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The screen swap was easy peasy, the hardest part was getting the old screen out. Mine was already broken, and I wasn't keeping the front plastic, so I didn't have to worry about being too careful, except around the top edge where the mics and ambient light sensor are.

The case swap was a bear, took forever. I'm fairly handy, but the whole process took almost 4 hours. My buddy was doing his in tandem with me and he was over 5 hours, and that's with me lending a hand towards the end.

It looks great, in my opinion, and I'd do it again, I'd just start earlier in the day ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

As far as the OLED goes, so far it looks good. The stock brightness slider isn't working, it must be a software thing? I have had zero time to look into it. I haven't even played a single game on it since doing the swap. I'll report back when I have time to give it a fair shake.

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[โ€“] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You know I'm not sure, and I'm not sure how to check. That might be a good question for someone else? Or maybe it's in the documentation? Or if you can tell me how to check I can check,

[โ€“] Damarus@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

While the documentation does list quite a few useful details about the specs of the display, the PWM frequency is unfortunately not mentioned. A reliable measurement can only be done with a specialized device like an Opple Light Master. Here is some more research about the PWM flicker on the Steam Deck OLED: https://old.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1882kys/analysis_of_the_pwmflickervisual_fatigue_of_the/

I've sent a support message to the creator, hopefully he'll have an answer ๐Ÿ‘