Steam Deck Tactile button upgrade

This is a guide and general overview of how to install and upgrade your Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED buttons

Credit:

  • Ripplingsnake: Pictures, instructions, and testing

Materials needed

  • Precision Screwdriver Set
  • Plastic pry tool
  • eXtremeRate Face Clicky Kit for Steam Deck OLED
  • eXtremeRate Face Clicky Kit for Steam Deck LCD

Notes:

  • BY FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS
  • This guide is under construction, please keep this in mind as you read through it.

Instructions:

You can follow this awesome iFixit guide on how to disassemble the device down, we only need to remove the daughter boards.

Remove the back panel and unplug the battery

  • Remove all 8 back panel screws.
  • Remove the micro SD card.
  • Unclip and remove the back panel.
  • Remove 2 screws from the metal heat shield.
  • Remove wire tape.
  • Remove the shielding.
  • Pull the battery connector to the right and unplug the battery.

Removing daughter boards

Installing new clicky daughter boards

Plugging in the battery and reinstalling the back panel

  • Reinstall metal shielding.
  • Place wire and tape back down.
  • Screw in the 2 screws that were removed earlier.
  • Put the back panel back in, and make sure the clips snap-in.
  • Screw all 8 screws back into the shell.