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Has anyone done diy repair on power button (not the outer plastic but the actual button on the mobo) (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by Grass@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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My power button clicks and feels normal. It doesn't work in any situation at all. I can turn on the deck from off by plugging in the cord and if it's already on but screen off I can only wait for it to die or open the shell and disconnect the battery.

This deck has: full shell swap, replaced worn cap and drifting stick with hall effect sticks, aftermarket buttons, replacement screen, aftermarket 1tb nvme, always had L1 require addititonal force after the click to work.

All mods were done at the same time and had no problems apart from L1 for enough time to finish spiderman, miles morales, 80% of FFVIIR, Act 1 of BG3 7 times, All of evoland 1 and 2 plus againnin legendary edition, both god of war and ragnarok, expedition 33 up to the snow area, both subnautica games, and a bunch of friendslop titles in between.

About a month ago power button stopped working and I haven't had the motivation to deal with it but I took it apart a little bit today, saw that the power button likely requires removing the mobo, and went back to not feeling like it.

Has anyone done a successful diy powerswitch repair? Ifixit only has instructions for the plastic piece on top, though the switch itself is probably a generic piece. I'll attempt valve if it's the only option but I don't really want to deal with mailing out the damned thing especially if its just going to get rejected and blamed on the mods.

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[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I replaced both my trigger buttons. I used these.

It was a bit fiddly, but not terrible, if you're used to soldering. It's not a beginners fix though, in my opinion. Need a hot air station too.

I'd call around to local phone repair shops, ask them the cost to replace a button on a bare circuit board. Tell them you'll provide the button and the board.

I imagine it would be on the order of $20-30, just guessing. It's not a hard job. Would take them minutes.

The time consuming part is removing the board from the deck and putting it all back together.

Or maybe contact your local maker space. Or go on campus to your local college, find their tech department, walk in and ask them for a hand, or if you can watch them to learn how to do it yourself.

People are generally pretty kind.

Edit: as others have stated, definitely make sure the button is bad first. And not some other more simple issue

[–] bunnyBoy@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

If you do go this route and plan to provide the button, make sure to call ahead. When I worked at a repair shop we weren't allowed to use customer parts because we couldn't certify the work. Other than that though it really is a 5 minute repair, so I'm sure they'd be glad to take your money for a job so simple