I would not be JerryRigEverything if I did not show off the brand new Steam Deck Transparent
edition. It also comes in red, green, brown, blue, and of course, our very nostalgic, purple,
just like the original GameBoy colors. This only takes a few minutes to accomplish and
it's incredibly cool. I've been working with JSAUX on this one and we have 10 very special
JerryRigEverything additions to give away at the end of the video. So if you have a Steam
Deck stick around. Valve is one of the cool companies that isn't wholly opposed to people
taking apart their hardware. However, they have explicitly said that if you damage something
while internally adventuring it's on you, and you're very much on your own. So attempt this
project at your own risk. And now that we have all the warnings out of the way, let's get started.
[Intro]
Swapping the boring back panel panel for a transparent back panel is super easy. Barely
an inconvenience. Two things that could really mess you up though is one, not turning the Steam
Deck off, and two, not removing your SD card. Your SD card will snap in half if you don't remove it
beforehand. Trust me on this one. The JSAUX Steam Deck transparent edition comes with everything
needed to accomplish the mission. We have the crystal case itself with its rather exquisitely
mounted threaded inserts. There's still the metal grill mesh and a significant upgrade from the
original back panel, a metal heatsink for superior aftermarket heat dissipation. If you find your
Steam Deck is throttling, a new back panel might just help out. You'll see what I mean in a second.
Inside the second box we get a new screwdriver, a complete screw replacement set, finger gloves
and new customizable rear buttons. With everything this kit comes with I'm surprised it's only $29.
Personally I'm a fan of the original button thickness, but there are also extendo buttons that
you can plop on if you're into that kind of thing. If you plan on using a case for your Steam Deck
though, like dbrand's Project Killswitch, then you might not be able to use the higher profile
buttons anyway. With the buttons screwed into place, we can now move onto the back panel. If
you remember the box from earlier, it said to wear finger gloves while removing the back housing,
which I assume are these guys. I'll slide them on with no additional comments. I assume they're
here to help keep fingerprints off the clear panel, and keep oils from your fingers off
the sensitive circuits off the sensitive circuits inside of the Steam Deck. So it probably is a good
idea to wear these, since you know, protection is a good thing. I just can't do it though.
[Snap]
The Steam Deck has 8 black phillips head screws holding down the back panel. Not too big of a
deal if you lose these since replacements are provided with the kit. You would, however,
be screwed if you lost a screw inside of the Deck though. Not as screwed as the guys running SVB,
or anyone who bought NFTs, or balloon operators in the CCP, but still pretty screwed. If you notice,
on the original boring Steam Deck panel, the only heat dissipation is the fan vent. However,
on the new transparent ediciton, a metal pad with thermal foam has been added to help heat escape
more efficiently. I'm pretty impressed. And I'm even more impressed though with how it looks.
Valve should have released this version from the get-go. It's a perfect fit.
It would be cool if we could swap the front half, but zero complaints from me.
I'll run through the colors one more time just for kicks and giggles. Let me know which
one is your favorite down in the comments. There's quite the selection to choose from,
however, the more I see this Smoky Brown color the more I like it. And, of course,
I can take my new screws and get the back panel secured into place. Four screws in the center,
and the four longer screws around the edges.
Nice work, JSAUX, this new metal heatsink is going to be a gamechanger. (See what I did there?)
Let me know what you think. Do you prefer this new transparent edition that shows the actual hardware
or do you like the more aesthetic representation of the hardware that we see in our dbrand Teardown
Skins. It's hard to decide, they both look pretty phenomenal. Like I mentioned at the beginning
of the video, JSAUX sent over 10 of these very special JerryRigEverything editions. And since
I don't have that many Steam Decks, I'm giving them away to you guys. All you have to do to
enter is comment down below and somewhere in your comment insert the phrase “I have a Steam Deck”
so I can find it. Obviously if you don't have a Steam Deck you can still enter the giveaway,
I'm just not sure what you would do with it. But to each their own. There are a lot of
these so I'll be picking winners throughout the year, so feel free to comment whenever.
As always, links for everything I talked about today will be down in
the video description. Thanks a ton for watching and I'll see you around.