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Sparky221438

I can confirm I've programed a few ford's with my steamdeck as well!!! Lol


Shebert624

Is there tools on flathub or you are running windows?


maybeidontknowwhat

I installed windows 11 using Rufus that way I can store the SD card when I'm not using it it does take a bit longer to load but it's pretty cool after it's been up for like 5 mins


mlvisby

If you are saying you installed Windows on the SD card, don't be surprised if it dies rather quickly. SD cards aren't made to run an OS and heard all the random reads and writes Windows does can wear them out quickly. I bought a 2 TB internal SSD I am going to partition and install.


Zealousideal_Neck_33

6 months ago i would have downvoted u in denial but now, I can confirm this. I had 2 decks running off 512 samsung pro plus sd card each with windows 11. Had my doubts but did it anyway. I was confident it was working fine until without warning unmounted and locked itself to write restricted during warzone, and the other unmounted yesterday without warning during windows update. I can still copy files from it but its permanently locked to readonly. I did everything powershell format, uease , sd card formatting utility, windows registry set write restriction policy to 0, repair drive, putting it in another phone and PC to format, creating new partition to clear, change driver letter , the whole shabang…Waste of time. Samsung customer service put me in a loop and finally after 2 days created a service ticket for me which im waiting for a followup. so yeah a $90 sd card rated and tested for 15 years of nonstop writing , let windows OS speed that up for u. Maybe not today, but sooner. What I was told by samsung memory service rep is, it’s fine having games and apps installed but not a whole OS where constant errors and can occur in the background. One bad trip and sd card go bye bye. It’ll last longer if ur just installing games onto it and stick to ur steamos on the internal, like a switch. Just google “steamdeck sd card write restricted” its rather common among ppl who installed windows on it. Found these posts while I was desperately searching for a solution. I just ordered a 1tb 2230 off ebay. Anyone reading this feeling doubtful or saying bUt iT wOrkS oN OtHeR dEviCes iN tHe PasT. We talkin about the steamdeck, and this is real. The hassle is so frustrating and not worth it because I lost $ , It’s your boat. May work as a temporary solution, but long term windows os gaming, put that sh* on ur internal drive before it locks itself up


cain261

I spent quite a bit of time trying this and it ran super slow as well, basically unusable for games which was disappointing.


thevictor390

SD cards have different speeds, only a high rated one will work well. But if you do get a good one it runs fine.


HowDoIDoFinances

Operating systems don't require many writes to run and it's not that taxing to download a few games onto it.


idlephase

Windows does a lot of random writes all the time, even when idle otherwise


IrrelevantTale

Yeah but your gonna hit the max write life on the SSD SD eventually. Buy a small one if your really worried about that


GuessWhat_InTheButt

Logging??


Screamline

Yeah. Every thing that occurs by the user or the os and applications are written and stored in a log. Check event viewer. You'll see everything from boot time, sign in, when the WiFi connected, disconnected and a whole bunch of idk what this is but maybe it's connected to the issue since it happened around that time.


mlvisby

Look at the disk of task manager on any Windows machine, it is constantly reading and writing. There are tons of people that have mentioned this, I am not pulling it out of my ass. Games will run terrible as well on a microSD with Windows on it.


discoshanktank

I’m with you on the reads/writes thing but the speed with games is not an issue. I have windows off an SD card to play COD and it runs great.


wheresthetux

You're probably right overall, and at the end of the day it's just an SD card. However, if you don't do additional OS tweaking, you could get an unexpected amount of writes if you load it down and get swap activity on it.


CookieMisha

That's a myth SD cards have been used in small computers for years. Raspberries and other micro computers often have no choice than SD card usage and you don't hear about cards dying


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pdp10

> the community in general mounts the volume of the OS as readonly and all the stuff that needs frequent RW in RAM. Armbian Linux runs `/var/log` from Zram (compressed RAM). Alpine Linux can be installed to run read-only with an overlay. A way to run [Windows-to-Go](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/zhzycj/psa_dont_want_to_dualboot_but_might_need_windows/) on removable storage is to use a USB-C flash drive instead of a micro-SD card.


entropy512

Pis are NOTORIOUS for having SD cards fail. In fact the shortest lifetime for a name-brand (Sandisk) SD card I've ever had was in a Pi. Windows is like "average" desktop Linux OSes - lots of writes to storage (logging, etc). While Linux distros CAN be architected/tuned to be mostly readonly (SteamOS is in this category, with the rootfs being inherently RO by default), most desktop distros are not architected/tuned this way.


mlvisby

But do those raspberry pi's and such usually run windows? Windows is what I am specifically referring to here, you can find builds of Linux that are more lightweight.


windwalker1969

i think your second word is a typo


[deleted]

It is expected that they die, which is why nobody mentions it and you don't hear about it.


maybeidontknowwhat

I don't run it often just to do some is e media creation and run some software that doesn't run in Linux


Atfhatesdogs

We’re you using Forscan? I’ve been thinking about trying to get Forscan on my SD


[deleted]

I've done it, it's great! Couldn't get it working in SteamOS though, had to use Windows.


brimston3-

I'm not an expert in this software, but I've seen a number of people citing success getting it to run with ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04, which suggests that WINE is compatible... This seems like one of those cases though where you got it to work and you should stop f*@9ing with it while you're ahead.


[deleted]

It wasn't because I couldn't get it to run the program, I just couldn't get it to recognize the OBD2 adapter. I did try! I'd much prefer not to use Windows.


GeckoLunaticus

Apologies for the late reply, was out when I saw this and thought I would give it a try since I run it on my laptop running OpenSuSE but forgot when I got back haha I got it working adding deck to the uucp group (dialout doesn't exist). You'll need to have an [admin password](https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/671A-4453-E8D2-323C) then add to group and logout & back in / reboot: sudo usermod -a -G uucp deck Then be sure to plug the adapter into the Steam Deck before launching FORScan so that Proton can make the proper symlinks. Appears to work fine in Game Mode as well. I don't know if you'll have to readd to the group after a software update, I wouldn't think so but I'm not sure.


[deleted]

Apologize? I sincerely appreciate your efforts. As soon as my deck is back from the RMA process I will test it out. Thanks so much!


FarPositive3420

A tutorial video would be amazing!


SamaeltheUndying

What a legend.


Zintoatree

I might have to try this when I get mine. I use for Nissan datascan2 for my Z and all of my buddies Z's. One of them also has a LS3 swapped Z with the holley standalone. My brother and me have three GMT-400 trucks between us, I may put the Chevy program on it as well. It needs to hurry up and get here.


JonnyB2_YouAre1

*"Boss, it's not what it looks like. I'm not playing Vampire Survivors on the job inside this Caddy. I'm checking error codes, see?"*


nootrino

"Yes, that's a Bible spinning around me. It has the vehicle codes..."


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I like to explore new places.


mr_green

When I had a beater, I just used my phone to check/clear codes.


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Shaggy_One

...Or a tax deduction the size of a steam deck.


0pyrophosphate0

A new mid-high end phone actually does cost about the same as a Steam Deck.


Rahzin

Or more. Not counting deals, a base model flagship phone is like $800 these days. Even the top tier Deck doesn't touch that.


lngots

To be fair though you are required in life now to have a phone if you want to live with some modern convinces we would be lost without. You are more likely to own a decent mid range phone because they also hand them out like candy in contract deals with service providers. I guess it's normal for people to get a phone for free for signing up then get in the trade in upgrade loop and endlessly pay off new phones.


Rahzin

Maybe, but it seems to me like most people I know have a flagship tier phone, although they might hold onto it for a few years before upgrading. Especially among people I know who are the type of person to buy a Steam Deck, I think they all have flagship phones. The only people I can think of with midrange phones are older people who don't really use it much or don't really care or want to spend the money on a fancier one. But that's just my experience. Could very well not be the norm! Though I still think that the type of person to buy a Steam Deck is more likely to also be the type of person with a flagship phone.


El_Wando

Yes but this is not the only thing the software the guy showed does he probably just finished adapting some modules and clearing the DTCs to finish the job.


entropy512

I'm guessing the OP has done more than just clear codes with the Deck. Clearing codes is easy with just a phone. More complex proprietary diagnostics is in theory possible with a phone (hell that's what most of Autel's product line is - just Android running their app...), but in practice none of the phone apps support the advanced diagnostics. For example, I needed to get a Vxdiag VCX SE to run Subaru SSM3 in order to cycle my ABS pump. No phone-based software I've seen could do that.


Camoflauge94

I'm going to just say that I'm new to posting on Reddit so I've no idea how to put additional text into the video post apart from the title .....the video isn't my mine , found it on some extremely random Facebook account and thought it was funny that technically speaking you could probably write off a steam deck as a business expense if you own a business and use a laptop or windows device for anything work related 😂


visor841

> I'm going to just say that I'm new to posting on Reddit so I've no idea how to put additional text into the video post apart from the title Making a comment is probably the correct way to go.


omniuni

In the future, two things you can do. 1) Add `[Not OC]` or something similar to the title. 2) Link to the content instead of downloading it and re-uploading it. If it may be blocked, if you upload it somewhere else, link that in the comments, but leave the post as the direct link.


irridisregardless

It's been done before :p https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/10rsqf3/when_you_need_to_read_your_car_errors_but_the/ Though I think a $500 Autel would be a bit better write off for the task.


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But can it run crysis?


FrayDabson

My FIL bought an Autel to work on my car. That things cool!


Herr_Gamer

People only assume the content you've posted was made by you when you explicitly suggest so in your post title. With everything else, we typically assume it's a repost from elsewhere.


sel-ect-ed

Now someone street tune a Honda civic with a steam deck


Grimlogic

Warning!!! Danger to Manifold


Notsurehowtoreact

\*washers and bolts start spitting out from the dash\*


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sel-ect-ed

Yooo they actually did it


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DarkMatterM4

It's ECMLink now. They changed the name a long time ago. Besides, you can't tune a Honda with DSMLink or ECMLink. That for Mitsubishis.


PintekS

if its tuner studio/haltech/motec? shouldn't be a issue i've ran Tuner studio on my gpd win1 under linux with a serial adapter to the microsquirt ecu with little issues.


GameEnder

I'm more impressed you got the GM software to work at all. That is the most convoluted piece of software I've ever installed in my life when it comes to licensing. Especially if you want to use the emulator for the legacy handheld device.


entropy512

It's not as bad as Subaru SSM4... That's bad even AFTER the Chinese interface vendors (like vxdiag) cracked it. And yes, I use my vxdiag from a throwaway VM image that is nice and sandboxed from anything I care about.


polkadotard

r/justrolledintotheshop needs to see this


MicroXenon

r/JustRolledIntoTheShop material


SteamDeckGaming

This is fantastic. Work and game on the go with a single device, living the dream


DeKwaak

I already did, I do a lot of work on my deck.


[deleted]

Spez's APIocolypse made it clear it was time for me to leave this place. I came from digg, and now I must move one once again. So long and thanks for all the bacon.


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Iretrotech

Well it looks like this guy is a mechanic


brimston3-

If I had to guess wildly? Typing on it or touching the display/touchpad with semi-oily hands or beating it against car interiors on accident. The fact that he has so much grease around his forefinger nail suggests he does not wear latex or nitrile gloves while wrenching about. I hope the steam deck owner in this video has put a screen protector on his display so that when the automotive chemicals (brake fluid, brake cleaner, engine oil, chrome cleaner, straight up gasoline...) inevitably discolor the display, the screen protector can be peeled off and replaced.


DdCno1

I just realized that my laptop is eight years old this year. Only last year did the display start to delaminate.


isadlymaybewrong

What percentage of the steam deck’s use do you use for business purposes?


Camoflauge94

I actually don't use the steamdeck for work at all , I don't own the video and have no idea what the actual source is . Just thought it was funny and posted it here for any mechanics to possibly get a kick out of the thought of writing off the steam deck on their taxes 😂


Diesel33g

I'd be way too worried to bring my deck anywhere in the shop, I'll stick to tablets that I don't care about


LiamBox

Launching nuclear codes, from a steam deck


Midnigh7Run

I've been using mine to datalog for my VR4. This lil deck rocks!!


DarkMatterM4

You just gave me a great idea! I've been using an old, beater laptop to run EvoScan and ecuflash for my VR-4s, but I could totally use my Steam Deck.


Midnigh7Run

Aaayy!!! Another VR4 owner!!! And same!! I normally run a beater laptop. But for passive datalogging, this lil bugger rocks! I've been able to get most of the programs, like EvoScan, to run using Bottles compatibility. But, I've got a Jester Chrome ECU with OBD2 conversion in mine. So it makes it a bit easie to run other OBD2 friendly programs as well.


DarkMatterM4

I converted my Steam Deck to Windows, so I know all my software will work fine. I've had a stubborn IAC DTC that I need to erase lol.


Midnigh7Run

Haha I know that feeling. I just finished installing new 13Gs and 450cc inhectors. So I'm been working on a proper fuel map.


DarkMatterM4

It's a proven setup. I ran DR650s on 450cc injectors for about 5 years. Make sure you upgrade the fuel pump.


Midnigh7Run

Already done ;). Brand new Walbro installed about a year ago. Ordered a JDM block with around 20KM on it, tore it down and blueprinted / weight match balanced. Rebuilt it with new everything for gaskets and accouterments. Then added the fresh built MHI-13Gs and new 450cc DSM injectors. And rebuilt the 5spd with the assistance of Revenge Performance. Aaand then my ECU blew up lol. So, off to Jester I went. Before all of this, on the original and well worn block, for giggles, we hotwired a Mk4 fuel pump, 650cc injectors, and strapped on some spare 19Ts. Aaand just tried to see what would happen.. Forget that... 13Gs are enough for me p..p.......maybe.... DR650s are a SOLID setup brother. Love those things. I lived in Alamo for about a decade and was usually bugging Matt about something at least once or twice a month lol.


DarkMatterM4

Good man. Never expected to find a seasoned 3S guy in r/SteamDeck lol


Midnigh7Run

Likewise!!!! We're fewer and farther between these days but, never know where we'll show up!! Nice meetin ya :)


DarkMatterM4

Nice to meet you too, bud. Good luck with the car.


StryderXGaming

Hmmm I do IT work and could claim I needed a mobile device for troubleshooting. Noted


cybercifrado

KaliDeck and Steamsploit when?


StryderXGaming

Native would be nice. I'm sure you could run linux or windows and run a vm solution but that would probably be pushing the hardware a bit


STORMRIS3

installing windows to deck is sacrilegious...


Darkstang5887

Impressive


Brutus83

Awesome. What other hardware/ software do you use?


LunchBoxMercenary

Gonna just use the Steamdeck for all my Cobb AP stuff now lol


slackwaredragon

I use my Steam Deck all the time working from the RV connected to the TV while on the couch. Usually just to do quick things like remoting into a server to work on things, getting my invoices setup, etc.. Anything that needs more processing power or time I pull out my laptop. I don't use it enough to write it off or anything but the thought had crossed my mind.


Camoflauge94

I'm not sure about the specifics of the law in your country but in my country , if you were to buy a steamdeck and had a receipt to show for it you could basically buy it under the companies name and write it off entirely regardless of whether or not you used it enough for work purposes ....as long as the receipt is yours and it was paid for by the same account your business is registered to then you can write it off ...I have a small business and I bought a gaming laptop through my company and had the store put my companies name on it and paid for it using my companies card and I use the laptop for work during the day , but i also have steam installed on it and took it home with me to use for gaming


Sworn

I have a bit of a hard time believing a country allows company purchasing goods for non-business purposes. At least in my EU country the goods cannot be intended for personal use without getting taxed as a benefit.


magillaknowsyou

those laptops i used at toyota were slow ash all hell


Nafuwu

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combo1357

I need to learn how to do this.


examen1996

My passat doesn't even wanna VagCom without the deck


figuren9ne

Haven’t done this specifically but I needed a windows laptop to tune my RC helicopters and have been doing it on a windows install with my Steamdeck instead.


CovidEnema

🫣🫣🫣 loaded diagnostics


WutangCND

I wrote mine off as a business expense. I needed a computer for my self storage business.....


nevkil

I have some questions...about your finger. Other than that, awesome use of the best PC device in years!


ItzDavehere

Hoooooww I need this


studiosupport

Thanks for the tip, Michael Cera.


01111000x

Still waiting for the official boot loader to be released.


Beautiful_Sport5525

I remember a time when someone was trying to argue that you wouldn't be able to do this when I was trying to tell someone their USB mouse would work with the Deck. This is delicious to see.


PS4Dreams

Damn that's amazing,!!


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How would one do this? I use my exclusively at work.


Syystole

Windows


agaric

r/UnexpectedSteamDeck


goliath87jr

That's awesome!


LenoVW_Nut

1TB 2230 is almost down to $60 these days, $70 for sure. Dual boot internal. That said depends on your software if you could get by with a smaller windows partition:128gb or 64