steamdeck Steam Deck OLED Not Powering/Detecting USB-C Devices - Need Help!

Miguel0717 · March 7

Hey everyone,

I'm posting here because I'm honestly out of ideas and not sure what else to do.

I have a Steam Deck OLED, but as the title suggests, it won't power any devices connected through the USB-C port. I've tried USB drives, mice, keyboards, and most recently the XREAL Air 2 glasses, but nothing works.

Before upgrading to the OLED I had a regular LCD model and all of the devices above (except the XREAL, never tested them) worked fine, however ever since I have got the OLED I have had no luck.

In the past, I managed to work around this issue by using a USB-C hub with external power. That allowed me to connect the Steam Deck to a TV and transfer files over USB, but it completely defeats the purpose of using the XREAL glasses.

I've tried every solution I could find online, including:

Power cycling the device
Updating to beta and preview channels
Enabling and disabling battery storage mode
Changing the USB method to XHCI (currently set to XHCI)

Unfortunately, nothing has worked so far.

I'm currently on SteamOS 3.6.23 (beta), hoping that might fix the issue, but no luck. If anyone has any ideas or potential fixes, l'd really appreciate the help! Let me know if you need any other details.

Thanks in advance!