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SteamOS 3.7.13 update gets fixes for more handhelds, fixes WiFi regression on Steam Deck OLED
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Have they ever fixed 5ghz wifi? It used to brick my OG deck and then clearly did with OLED as well. Just kept it on 2.4 forever. Stupid ass problem.
I remember when "brick" had a very specific definition with respect to electronics... Does it no longer mean, "broken beyond repair"?
Yeah, I don't think it quite applies here since all that was needed was a reboot.
I think there has always been more than one meaning to it. To me it's also meant "requires a full reinstall/restore to get working again, either through normal means, or using a special tool/method". Like, full loss of data but not completely broken.
Anything less than that though, like a system freeze that only requires a hard reset, definitely doesn't count.
I always called that a
soft brickwhen it could still power on, but couldn’t load the main operating system, but it could receive a reinstall of the system.Hard brickwas the one where it was permanently disabled either from not able to power on or was incapable of reloading the main OS without essentially “brain surgery” of the device.I guess brick could extend to broken components until a reboot (such as a broke WiFi driver or such). What type of “brick” would it be? How about
glitch brick?It requires a full reset and starting over from scratch. Whatever. Fucking idiotic complaint to needle in on that one word and a bunch of fucking comments, none of which at all even address my point. But thanks for nothing.
Did I complain?
Yes, it was fixed December of 2023 or January of 2024, if I recall right. Not long after the OLED launched. It was some specific wifi features, mostly wifi 6 features, that would cause the wifi card to malfunction and not work at all until you rebooted. Had to disable the specific wifi features on your router if you wanted to use 5ghz, or stick to 2.4ghz networks. Didn't usually affect LED decks afaik since they wouldn't try to use the affected wifi 6 features.
While valve got it fixed in SteamOS not too long after launch, they only recently applied that wifi fix to the SteamOS recovery usb drive. There was over a year where people could still run into the wifi issue if they had to repair their OS from a recovery drive.
Very interesting. Good to know. I just never bothered to try again. Thank you for all the info.