Often, drifting joysticks cause concerns that the hardware itself is failing and needs to be replaced (just look at the problem with Nintendo’s Jo圜ons). Image used with permission by copyright holder My Steam Deck thumbsticks have started to drift You can also directly lower the refresh rate cap to 30Hz. If you need even better battery performance, use the Performance section to lower your frame rate or turn on FSR, which has been known to help save battery life. Try lowering the brightness level as much as you can and turning off connections like Bluetooth if they are not needed. If your battery is running down too quickly, especially when playing certain games, you should try lowering certain settings to see if it helps. You can keep an eye on battery life by selecting the Quick access menu button on the Steam Deck and going to the Performance section. When running the recovery, you should see an option to roll back to a previous update in the Boot Manager section. Head to the Steam Deck Recovery page to download the recovery image to a USB key. If the update keeps causing serious problems, you should try rolling back to a previous version of the software. Rebooting may take some time after an update, but this can often fix any problems you were having. Restart your Steam Deck by holding the Power button down for around 10 to 12 seconds to reboot it. I updated, but then my Steam Deck stopped working If only one or two games are crashing, they may not be well-optimized to run on the Steam Deck. If nothing is making a difference, try playing a variety of other games to compare performance. When in recovery, choose to Reinstall Steam OS, which attempts to save your downloaded games and progress while resetting the Steam Deck. You’ll need an extra USB stick and the right utility to run the recovery, but Steam provides good instructions for these steps. If rebooting doesn’t help, we suggest visiting the Steam Deck Recovery webpage and following its instructions to download the recovery image. This Lenovo handheld combines the Steam Deck with the Nintendo Switch

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