If only Nactua made laptops/steam deck fans ;)

It's a bit safer to enable Storage Mode in BIOS before opening the Steam Deck. Just for fan replacement, I don't think that the battery needs to be disconnected unless you have very shaky hands

There's a Decky plugin called Fantastic that allows you to set your own fan curve. It has done wonders to get my fan under control. Obviously that won't fix a broken fan but if you find your fan swinging back and forth and want it to settle down, the plug-in works.

What do you mean nice and toasty? It’s supposed to do better than the delta Dan and cool the deck off better…so there’s No different effects besides the sound!?

My condolences... May the 1Tb SD card rest in piece. Edit: The difference is night and day! Well done. 👌

I've just done this fan swap and it's much better! When I first turned my deck on, I was worried that I hadn't connected it properly as it was so silent 😅

Sounds much better. It's more like white noise now.

The only people that can stand Delta fans are the old school hardcore overclockers 15, 20 years ago. I remember getting into arguments with a few of them in OC forums about the unbearable noise but basically they consider it a badge of honor to have their PC sound like airplane engines at full power. I immediately recognized the signature delta sound profile. This is just a tiny fan. Imagine having 4 or 5 of the 80mm and 120mm versions in your case.

Definitely worth doing since this is way easier than ps4 /iphone / tablet / mouse mod.

I definitely prefer the sound of the Huaying over the Delta.

2:20 RIP little SD card

Great detailed video Adam!

Sounds far better now

I'd actually be interested in testing a Delta fan; the Huaying fan on mine is scraping, rattling and struggling to start at lower speeds. I definitely prefer the Huaying fan sound, but I almost always use my Deck in a way where it barely spins up and with headphones, so the Delta fan could even be an improvement there. Or I might have a bad Huaying fan in mine. It works fine anyway and all the issues disappear at higher speeds.

Very cool, literally! Steamdeck looks fun to tinker with too

I think it's important to point out, that Valve is reported to no longer be using the Delta fan in the Steam Deck anymore. Which is good, because it has a high pitched jet turbine sound, and while there may be some people who aren't bothered by it, I doubt very much that there's anyone who actually likes that sound, and prefers it over a quiet fan.

I haven't taken mine apart but definitely sounds more like the huaying, lacks that higher pitch whine.

Got my Steam Deck this week after ordering at the last day of the sale and still got the Delta fan here in Germany.

I still need to grab one of those fans cause the look the old lady gives when the fan kicks in is worse than the $30 it'll cost to fix it, lol

I hope nactua sees this and make a better fan

Great little project. Very cool.

Got my Steam Deck in November 22, definitely didn't have the Delta fan. So not sure if it's okay to offer suggestions, but if you are doing a lot of various comparison videos that involve sound, a decibel meter is very useful and not too expensive to provide a note "scientific" measurement. Not sure if I can list an actual link, but I did a quick Amazon search for a "sound pressure meter" and found one for $25, sale now for $18. You could also likely record the sound and use an app to show the frequency distribution and amplitude. I'm a nerd so I was totally hoping for that... Otherwise I like your video, it made it feel like a complete repair novice could do this.

I just did this. I had the "good" fan, but it still made a buzzing sound like there was a tiny motorcycle in there. It's much quieter now like a good laptop fan.

I'm I the only one addicted to smelling the fan outtake? 😆 🤣 😂

Just took a glance through my jsaux clear backplate to see what I have and it's the H model. Sick,

I have just ordered steam deck and still got delta fan. Thx Valve......

My comment on this video was deleted. Here's the comment again (paraphrased): 1. Valve has recently released an official statement that they're using both fans currently, but with an airflow mitigation via foam pads. This is unlikely to be as good as switching the fan, as tests ( see for example the test by jack-of-some on reddit) have shown that the tape mod is less effective than switching the fan. 2. This is a very common problem with Delta fans. Nintendo uses a specially modified Delta fan with uneven blade spacing in the oled switch to mitigate this. This is very easy to prove since ifixit has xrays of the Oled switch available. Since the noise is a pure tone at the blade passing frequency, if the blade spacing is uneven there cannot be a single pure tone because the spacing interval between pressure changes caused by the fan blades constantly changes. This solution is well-documented, see for example Apple's patents on the matter. It is also used in many Apple products, they don't just own patents on it that are sitting unused. If you tell me where I can post links, I will do so. If you need a specific paper about the method, Boyan Jiang, Tonal noise reduction by unevenly spaced blades in a forward-curved-blades centrifugal fan, Applied Acoustics, Volume 146, 2019 is a good candidate.

5:43 "This is the delta fan because it has a triangle on it." - or, you know, the upper-case Greek letter delta: Δ

Okay you do have shaky hands😂. However, thanks for the guide. Just ordered a new fan.

My fan doesn't spin anymore, I stead it just sort of rhythmically ticks like it IS trying to spin but can't. I had hoped the connection cable was just slightly loose, and that pressing it a bit more into place might fix it, but it sadly did not

hi, which controller manufacturer do you think is the safest and has a history that proves its reliability? Between Kioxia, WD, SK Hynix, Silicon Motion, InnoGrit and Phison?

Thank you 🤙

Thank you😊

I probably have the huayang fan. Didn't have that high pitch sound but mine is hardly at 50% fan speed so far.

Hello do you have any videos on cleaning a steam deck and on maintenance, refurbishing deck?

Mines doin this i dont know if i should take it back to shop or not or try fixing it myself

I have same laptop aero 15 oled but fan noise is very bad! Please make a video for change the paste and make it better.

I will keep the Delta fan and just upgrade the SSD to 2Tb :)

rip 1TB sdcard

I thought dude said he was gonna write down in the comments for the ongoing results but nothing yet?

i have the huaying fan but it is also so loud

nice decal.. i would forget the sd card to, and blamed on dbrand for the distracting decal. if at least there were a sd card on the decal .. lol

Do you have a problem with me citing sources?

We need a noctua fan! that be amazing

Dose both of the fans have the same RPM?

Someone show this video to QuantumTV.

Is there a way to figure out which fan you have without opening your Steam Deck? I just received my 512GB a few days ago... wondering if they all ship with the better fan now or something?

Sorry, I posted a comment with references to scientific papers regarding the cause of the fan whine, did you delete that?

I just reposted it and you deleted it again. It doesn't contain any links, so it shouldn't be KZfaq's spam filter. My previous comment was up for a few days.

30 bucks? Geez...

i have that shitty fan haven't used my steam deck alot because of it just order ifixit fan. Valve should of recalled the steam decks with shitty fans how did the miss that in there testing everything else on the steam deck is excellent.

Use a Philips 1, not 0

I’m new to standards on fans for devices like this. What is an acceptable rpm for the fan. When I play games like monster hunter rise on medium it gets to like 6000rpm and “toasty” as he says. Is that okay, or should I be not playing games that go to that range. I’m accepting that it’s doing it’s job but I’ve googled rpm acceptable ranges and nothing comes through

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Do the LTT cooler mod ;)

made in China

As a PC gamer I'm confused. Can't steam deck users just play outside in the winter time to help with fan noise? I wouldn't as a PC gamer but Steam Deck users are ok with suboptimal gaming. They have very small screens, very slow processors, very slow storage, no full size mouse or keyboard, minimal OS capabilities, and not all games work. So playing outside on cold days sounds like something steam deck users would be really into.