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…

  • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
    6·
    7 days ago

    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.

    • Localhorst86@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      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.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
        3·
        5 days ago

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

        • Localhorst86@feddit.orgOP
          2·
          5 days ago

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

      • Tingly3771@beehaw.org
        2·
        7 days 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).