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 ?

  • inlandempire@jlai.luEnglish
    7·
    5 months ago

    Replaced the Delta for a Huaying as soon as I could, ifixit kept being out of stock, but I managed to snatch one earlier last year, it was scary, and removing the backplate felt like i was going to break everything, but the insides are well organised, it was quite an easy repair / replacement

    I couldn’t live with the hiss of the Delta, it was driving me insane

    • NeryK@sh.itjust.worksOP
      2·
      5 months 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 …