News Valve Warns Steam Deck Owners Against Gaming In Hot Weather

[Admin]

Valve warns Steam Deck owners not to game their handheld gaming consoles outside in the hot weather.

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[ThatMouse]

I'm surprised they let it get that hot. At 100 degrees, would you not literally see steam coming from your Steam Deck?

 

[Armbrust11]

I think these warnings are for the health and safety of the battery not the CPU. 🔋

RE: do CPUs produce steam? The answer is potentially, if used to heat water. But putting your CPU in contact with with water is generally a bad idea. And even so, it would take a long time. A stove usually is at least a thousand degrees and usually closer to two and it still takes several minutes to bring water to a boil.

 

[Neilbob]

A stove usually is at least a thousand degrees and usually closer to two and it still takes several minutes to bring water to a boil.

Huh? Rather off-topic here, but I think you may be overstating how hot a stove can get

The boiling point of water is 100C (212F), and most ovens top out at about maybe 250C (482F). A thousand or two would almost certainly be enough to make the oven melt and your house catch on fire.

 

[InvalidError]

A stove usually is at least a thousand degrees and usually closer to two and it still takes several minutes to bring water to a boil.

The red-hot coil element glow is about 700C. The temperature of the element has nothing to do with how long it takes to boil water though: the element only glow red-hot because of exceedingly poor heat transfer between the element and your stove-top kettle/pot. Even a 120V electric kettle will boil water faster than stove-top simply due to the far more efficient heat transfer between the heater and water, save for the possible exception of induction cooktops. In an ideal world, 120V countries should mandate something like two 5-20 outlets or local equivalent in kitchens to accommodate 240V kettles, induction cookers, toaster ovens, etc.

 

[Makaveli]

Huh? Rather off-topic here, but I think you may be overstating how hot a stove can get

The boiling point of water is 100C (212F), and most ovens top out at about maybe 250C (482F). A thousand or two would almost certainly be enough to make the oven melt and your house catch on fire.

I lol'd when I read that post also what kinda stove was he using there boss perhaps rocket fuel to power it

 

[DougMcC]

I'm surprised they let it get that hot. At 100 degrees, would you not literally see steam coming from your Steam Deck?

Only if you have enough water (enough for the steam to be visible to the naked eye) in there for some reason, in direct contact with something that hot, which would probably have prevented operation of your device due to electrical short.
IOW: yeah, your electronics have steam coming out of them all the time. Just not enough for you to notice.