Hardware Wiki
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- Important: Please read
- About
- Resources for hardware and driver reference
- Adding hardware to this page
- Flagging hardware "out of date"
- Hardware List
Please try to first reference Valve's Official FAQ and SteamOS DIY pages before searching this page, reporting issues, or otherwise calling for help.
This page will serve to provide community help with identifying compatible hardware for the latest version of SteamOS, and offering assistance and knowledge for hardware that does not appear to work "out of the box." If your hardware does not work correctly, please do create an issues ticket with detailed system information, including, but not limited to:
- A GitHub Gist with the output of
lscpi -v(See the How-To pages for enabling the Linux desktop) - Basic system information
- Steam version information for Settings > System in SteamOS)
- System hardware
- Output of
lsb_release -a
- Steps to reproduce your issue
- Debian GNU/Linux HCL check
- Linux-Drivers
- Identifying drivers from the Linux kernel [advanced]
- Assessing your system
Please use the below table structure at the top of the page when adding hardware to a category page (such as Headsets). Be sure to include the correct number of "pipes" (aka "|") to create the row. The below example should be fine, but is subject to change. For the link column, it may be good to create and link a wiki page for the device if it involves a lot of information. If you wish to include more than one link, please use "Link1,Link2" as a format. Client/OS information can be obtained from Settings > System. If you do not wish to to note a column, please write "N/A" or "Unknown."
If a particular hardware does not work, you can flag it "out of date," (seen below) and check who made the change previously in the revisions link the top of any wiki page. Hardware that does not work should always be reported, in full, to the issues page, with information noted in the above about section. Please try to include a change message at the bottom of the screen when adding new hardware, such as "Added Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI."
There is always a need to catalogue setups/hardware, so if you have a working combination, feel free to send it to ProfessorKaos64, via the contact form at Libregeek. Use the subject header / regarding selection "SteamOS wiki" Please include the following:
- Motherboard
- CPU
- HDD
- GPU
- RAM
General categories, such as keyboards, and controllers, should be added as a separate wiki page (if they do not already exist) to avoid creating a TL:DR mess. The table below is merely an example of one. Most pages have tables already, so please try to use them as they are. Name new wiki pages in the format of "Hardware Wiki: NAME". The Compat. Lvl stands for "Compatibility level," and should follow:
- None (not common, but can be included to signal "avoid buying."
- Partial (basic functions work needed for use in SteamOS)
- Full (All basic functions work, available hotkeys work)
Note:
Please do not confuse compatibility with SteamOS with the compatibility in-game. If you wish to make notes about in-game issues, create a wiki page (as noted above in the first paragraph) for the device.
| Device | OS ver. | Steam Link? | link | Tested on | Compat. Lvl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Device | text | yes/no | Link | text | text1 |
If you wish to add a footnote/citation (useful for quick notes when a wiki page is not needed), use this code to add the note/link. I ask that you add it to the available "References" section at the bottom of the page, or create it, if it does not exist.
Create the superscript link:
[<sup>1</sup>](#cite1)
Linking it in the "References section"
1. <a name="cite1">My comment / [hyperlink](https://www.google.com)</a>
If you run across hardware that no longer works, or is "out of date" in its information, please place two tildas around the Compat. Lvl, such as "Partial (old)".
I also want to try and preserve vertical and horizontal space, so the following shorthand is used:
-
u- update - Tested on - date shorthand format YYYYMMDD
- AMD
- Intel
- Headsets (bluetooth)
- Headsets (Wired)
- Headsets (Wireless)
- Mini-PCI cards
- USB adapters
