I was working on a video for a battery pack for Steam Deck that includes a magnetic mount, but the people emailed me today to note it will mess with the Delta fan in the Steam Deck (not Huaying), same issue as the dbrand Killswitch magnet case that dbrand stopped doing due to it.

I made a decision not to cover it, since I can bet someone who watches wouldn't check their fan and end up causing hardware problems for them. Saying it now as I saw another channel just put up their video on it.

I'm just not going to risk your devices. You might as well go for basically *any* other compatible power bank, than one branded for Steam Deck that might totally screw your fan up. Don't risk it, don't buy anything with magnets.

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@gamingonlinux

Thank you for sharing this. I was looking into accessories for my and I didn’t know about those issues.

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