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…

  • Localhorst86@feddit.orgOPEnglish
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    8 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·
      6 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·
        6 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·
      8 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).