How to Upgrade Your Steam Deck’s SSD

The Steam Deck remains one of the top choices as handhelds. However, like any other PC gaming device, you might need to upgrade its storage to cram even more games. Even though Valve believes in your endeavors of right-to-repair, upgrading your Steam Deck’s SSD is no easy feat. So, if you wish to avoid accidentally bricking or breaking your Steam Deck altogether, follow along as we teach you how to upgrade its SSD easily.

Materials Required for Your Steam Deck SSD Upgrade

Before we upgrade our Steam Deck’s SSD, you will need a few things. In addition to the list below, having a little first-hand tinkering knowledge never hurts. Furthermore, do note toremove your microSD cardfrom the Steam Deck to avoid damaging it. However, even if you’re doing this for the first time, cross off the list below and keep reading to learn how:

Note that you can only install up to 2TB NVMe SSDs. Now that we have all the above set, let’s move on.

How to Upgrade Steam Deck’s SSD

Let’s begin upgrading our Steam Deck for the SSD upgrade. Thankfully, I had a host of trailblazers like iFixit to look up to for this. As such, I have relied on their handy guide alongside images. With that, let’s open up our deck by following the steps below.

You’ve completed one of the two parts required to upgrade your Steam Deck SSD. Now, it is time to install the operating system onto our new drive and wrap it all up.

Install SteamOS on Steam Deck’s New SSD

Now that your Steam Deck has been upgraded, it is time to flash the OS into the new SSD. Follow the steps below:

Congratulations! You have successfully upgraded your Steam Deck’s SSD. While it might have looked difficult, the entire process was fairly easy. Are you stuck on a step? Let us know about your experience in the comments below!

Sampad Banerjee

Meet Sampad, Beebom’s in-house video game enthusiast and writer. With two years of freelance experience, he has passionately crafted articles about the games he loves. You can find his writings on Sportskeeda, Gamingbolt, and GGTalks.

During work hours, he covers the latest gaming news, creates how-to guides, and occasionally shares video game reviews. In his free time, he enjoys building Gundam model kits, planning his next cosplay, and play his favorite RPG games.

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