I notice the fan going pretty hard all the way through my gaming sessions. I’m curious if the Steam deck will warn me before I do damage to the machine?
I think it will continue to throttle itself so the temps stay in spec. I would just make sure that you don’t have any obstructions on the intake and the output.
As others have said, it’ll throttle when it gets too hot to cool down. There is also a condition past the GPU emergency threshold to instantly shut down the machine (true on Linux desktop as well), but hypothetically it should never hit it because of the throttling.
No warning. It will throttle or just shut down. May happen in warmer climates.
I’ve had mine suddenly shut off a few times with Cyberpunk around launch. With new firmware and a probably unnecessary repaste this no longer happens. Give your deck room to breathe and you’ll be fine.
I am surprised nobody came up with a mod for watercooling the deck just for the fun of it, 'cause I’d imagine that would cancel the portability.
There should be a warning since SteamOS v3.3: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/3401924854795478414
General -Added notification when Steam Deck temperature goes outside the safe operating range