Steam Deck Teardown: Everything Valve Said Not to Do! The SSD is also easy to get out, needing only one screw removed to free it from the motherboard.

Generally, accessing the guts of the Steam Deck looks pretty easy. Simply dispatch eight screws and some plastic clips and you’re in, without dealing with any exotic parts or glue, per iFixIt.

Valve's teardown video for its upcoming Steam Deck handheld console is a rare case of a mainstream tech company acknowledge the consumer's right to repair.