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Table of high-speed data links
This table gives a quick overview of the rough transfer speeds of common high-speed links:Recovering a Steam Deck that gets stuck during the boot logo
If your Steam Deck gets stuck during the boot logo (or during the "verify installation" phase after an update), there are different options you can try to get it booting again like putting the device in battery storage mode or with one of the methods described in the Official SteamOS Recovery and Troubleshooting.
For me, neither the battery storage mode nor booting the old version helped and resetting the device was the option I tried to avoid. In my case, I found another way to restore the device without loosing my data on the device but you will need a physical keyboard attached to the Steam Deck:
Read more: Recovering a Steam Deck that gets stuck during the boot logo
De-brick a Thinkpad T530 with coreboot
Recently, my Thinkpad T530 suddenly broke and only flashed the LEDs at power on and then did nothing. I stripped all unnecessary hardware but the behavior did not change. Also, pressing certain key combinations during power on which shall clear remaining charges or BIOS settings did not help.