{"id":12698,"date":"2022-06-27T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/please-dont-mod-the-steam-decks-ssd-valve-warns\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:20:00","slug":"please-dont-mod-the-steam-decks-ssd-valve-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/please-dont-mod-the-steam-decks-ssd-valve-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Please Don\u2019t\u2019 Mod The Steam Deck\u2019s SSD, Valve Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Valve\u2019s Steam Deck is <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/steam-deck-mods-repair-replacement-valve-ifixit-parts-d-1848964846\">a cool handheld PC<\/a> you probably don\u2019t wanna modify too much. However, if the creative juices start flowing and you feel the need to tinker with it, Valve user experience designer Lawrence Yang is at least advising against a mod that increases the literal size of the Deck\u2019s SSD. The reason?\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/valve-steam-deck-mod-internal-ssd-drive-bigger-capacity-1849114745\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valve\u2019s Steam Deck is a cool handheld PC you probably don\u2019t wanna modify too much. However, if the creative juices start flowing and you feel the need to tinker with it, Valve user experience designer Lawrence Yang is at least advising against a mod that increases the literal size of the Deck\u2019s SSD. 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