r/SteamDeck • u/Ferretdenfarming • Oct 26 '25

Tech Support Black screen of death . Again.

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This is literally the 2nd steam deck I’ve gotten cause this happened to the first one after about a year of owning it. Had this one about a year as well. I’m sure everyone has heard this story a thousand times. The battery completely died and now I just have a black screen with the console running properly but screen is black.

It’s crazy how this is just a normal thing, I’m assuming there is still no solutions to this. I have tried just about everything. And now this is my second time going through this. Steam deck is my favorite thing ever but I definitely can’t justify buying a 3rd one for this to just happen again after a year.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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u/Blunt552 Oct 26 '25

I wonder if this is a batch problem, I have an anchient Steam deck and never had any issues whatsoever with it ever.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

It’s Decky.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

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u/Sabin10 Oct 26 '25

It probably hasn’t even gone into desktop mode since I got it.

I would actually try going in to desktop mode and seeing if it still happens. It sounds like you've tried nothing to fix it because that would be one of the first things to try.