I am feeling the woes of a the 64gb Steamdeck users and i’m wondering it this adapter for an sd card would work?
To add on top of other people’s comments, SD cards should not be considered reliable. They are made from the cheapest bottom of the barrel NAND flash. For storing contents that you write once then read many times and can easily replace, they are fine. But you don’t want it for an OS drive.
Yeah. It was a longshot anyway. Just weighing options.
That seems like it would let you use an SD card in an M.2 slot? Why not just use the Deck’s micro SD slot? If you’re going to open up the Deck you ought really find an SSD to put in the M.2 slot.
I just dont have the money for that. Ive already got an sd card and $30.
I wouldn’t try it:
- They don’t list the dimensions and I wouldn’t trust my eye on determining if it’s a 2230 length
- It’s B keyed. It might fit in the socket, but you’d at best be operating at sata speeds
- You don’t want to run an OS long-term off a microsd card. It’s possible, and a lot of SBCs do, but its literally my last choice of physical storage media for something I actually intend to use.
I’d get a really large capacity microsd and use the existing port or bite the bullet and get an actual 2230 M.2 NVME. Both will be less problematic.
Oi kay. that seems fair.
The Steam Deck already has a built-in microSD card slot – are you having problems with it or something?
Since i have a 64 gb ssd i put all my games on the sd card.
Seems like the easier option is to get another SD card and switch out cards depending on what set of games you want to play. A 256GB micro SD is ~$40 US right now.
Its not the sd card thats the problem. My ssd is full and i cant seem to trim the fat anywhere. I deleted the shader caches and removed programs i dont use. But 🤷♂️
Have you done a factory reset?
Uhhhh - assuming you’ve already used the sd card slot?
Both sd card and internal memmory are maxed out.
