Yeah, I would guess the card is overheating or something similar. Shutdown if it gets overloaded (by downloading too much too quickly), and needs to be reset before it will work again. Probably will need to RMA to fix it
Most download speed issues just from people downloading onto an SD card, but yours losing connection to steam servers is very weird. Can you try downloading on someone else's wifi, or try downloading on a 2.4 Ghz network instead?
You should also try downloading in desktop mode, and if the steam Internet connection drops out, try then using a web browser for speed test/etc and see if things work.
It sounds to me like it might be a faulty wifi card, and it's stopping working after heavy use. That's just speculation though, and some of the tests I mentioned above will help eliminate other possibilities.
Yeah same, being able to stop playing immediately is huge for me. There are a lot of games I would struggle to play through without it.
Diablo 4 not playing nice with suspend (due to the always online requirement) was the main reason I couldn't get into it and didn't buy it after the free to play week ended.
I think a lot of people would be more interested in the SteamOS over windows on handhelds if they got to try SteamOS first and see how smooth it is. But without full knowledge on it, a lot of them either assume they'll like windows more because they already know how to use it, or they assume it's steam UI only with no desktop mode (even if people won't actually use desktop mode much, they want it as an option).
I have the standard Spigen case on mine (not the thin fit pro that you linked), and I like it. I have large hands, and find it quite a bit more comfortable than the caseless deck. I've heard of decks popping open at the seams when dropped on their sides, and having a case will protect from that. You also want one that has a ridge that sticks out above the L1/R1 buttons to help shield them from a drop, although it's not possible to protect them from every angle. The case you linked specifically doesn't have any protective material there, so I wouldn't get that one.
The other case I have hands on experience with is the JSAUX mod case, which my son bought. The hand grips are more comfortable than the spigen case, and the front clip cover seems super nice. Spigen has always done an amazing job protecting my phones from drops, and I don't know if the JSAUX mod case will give as much drop protection. But in terms of case feel and features, it's clearly nicer than the standard Spigen case.
Battery tech and x86 chip tech doesn't really make a "powerhouse" handheld possible, unless you completely abandon the idea of it having any acceptable battery life.
There's talk about the next few years being when arm and risc-v will start to replace x86 for windows/Linux, and that could possibly make a big difference. But I also imagine game compatibility and performance will be pretty poor starting out, so it'll be quite a while I imagine.
From what I heard, they decided to use SteamOS instead. They wanted to avoid "fragmentation", although I'm not sure that would really be a concern for Linux.
I imagine steamOS is going to be a more polished experience than AyaneoOS would have been, and hopefully have better support/updates.
I'm tempted to switch to my deck to Bazzite, but I also have everything set up exactly how I want it right now and it seems like a huge pain to set everything up again.
I also know that anytime valve announces a new deck feature update I'll immediately want to check it out.
They specifically said "it's not a powerhouse". It's supposed to be a lower power device with a big battery, capable of playing less demanding games for a long time. SteamOS also makes a lot of sense for this goal, since windows handhelds get pretty terrible battery life in low power games. The price is supposed to be low as well, although it's not clear yet if that's just low by Ayaneo's standards or if it will actually be cheaper than the deck.
Honestly if it runs steamOS, I don't even think it could be considered competition. They're on the same team.
On my LCD deck I ran -30 on all 3, and it worked well. I originally ran -35 but Like A Dragon cutscenes would sometimes freeze. Didn't notice any other stability issues.
I have an OLED deck now, only have it set to -10, but I'm going to slowly increase it.
This article is from back before valve added undervolt settings to the default bios (and before a CMOS reset would reset the undervolt, which makes undervolting much safer now), but it still has some really informative tests of the benefits of undervolting. Less thermal throttling improves performance in some games, and he was able to get about 16% increase in battery life.
Thanks for all the work you put in, I don't pay as much these days but I love that the game is still alive and growing.