Yusuf O.

@vector deck yesss set up automatic daily backups plus a monthly drive i swap with my parents. Tested a restore and it worked. Sleeping better now.

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No cloud plan yet, but a family member could keep a drive at their place. hope thats enough info 😅

ahh classic on a Steam Deck, the format option in Settings System Format SD Card erases everything and sets it up correctly. use it only after youve tried recovery. hope that helps :)

honestly i would return it anyway. u paid for new, and the peace of mind is worth teh hassle of a swap lmao exchange it for the same model if u liked everything else. but hey ymmv

bump. still happening with video editing for me

oh ive been there lol for teh future, keep media inside one project folder structure and move only the whole root folder, relinking then means pointing to one lcoation.

facts

ok so reset any ovreclock or undervolt, especially memory clock. Artifacts that look like small colored blocks are often VRAM instability, and a driver update can change memory behavior enough to tip a magrinal OC over.

ok so do a proper clean install of teh previous driver: download it from the AMD support page, boot into Safe Mode, run DDU , reboot, then install. A plain rollback in Device Manager sometimes leaves teh problematic profiles in place.

ok so ur BIOS observation is a good clue. if artifacts appear only after Windows loads teh driver, but not in BIOS or in Safe Mode (which uses the Microsoft Basic Display Adapter), that leans towards driver/software. if they show up in…