As long as there's some kind of power available inside the machine (e.g. an extra SATA power connector) it can just use that and wifi.
I suspect that the Valve engineers weren't so short sighted though and probably have all the usual headers/connectors inside the thing that a normal PC would have. For example, a USB 3 header (the kind usually used for front-panel USB ports).
If anything, the device probably has at least one extra M.2 connector and a 1x or 4x PCI express connector. With those, anything is possible.
Even if the only power available is the CPU fan header you can always just use a splitter and pull power out of that.
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LOL WOW! Already? Imainge the art you could desplay on the front of that
Like family portraits?
I hadn't thought of that actually, but I'd 100% have pictures of my kids rotating on that thing! :-D That'd be INCREDIBLE.
Interesting, I thought there wasn’t connectors for the front panel
Could be wireless. That would also explain the "battery" mentioned in the poll on shitter.
Batteries on a device that needs wall power?
Well I guess I've seen things this dumb already so maybe
That’d require charging it though
Yeah, I could imagine that it would need to be connected to a USB charger for that...
(I hope they make the suggested version with the eInk display. That way the image would persist even if the power runs out.)
There aren't, to my knowledge, but I'm sure you could grab it and data from somewhere on the board.
It won’t look as clean as shown in the pictures then
Why not?
It's not hard to hide wires behind that big screen, even if you have to drill a little hole, no big deal.
Are you picturing a big USB or HDMI cable sticking out the side?
Yeah, a usb cable
Gotcha, yeah just 4 little wires, easy to make a custom connection or small cable and hide it away
I meant you could get power/data from inside.
It wouldn't be the first product that started advertising the concept art as the finished product.
Maybe there's a spare USB header inside on the board?
As long as there's some kind of power available inside the machine (e.g. an extra SATA power connector) it can just use that and wifi.
I suspect that the Valve engineers weren't so short sighted though and probably have all the usual headers/connectors inside the thing that a normal PC would have. For example, a USB 3 header (the kind usually used for front-panel USB ports).
If anything, the device probably has at least one extra M.2 connector and a 1x or 4x PCI express connector. With those, anything is possible.
Even if the only power available is the CPU fan header you can always just use a splitter and pull power out of that.
Yesssssss!!!!!
I thought the front panel having customizable plates was already pretty cool and now someone is making display panels for them? Nice.
https://steamdeckhq.com/news/jsaux-steam-machine-panel-voting/
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Jsaux-to-introduce-Steam-Machine-screen-front-panels.1166537.0.html
https://www.theverge.com/news/823958/here-come-the-third-party-steam-machine-accessories