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Does anyone know what could be causing my Deck to wake up? I'm thinking it has to do with the new feature to wake on Bluetooth activation, but the controllers are not even on when this happens.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

Could you give more detail?

I am....assuming you are running the stock SteamOS?

I would say wake on BT activation is a good guess...

If your BT controllers are not on though... could maybe be someone else nearby trying to connect to your Steam Deck with their own BT?

Or ... maybe its... something else entirely causing it to wake?

??

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Good point, I should have added that info up front.

I'm running stock SteamOS, and it's an early LCD model. It even happens when I'm home alone.

[–] rotopenguin 5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Hey, speaking of "early lcd models", how is your power button holding up? Mine is getting flaky. Have to press it a couple of times, maybe tilt it a little, to get it to work.

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that what's happening?! I just thought it was being a pain in the ass when I would try to put it to sleep. I know my battery is fucked, an I should really open it up, replace a few things an clean it up haha.

What's this about waking in Bluetooth though??? Been wanting that forever but I thought it was an oled only thing

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

One way to fix it is to probably clear and reset the bios, and reinstall steamOS, if you can't find a solution. I would do this about every year or two anyways while they are updating because you might get little issues, and also it helps to clean up some trash like logs and extra shaders, and proton files that tend to stick around.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It seems fine, no issues.

[–] rgalex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Omg, this is happening to me too, since a few weeks ago. I'm afraid it may stop working some day.

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