measured 59DB.

Take also look at GPD Pocket 3 vs Steam Deck - youtube.com/watch?v=T71wJzGpp2I

updated 2 years ago

Steam Deck Fan Noise [RMA To Valve]

next.Insiders 2022-03-23 | This video was sent to Valve, and confirmed to be within the expected parameters of Steam Deck. Steam Deck makes this high-pitched noise on any fan speed level (meaning my personal complaint is not so much about loudness as much as it is about the whine). To get a feel for it, make sure you can hear the background noise before you hear Steam Deck fans start to ramp up its fans.

Real-world implications mean that the fan noise and whine will annoy anyone within a 3-meter radius in-home, as it will overpower any laptop you have at home and will compete with PS4 in terms of noise and whine.

If you are thinking of playing on the couch while your significant other watches tv, or in bed while others might be sleeping, forget about it. If you want to download something at night, you need to leave it as far as possible and close the door between you and the device, but beware, that the whine will travel through ventilation. If you turn the device on in the office, everyone will know you started gaming because of the noise.

On the positive side, probably nobody wants to sit near you in public transport with that noise and while wearing active noise-canceling headphones you don’t hear that noise or whine anyway.

Please do keep in mind, that in this video demonstration, the device has not had time to heat up nor is it connected to the charger, so this is not even the highest rpm speed (therefore whine and noise) the device can do. Putting phone nearby steam deck with the charger connected to Steam Deck and game running measured 59DB.

Take also look at GPD Pocket 3 vs Steam Deck - youtube.com/watch?v=T71wJzGpp2I

Priting stuff with Voron V2.4R2, Day 2

next.Insiders 2022-11-22 | Come hang out with chill music and watch the 3D object creation. Today we are printing: T-Beam case for Meshtastic (v5)

Priting stuff with Voron V2.4R2

next.Insiders 2022-11-21 | Come hang out with chill music and watch the 3D object creation. Today we are printing: T-Beam case for Meshtastic (v5)

Voron V2.4R2 Serial Request

next.Insiders 2022-10-11 | When I was looking for my first 3D printer, I wanted something that was not going to cause me disappointment. I found the no compromise Core XY printer from Voron Design vorondesign.com/voron2.4

But I also knew I want essential mods such as Nevermore, Titanium Backers, StealthBurner and more. Looking at the BOM I caved and looked for local vendor. I'm so glad I did, this does everything I wanted and more.

I also did unboxing of this KIT should you have interest in how it arrives. youtube.com/watch?v=UuT5njcvRE0

Unboxing Voron V2.4r2 from Lecktor.com

next.Insiders 2022-08-20 | Not everyone gets their first car a Ferrary, but you can. I was looking for 3D printer for my projects and when I found Voron I knew I wanted it then and there. Why should I buy something, that I will eventually replace?

I decided going against Formbot and other kits when doing my homework, one of the reasons was low quality parts but also I do not wish to spend time assembling heat inserts or doing wire crimping. I also did not want to have bunch of stuff that I'm going to replace anyway. So when I found a kit from Lecktor that included everything, I wanted to get started with 3D Printing. If you want to buy the same kit take a look at: lecktor.com/en/home/1139-398-voron-v24-350x350-kit.html#/143-accent_colour-fire_engine_red

Instead of hunting for components one-by-one for months and missing parts, Voron has the experience similar to buying a complex lego kit.

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro, short overview of kit
0:24- What is Voron
1:00 - Unboxing starts
1:10 - Spider
1:39 - LDO Motors
2:02 - Nevermore
2:42 - Varia box
5:53 - Power kit
7:42 - Skirts
8:12 - Motion kit
8:40 - Dragon Hot-end
9:08 - StealthBurner toolhead
9:28 - Z-Drive
9:52 - Panel mounts
10:17 - Universal Hardware kit
11:20 - IGUS Chains
11:53 - LED's with diffusers
12:00 - DIN rails
12:06 - Linear rails
12:50 - Keenovo heating pad
13:05 - Magnet
13:10 - Build plate
13:16 - Flexplate
13:35 - Neobond panels
13:48 - Panels (You can ask for different kind of colors for those)
14:00 - Titanium backers
14:16 - Frame kit
15:00 - One more thing (I ate the rest, there was more...)

How to make Steam Deck Quieter

next.Insiders 2022-04-28 | While there is not much you can do if you had a stroke of bad luck with the fan there are still ways to muffle the whine and change the sound profile. In this video, I go over how to do it for your own Steam Deck.

Software fan fix only makes the fan not work all the time, basically, Valve realized that they had a bit of thermal headroom. And when they are spinning that fan, they are oscillating the speed to not make it whine constantly. This fix only works in Steam OS and is not done at the BIOS level, meaning the fan will work as before in Windows.

The true solution will still be with iFixit selling proper quiet fans.

Steam Deck Fan Noise Mitigations

next.Insiders 2022-04-27 | Valve has released a software update that changes the fan profile a bit. It currently has a bug, where it does not reapply after waking from sleep. This is the reason why I cold boot in this video, to have this new fan profile active.

I have additionally applied electrical tape, 5 layers underneath the Valve logo to muffle a bit of that fan whine.

In other words, for someone with a Delta fan in Steam Deck, this is as good as it gets.

Steam Deck Fan Noise [Replacement from RMA process]

next.Insiders 2022-04-25 | This is the fan noise of my New Steam Deck I got from RMA process. While it still has the whine it is way less audible than before. Filmed in excatly the same conditions and equipment as before.

GPD Pocket 3 vs Steam Deck Noise

next.Insiders 2022-03-26 | Device recordings were taken after 5+ minutes of gameplay.

GPD Pocket 3 running at 15W profile, max load, and fan speed

GPD Pocket 3 specs:
* 8 Inches / 1920×1200 Screen Resolution
* Intel Core i7-1195G7
* 16GB LPDDR4x 3733
* 1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD

Steam Deck running also at 15W profile, max load, and fan speed

For more in-depth Steam Deck noise profile see this video - youtube.com/watch?v=TGnudCommdQ

My robotic work buddy

next.Insiders 2021-04-27 | This seminar focuses on future-proofing us by helping to understand what artificial intelligence and intelligent robots will bring to our work life in the next 10 years. Unique perspectives on the possibilities and limitations of integrating robots into our work environment will be shared by experts, including the philosopher and future rector of Tallinn University Tõnu Viik.

Speakers and subjects:
🔸 Human, robot and emotions – Professor, philosopher and soon to be TLU rector Tõnu Viik
🔸 Necessary changes to our thought processes in our quickly changing society – Associate Professor of Sustainable Development Mihkel Kangur
🔸 Robots subject to law and current law – Director of School of Governance, Law and Society Indrek Grauberg
🔸 Do robots have fundamental rights? – Professor of Human Rights Law Mart Susi
🔸 StarShip delivery robots as colleagues – TLU student of natural sciences, StarShip robot operator Markus Narusk

After the presentations there will be a panel discussion and the speakers will answer questions from the participants.

Time: April 27th at 15-16.30, time zone: Estonia (GMT +3)

Seminar is part of a project "My future colleague robot" financed by Education and Youth Board and LIFE project "My future colleague robot".

Please register for the seminar in advance!
📌 Zoom: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYod-ChqzMpGtUr9drQAeByg3Q8DhQECGam
📌 Registration: https://forms.gle/tYEiYB6PfaftcHWr5

Seminar is in English.
More information: www.tlu.ee/en/hti/events/seminar-my-robotic-work-buddy

Featured in Video
0:00 - Start
0:06 - Starship Robotics, the worlds first autonomous last-mile delivery robot, founded in Estonia
0:12 - Temi Robot, a robot for teleconferencing or guidance
0:26 - Bionic powered leg robots, enabling disabled persons around the world to do more
0:34 - Boston Dynamics Spot, is featured throughout the video.
0:48 - Warehouse/Factory/Package robots all exist today
1:02 - AIVA, AI behind the music in this video
1:10 - Oxia Palus is resurrecting the world's lost art.
1:28 - Kiwibot, Amazon, and many others are also competing in autonomous delivery space, just like Starship Robotics
1:30 - Xenex Disinfection Services is one of many disinfection Robots available on the market
1:32 - Different AI systems will help coordinate efforts - startups.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/startup-stories-whiteboard-coordinator-reduces-healthcare-costs-with-improved-efficiency
1:34 - da Vinci Surgical System enabling more precise operations than humanly possible and with 5G also teleoperations.
1:47 - Viz.ai saves time by synchronizing stroke care
2:07 - Sony Aibo - a robot-dog human companion
2:12 - Telexistence Model -T, a Japanese robot kangaroo to start stocking shelves for convenience store

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