EASY Steam Deck Case Swap!

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Steam Decks are cool, but they look kind of boring - just black plastic. No gamer RGB or fancy color choices. And sure, you could just put a sticker on, but thats not exactly the same is it? Well, JSAUX sponsored this video to show you their new transparent cover series - a complete case swap kit for the Steam Deck that completely changes the aesthetics and adds a bunch of neat features that could make your deck run a little cooler. But is this case swap a simple job, or a nightmare surgery that isn’t worth your time?
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This video was sponsored by JSAUX, meaning there was an exchange of money for a video featuring their product - but like all of my videos, this NEVER means a dishonest review. Every sponsor of the channel must agree to provide me 100% full creative control and to give my honest opinion about any product - if it sucks, I tell my audience it sucks, whether the company pays or not. JSAUX, the sponsor of this video, agreed to those terms before any deals were made. Thank you to JSAUX for allowing creators like me to speak our mind in this medium.
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00:00 Introduction
00:27 Unboxing
02:20 Replacing the shell
03:51 Mistakes I made
05:25 Installing Backplate
06:03 JSAUX Feedback
07:20 Is it worth it?

Пікірлер: 90

@JasonWitmerYT Жыл бұрын

Thanks to JSAUX for sponsoring this video! You can purchase the JSAUX Transparent Case Series w/ FREE Worldwide shipping (Use Code JASON for a discount!) here: go.jsaux.com/3O9lb29

@menuki95 11 ай бұрын

Please don't take this the wrong way at all, but it's refreshing to see someone make that many smaller but non lethal mistakes, it makes me feel actually more motivated to tackle this replacement myself seeing it's really not that easy to break anything if you're a bit careful. Thanks for the great video! Still can't believe we have fully modifiable handheld PC's now its so cool...

@JasonWitmerYT 11 ай бұрын

No worries! I wanted to be honest with y’all and show you how to avoid the mistakes I made

@SexManNordin 10 ай бұрын

appreciate it we all make mistakes not hiding them makes you feel more human and makes this mod less intimidating i wouldve 100% upgraded the joysticks to hall effect ones while youre in there anyways @@JasonWitmerYT

@paulkendrick4153 3 ай бұрын

@@JasonWitmerYT Jist got my Deck. The fact I can play pretty much any game all the way to 360/PS3 is insane to me. Love showing it off at work to my older coworkers 😊 I literally Will never buy another main Brand consoles ever again. 😊

@RaineyRetro Ай бұрын

Glad I saw this. I’ll keep my stickers and grip lol

@joker-sh5hv 2 ай бұрын

TAKE OUT YOUR SD CARD BEFORE TAKING OFF SHELL

@mbk337 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I was on the fence about getting this or just the back plate. I still am a bit leery, but knowing that the toughest parts are basically remove the screen and making sure all the stuff is secure; that really helps.

@JasonWitmerYT Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching 🙏

@Nina.playdead 8 ай бұрын

Took me an hour was easy! Yall got this ❤

@UCMan99 7 ай бұрын

great vid. just bought the purple case!

@smithktff Жыл бұрын

Nice video. I'm hoping they eventually offer all the same colors they do for the back plates. The extra air holes over the fan are interesting. I'd like to see in depth testing to see how that changes the dynamics of the airflow. I wonder if it helps or hurts.

@xXYannuschXx 10 ай бұрын

I think Gamers Nexus already tested it and the results were not good: With the stock backplate the fan draws air through other components, that need cooling (like the SSD, VRMs or the RAM). With the JSAUX backplate, the fan now gets air directly, which results in higher temps of those other components.

@flavio1243 10 ай бұрын

@@xXYannuschXx CryoByte33 on his testings only noticed a 1 degree difference on the components between the jsaux and stock backplate, that sounds very neglectable for a boost in APU cooling performance.

@adam33star Жыл бұрын

Really impressed with these kits, they're definitely not going cheap. Am I the only one that doesn't have a hairdryer? Lol

@JasonWitmerYT Жыл бұрын

Haha that’s why I said borrow one from your mom!

@toricostin243 Жыл бұрын

Literally me the moment he said hair dryer. "Wow the one thing I don't use or have.."

@DoomedMadhouse 9 ай бұрын

Haven't watched fully yet but I'm getting a red transparent one this weekend, hopefully I can pull this off.

@JasonWitmerYT 9 ай бұрын

You got this 💪

@kirbsinoz 11 ай бұрын

Great vid 👏🏼... they look awesome but there's no way I would even attempt this 😕

@luism8130 5 ай бұрын

Same.. not risking destroying my $500+ device. I’m too clumsy for this anyway.

@makerarchive6502 Жыл бұрын

they need way more colors, would love a blue or red transparent case

@TheDrsalvation 11 ай бұрын

I was going for this, but a screw in the motherboard wouldn't budge, I didn't want to risk ruining it, I tried the rubber band trick to no luck, and I don't have good pliers to manually unscrew it either. It was a bust for me. At least I was able to replace the face buttons, bumpers and triggers (but not the power and volume buttons. So I can just use a decal to cover the rest.

@calebbritannia6283 11 ай бұрын

Were you using the screwdrivers provided? In my experience it is much better to use your own premium screwdrivers because cheaper ones can ruin the screws

@IIIIOTL 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the vids! I seen you've used the jsaux as well as the extreme rate one, i was wondering how they compare and the differences? I've used extreme rate before for my ps4 controller so I know they're reputable, just trying to decide which one to buy

@JasonWitmerYT 6 ай бұрын

I’ve actually never used extreme rates shell, but I’ve been using the jsaux one since this video and it’s been great! Thanks for watching

@rachaelbalasingham88 11 ай бұрын

In the UK we would call those rubber pads a membrane.

@PolarBlairGaming 6 ай бұрын

The organization and spare parts are above and beyond. I feel like it’s possible…still scared though.

@CuriousTinkering Жыл бұрын

They have the better suction cup than extreme rate.

@MA-xd9zl 11 ай бұрын

the one extreme rate give is a joke, its small and not place to push securely...

@ataxjax5225 5 ай бұрын

i want to do this but im scared im gonna screw something up

@Void_xplorer Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if I did not want to take the screen out couldnt i just buy a whole new screen?

@JasonWitmerYT Жыл бұрын

You totally can! They actually sell an anti glare screen you can buy with it.

@frenchalcantara8424 Жыл бұрын

Does the vent in top of the fans affect the circulation or the temps? Coz that's kinda suspicious design choice.

@JasonWitmerYT Жыл бұрын

Looking at other peoples testing; cutting a hole there can really help your temps lower

@Labiote 7 ай бұрын

I thought it was an easy process. Oh boy I was wrong. Not for me I don't want to kill my brand new deck. Black is good lol

@Julian.padillaa 3 ай бұрын

Getting one with full translucent red 1t

@plant4170 3 ай бұрын

@@Julian.padillaai want that one too

@Julian.padillaa 2 ай бұрын

@@plant4170 its really nice got over 40 hours on it already

@SanctumAsylum 10 ай бұрын

I tried this myself, and was able to replace the shell. However, the screen would no longer display an image. I bought a new screen, had the same issue. I sent it in for repair, they replaced the screen for a third time, and the issue persisted. There's a small chance that if you disconnect the screen, the software will not be able to reconnect to the screen when you plug it back in. Replacing the shell on your Steam Deck is 100% NOT worth it. You can do everything right, and you could still end up with an irreparable Deck.

@Ricjones1994 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one having this issue. I'm in the same boat. No bios, no HDMI over USB C, everything. The last thing I might be able to think og is doing HDMI over M.2, but that's it...

@alexanderivarson856 9 ай бұрын

They just need to make the full shell blue and not just the backplate and I am doing this! Good video bro. Subbed.

@JasonWitmerYT 9 ай бұрын

Cheers! They just released an all white version, so maybe we get blue soon

@alexanderivarson856 9 ай бұрын

@@JasonWitmerYT hopefully

@JasonWitmerYT 9 ай бұрын

I painted the shell in this video to blue recently myself if you want to check it out. It’s a recent video

@ellieebbesen6724 10 ай бұрын

What temp was the heat gun when you could finally remove the screen? Great video!

@JasonWitmerYT 10 ай бұрын

Surprisingly high haha like a 7/10 on the heat scale

@ellieebbesen6724 10 ай бұрын

@@JasonWitmerYTthanks for the reply! Do you know the exact temperature?

@milo_van 10 ай бұрын

it’s like DIY ifixit

@vuitorico 9 ай бұрын

Would this be easier to do this at the same time as upgrading the display?

@JasonWitmerYT 9 ай бұрын

Most definitely should do them at same time.

@vuitorico 9 ай бұрын

@@JasonWitmerYT am I wrong in thinking that the factory display could stay attached to the factory front plate if I did this?

@dattisha27 9 ай бұрын

i wish they would make they for the ally i would love to make my ally atomic purple

@squigl3z78 5 ай бұрын

i should of just gotten the back shell lol

@henry1667 11 ай бұрын

Giving a shot like this is so risky, no thank you !

@babysully1791 4 ай бұрын

how did you get the back off???

@JasonWitmerYT 4 ай бұрын

its just 8 screws haha

@Stu2be2 5 ай бұрын

Raw dog, Everything 😂😂😂😂

@nolan6846 5 ай бұрын

Are these compatible with the OLED ??

@JasonWitmerYT 5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately not 😔

@jaredtoney3417 Жыл бұрын

I want to replace my original black steam deck shell with a black JSAUX shell.

@chrislaustin Жыл бұрын

"They included protection, but I'm American, so I'm just going to raw dog everything" LOL I would have choked if I was eating or drinking ATM. I don't own a deck yet, but I've done similar mods in the past to several PSP's and DS's, and so long as you go slow, no one should have any issues(it can be fun like building a huge Lego project). The PSP was pretty modular, and the only issue there was the UMD drive door, as you have to apply pressure to get it in and out. And the DS had one wire that went under this cramped space, and that was a pain, as was the ribbon cable for the top screen, but overall, easy enough. The Deck was actually designed with self repair in mind and while it has a ton of parts, the things provided here seem to make it super easy. I actually bought a Dbrand tear down skin for mine, and that still looks better to me than any of the clear cases do. But if I ever swap the screen for a better one(a company has one coming soon), then I'll probably swap the shell, as I'll have to go to bare bottom to swap the screen anyway at that point.

@LinkXLI 2 ай бұрын

Me, a bald man: a hair dryer?! God damn it!

@OkraPlutonium 6 ай бұрын

Subbed. The screen is the part that worries me the most and I won't have a heat gun for it...

@JasonWitmerYT 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! A blow dryer is more than enough!

@sniper9961 Жыл бұрын

There is no way I'm doing this to my SD

@Caketurtle7 Жыл бұрын

@bigtimejones831 Жыл бұрын

I've destroyed electronics trying to do stuff like this. I'm gonna upgrade the the SSD but that's it. I can only see heartache in my future if I try this.

@TheWarcraftIII 8 ай бұрын

6:20 I would call them membrane pads

@Rick-ng3lr Жыл бұрын

No way. Not worth the risk. Looks cool though.

@archer201977 9 ай бұрын

Rubber Pads, Silicon Pads, but it differs from where i live (Philippines)

@barkevkaraoglanian9255 6 ай бұрын

In what world is this worth it lmaooo😂

@erniecho 10 ай бұрын

I'm thinking of just changing the shell and not the touch pads.😂😂😂😂😂😂😆😆😆😆

@JasonWitmerYT 10 ай бұрын

This doesn’t replace the touchpads actually so you’ll be fine!

@jazzawazza2033 9 ай бұрын

I love how all youtubers use tweezers for the buttons they have guides just drop them in

@JasonWitmerYT 9 ай бұрын

Looks better on camera because my fingers are too big

@jazzawazza2033 9 ай бұрын

@@JasonWitmerYT nah smash them in I also have fat fingers apparently gotta make it look gritty next time make it gritty and tag me

@JasonWitmerYT 9 ай бұрын

I’ll do my best bro 😎

@adriansully6502 11 ай бұрын

Raw Dog

@ameliabuns4058 Ай бұрын

OOOF that's just not worth it to me IMO. too risky too much work! I was thinking of spray painting my deck!

@hobbsm666 Ай бұрын

Oh fk this.... Imma fk it up

@jonathaningram8157 4 ай бұрын

nope, no way I'm doing that.

@KazeMunashii 11 ай бұрын

except extremerate already beat them to the punch like two months ago, and they have gold chrome, race car chameleon, wood, etc, plus they also have button swaps. even at least two other companies have started making nvme docks two for half the price and more usb ports.

@iaincowell9747 9 ай бұрын

I have a extremerate clear purple, haven't got around to changing it yet.

@JonathanTalksHW Жыл бұрын

What about the rog ally? I don't want to leave it on white which I know I like white but for me taking it with me on the go, I prefer black stuff when it is something I take with me cuz those would be the most used products and it will pick up nasty lint and would be visible on a white product.

@JasonWitmerYT Жыл бұрын

Some companies have told me they are all working on making some ROG ally products 👀