I'd be so down for it. Having the 3070 with Noctua fans right next to an NH-D15 and it's just divine. The loudest thing in my PC literally is that fan inside the seasonic PSU.
@dragoscucu3128 Жыл бұрын
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
@Cappurnikus Жыл бұрын
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.
@macmilr Жыл бұрын
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!?
@wedemandcookies Жыл бұрын
My condolences... May the 1Tb SD card rest in piece. Edit: The difference is night and day! Well done. 👌
@Moontorc_ Жыл бұрын
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 😅
@SgtKickAzzYT Жыл бұрын
No worries if you didn't the Deck would of shut down on its own to prevent from overheating and frying parts.
@watching_events447 Жыл бұрын
Sounds much better. It's more like white noise now.
@Paul_Sleeping Жыл бұрын
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.
@dragoscucu3128 Жыл бұрын
Delta fans were used mainly for servers. I remember a server with 4 x 40mm delta fans that was so loud at full power that you could hear it through 2 closed doors.
@Dmwntkp99 Жыл бұрын
Definitely worth doing since this is way easier than ps4 /iphone / tablet / mouse mod.
@edwardhood6252 Жыл бұрын
I definitely prefer the sound of the Huaying over the Delta.
@Starscreamious Жыл бұрын
2:20 RIP little SD card
@Censorshift Жыл бұрын
Did the exact same thing with a PNY 256gb I bought literally 2 weeks earlier…. Was gutted but now I remember to remove it and have a 512gb card instead
@demofighter Жыл бұрын
Great detailed video Adam!
@ToothlessSnakeable Жыл бұрын
Sounds far better now
@WyvernDotRed Жыл бұрын
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.
@ZeroB4NG Жыл бұрын
you may want to try the original fan curve in the steam deck settings under system, all the way at the bottom. you can also set the Performance overlay to level 4 to see what the fan RPM is doing if you don't trust it.
@WyvernDotRed Жыл бұрын
I forgot to mention this, but I have been using the original fan profile since I got it, as the constant ramping of the new profile is more annoying than the sudden switches of speeds with the old profile. I'm also familiar with the performance overlay, have even done some crude but deep profiling with it. But I do trust it, it reliably spins up thanks to it being refulated and does not have issues at higher speeds, it just makes weird and noticeable sounds at lower speeds.
@ZeroB4NG Жыл бұрын
@@WyvernDotRed sounds logical... i got the Delta fan, without the new profile i would already have gone insane from the constant whine at high rpm (so much worse than in the video here). The Huyuyuyu whatever Fan is already here and waiting to be installed. ...maybe this week i will finally get around to installing it.
@dragoscucu3128 Жыл бұрын
If the fan struggles to start, you can install Fantastic plugin and adjust the curve to idle a bit higher, at about 2000RPM.
@ithildiess8305 Жыл бұрын
Sounds more like a faulty fan. Replace it.
@ClassicalTechnology Жыл бұрын
Very cool, literally! Steamdeck looks fun to tinker with too
@nunyobiznez875 Жыл бұрын
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.
@Shormik Жыл бұрын
@@pcworld Not in my case, got my Steam Deck last week, and I have the Delta fan, everything else is perfect - except the fan.
@slytnc6251 Жыл бұрын
Had to replace the fan as well and got my Steam Deck (64GB) two weeks ago
@janwiedemann7470 Жыл бұрын
Got my Steam Deck a few days before Christmas and have a Delta-fan too.
@nunyobiznez875 Жыл бұрын
@@janwiedemann7470 Interesting. I'd guess it's probably remaining stock. They reported that they were going to stop using the delta fans just a few months ago, at most. They'd still have to sell off remaining inventory that was already manufactured. Delta fans should be becoming rare by now though, unless they had to start using them again for some reason. Though, that's probably of little comfort.
@skydragon3391 Жыл бұрын
@@nunyobiznez875 The recent Decks shipped with the Delta fans have a foam padding applied to them that makes them not as noisy. I assume they think it's an acceptable enough fix to continue using the Delta fans.
@deviouslaw Жыл бұрын
I haven't taken mine apart but definitely sounds more like the huaying, lacks that higher pitch whine.
@Problematist Жыл бұрын
Got my Steam Deck this week after ordering at the last day of the sale and still got the Delta fan here in Germany.
@pcworld Жыл бұрын
Damn. I highly recommend swapping out the fan if you can. -Adam
@maydayfpv Жыл бұрын
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
@alexblackish-709 Жыл бұрын
I hope nactua sees this and make a better fan
@henrysboy2 Жыл бұрын
Great little project. Very cool.
@markw3215 Жыл бұрын
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.
@erikhendrickson598 ай бұрын
Absolutely true. But the point here was the noise *_profile_* comparison, not specifically that one was louder/quieter than the other (I've had fans with nearly identical decibels but one set just sounds more pleasant on the ears)
@The8bitbeard Жыл бұрын
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.
@SolDizZo7 ай бұрын
Me too, only bothering to replace it now that I have the OLED and don't want my sister to inherit the annoyance
@The8bitbeard7 ай бұрын
@@SolDizZo Same. My LCD went to my son, and I'm rocking an OLED now.
@SolDizZo7 ай бұрын
Nice! Yeah she told me she probably wasn't going to play it very much, and now she's almost beat Baldur's Gate 3 in a week LOL. @@The8bitbeard
@inartaly Жыл бұрын
I'm I the only one addicted to smelling the fan outtake? 😆 🤣 😂
@Mr.JesseR Жыл бұрын
NO
@rstarrkk10 ай бұрын
Just took a glance through my jsaux clear backplate to see what I have and it's the H model. Sick,
@barol86 Жыл бұрын
I have just ordered steam deck and still got delta fan. Thx Valve......
@Kuratius Жыл бұрын
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.
@TheDoubleBee Жыл бұрын
5:43 "This is the delta fan because it has a triangle on it." - or, you know, the upper-case Greek letter delta: Δ
@kris2501100 Жыл бұрын
Okay you do have shaky hands😂. However, thanks for the guide. Just ordered a new fan.
@umbratilicious1511 ай бұрын
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
@asbregafio8891 Жыл бұрын
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?
@moonclyburn20748 ай бұрын
Thank you 🤙
@NicolasDelgado-gp4ef10 ай бұрын
Thank you😊
@ithildiess8305 Жыл бұрын
I probably have the huayang fan. Didn't have that high pitch sound but mine is hardly at 50% fan speed so far.
@VlaagNo.1 Жыл бұрын
Hello do you have any videos on cleaning a steam deck and on maintenance, refurbishing deck?
@RedBullAddict-_- Жыл бұрын
Mines doin this i dont know if i should take it back to shop or not or try fixing it myself
@AUA-YT Жыл бұрын
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.
@vsighi Жыл бұрын
I will keep the Delta fan and just upgrade the SSD to 2Tb :)
@4zims Жыл бұрын
rip 1TB sdcard
@SgtKickAzzYT Жыл бұрын
I thought dude said he was gonna write down in the comments for the ongoing results but nothing yet?
@GN24d Жыл бұрын
i have the huaying fan but it is also so loud
@Lucas-CT Жыл бұрын
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
@Kuratius Жыл бұрын
Do you have a problem with me citing sources?
@paddypat Жыл бұрын
We need a noctua fan! that be amazing
@jordanns010 Жыл бұрын
No we dont
@The8bitbeard Жыл бұрын
Seconded. Noctua are fan wizards. My all-Noctua cooled PC is so silent you can hear a feather fall.
@vsighi Жыл бұрын
Dose both of the fans have the same RPM?
@georgejones5019 Жыл бұрын
Someone show this video to QuantumTV.
@CosmicApe Жыл бұрын
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?
@vsighi Жыл бұрын
No, I don't think is possible.
@Kuratius Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I posted a comment with references to scientific papers regarding the cause of the fan whine, did you delete that?
@Kuratius Жыл бұрын
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.
@walterg74 Жыл бұрын
30 bucks? Geez...
@NotCraZyhereАй бұрын
I got mine for $13
@Swifter101 Жыл бұрын
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.
@ZachDxn Жыл бұрын
Use a Philips 1, not 0
@ianscott2560 Жыл бұрын
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
@CHIEF_420 Жыл бұрын
🚲 🔋
@themusesquad8554 Жыл бұрын
Do the LTT cooler mod ;)
@Zhang_Nicolas Жыл бұрын
made in China
@billschannel1116 Жыл бұрын
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.
@The8bitbeard Жыл бұрын
I only play my Deck while naked in a bramble bush before I go take a bath in lemon juice.
@billschannel1116 Жыл бұрын
@@The8bitbeard I know you steam deck guys are very tough. You have pretty next level thinking. No neighbor would risk angering such a man by going after him legally. So either your neighbor is into it in which case they'll likely buy you games or they'll hate it and buy you a high end gaming machine just to get you to play inside. They don't call Bramble bushes Rubus Vulgaris for nothing! Nicely done sir.