Okay friends, let’s check who has a Samsung OLED panel, and who has the BOE OLED panel inside his Deck.

Steps to check:

  1. Go to Desktop mode

  2. Open Konsole

  3. Paste the following command into the terminal:

cat /sys/class/drm/card0-eDP-1/edid | hexdump -C

You will get the output like in this screenshot:

https://imgur.com/a/Y1jdjmr

The marked number is relevant and means the following:

01: 800x1280 @59.998545 (BOE, LCD)

02: No longer present

03: 800x1280 @90.003892 (Samsung, OLED)

04: 800x1280 @90.061454 (BOE, OLED)

So my results are:

Model: Steam Deck 512GB OLED

Panel: Samsung OLED

What’s yours? Please also don’t forget to post the model, so we can analyze if there’s some correlation.

  • novasheikh@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    BOE OLED LE

    2 dead pixels only noticeable on the dark blue screen. The pixels work on other colors so does this just mean a partial dead pixel? I am worried that if I RMA it I might get one with a worse screen. I can barely even notice them as is so I plan to keep mine. I can’t even get a good picture of them with my phone so it would be hard to prove to Valve.

    • ich_hab_deine_Nase@alien.topOPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      The only safe bet here would be to go with the non-LE model to get a Samsung panel. So far I haven’t read about Samsung panels having a problem with dead pixels.

    • zhire653@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Put your cursor next to the dead pixels so your phone can focus. Definitely RMA, I had one dead subpixel with the blue too as you described. It just means the blue doesn’t work.