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I noticed the back of my steam deck feeling uneven yesterday. Opened it up to find a spicy pillow inside.

Replacement is underway, but I'm gonna remove this one now, already. Wish me luck...

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[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Few drop of 91% isopropyl alcohol all around the edges of the battery and waiting a few minutes helps a lot if you're afraid of too much heat.

[โ€“] Localhorst86@feddit.org 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.

In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery to cut through the adhesive would have worked well.

[โ€“] entropicdrift 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

FYI, it would almost certainly cause no damage. 91% isopropyl alcohol evaporates extremely fast and with no electricity flowing it couldn't short anything.

[โ€“] Localhorst86@feddit.org 2 points 7 months ago

Actually less worried about shorting something, note worried about it damaging some adhesive or protective film, or anything on the screen, really :)

[โ€“] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

That's one of my go to's when fixing phones. FYI, the plastic playing cards work great for that.

[โ€“] Tingly3771@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

IPA (of enough concentration) is the same thing you'd use to clean the circuitry/hardware so it shouldn't cause any damage unless it dissolves with the glue and somehow that's damaging (it shouldn't be).