Planning to do a PC build where I make a modern steam machine, but the case is the only part that's troubling me. I'm willing to buy a full steam machine and just remove all of the hardware, but I can't seem to find any for sale, perhaps there are some case models online I can use to 3d model one?

Got my steambox today and it successfully spoiled my dinner. No steam no nothing. Just five flashing leds on an extremely expensive Plastik box. No response from support either.

Is this a scam or do people really get food from this box?

I tried the Steam Link. it can do stream 1080p games like HotWheels unleashed fine. BUT even with hard wired gigabit, the video quality was terrible. i can definitely tell it was streamed and not as crystal clear as it was on the desktop.

guess getting a dedicated Steam box is the only way? which small profile box can do Steam games at 1080p? not interested in getting new box. i much prefer something used for under $200.

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Hello! I have a Alienware Steam Machine R1 (i7, 1tb SSD, 16gb RAM and W10) I heard something about upgrading the wireless card on it. What are the benefits of doings this? What changes from the stock one? Any pointers on where to find one? Thanks in advance!

So I had recently been gifted an Alienware Steam Machine from 2016. I tried to set it up, but it was not working. I would put in a wired connection from my router and the machine recognizes it, but it does not allow me to launch games or access the store. Is there any sort of way to fix this?

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I launch my dedicated game box right into big picture mode, it doent even load the explorer. At this point it's kind of being used a game server opposed to its previous use as a makeshift steam machine.

By default it asks if you want to login offline or try again. Is there a way to tell steam to auto log into steam in offline mode when there is no internet connection instead of asking this? And I mean specifically when there is no internet connection. I know there's a way that you can put in your login credentials to a text file to force it to go into offline mode every time but I only wanted to auto log-in to offline mode when there is no internet connection detected. Does anybody know if that can be done?

Also, why are steam controller configs online only? Is there anyway to download the xml files and store them when using steam in offline mode?

Specs: AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 955, 6 GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 6850

Do you think this would be enough to run games that came out in the last ~6 years, on medium settings at 30fps?

Thanks

I've been playing rocket league on this thing everyday. I went to login this morning and while I can cycle through my saved profiles the system will not recognize my click, "enter" input, or ds4 "x" input when I try to login to a profile on the start up screen. I have tried a system partition restore and have found no success. Any suggestions?

My Macbook recently stopped being able to play most of my Steam games and I figure it's long past the time I should have invested in a PC anyway. I would like to get a Steambox that is upgradeable so it lasts a long time and doesn't get outdated in a year or two. Would it be better to build my own or buy a retail model? I am open to other options as well but my two main criteria are for it to be upgradeable and portable.

Edit: I have the Alienware steam machine i7 1tb What worked for me (Not sure if the issue is persisting for others):

1: I drained the machine of any stored energy by simply unplugging it from the power source, then holding the power on button for 60 seconds.

2: I unplugged the video cable (HDMI) from the back of the PC

3: I plugged the power source back in

4: I turned on the PC

5: After a few seconds, ensuring the yellow blinking light hasn't returned, I plugged the HDMI cable back in

Good to go! My thoughts on this are... maybe the initial startup is requiring too much power when the HDMI is attached, thus allowing it to power the PC on and fill the capacitors, then it's able to be plugged into the video source.

Hope it helps!

After trying every possible fix I could find for the yellow light except for ordering a new cmos battery for $20, I choked up the money and ordered it on Amazon. After that I took it apart again and took a really close look at the cmos battery. It is literally a 2034 watch battery. Seriously. I opened the plastic, took a 2034 (like $3 at any store) electric taped the positive and negative cords, taped it to the bottom of the motherboard, and voila. No yellow light. I cancelled my Amazon purchase and havent had the problem again. No need to spend $20 when the battery runs out, its a twenty minute, $3 fix.

Alienware i7 with 8GB of ram, first my steam machine showed the error "Xsession: Warning: Unable to write to /tmp" on startup, and if I hit okay it was in a boot loop. So I Restored System Partition and now it is stuck on the boot screen everytime I launch it. I already booted into recovery mode and freed up some space to get rid of the Xsession warning, yet It is still stuck on the Alienware/steam logo on boot. Any ideas other than factory resetting?

Just got an alienware steam machine 2 days ago, wondering if i can install windows with a usb thumb drive, without overwriting steamos.

I have the i7 steam machine, running Windows 8. With the recent drop in the Rift price, I'm interested in getting it. The requirements state that it requires a GTX 970 or equivalent, while the steam machine says it has a card comparable to the GTX 860m. Is this sufficient? Will it run the Oculus ok?

I have looked at the pre-built steam machines, but are people just generally building their own Steam boxes these days? Is that a common thing? Or are most people just building powerful gaming PCs and then linking to the TV for any console/controller style games?

Thanks!!! :)

I have a laptop I use for general/business computing but it is not really great for gaming. I want something to play Steam games on... does it make more sense to just build a general gaming PC and then Steam link it to my big screen for console/controller type games and then play the keyboard and mouse games on the PC itself?

I've been thinking about rearranging my gaming setup, I've got a GTX 980 in my desktop tower and I'm thinking I want to move it to my prototype Steam Machine, and move it's 780 into my desktop tower. Basically wanting to move my gaming off of my tower and use that for work, while the Steam Machine becomes my primary gaming system (and building a RPi for HTPC duties as well as Steam Links for TV gaming.)

The only potential issue I see is the 980 is a 2.5 slot (big honking fan and cooling fins), and the 780 is a 2 slot. I'm curious if anyone has had any luck squeezing in a bigger card, if there's enough room, or if the space is already full? I've had the 780 out once before a couple years back, was going to move my old 670 into the Steam Machine and put it's 780 into my tower (prior to upgrading to the 980, of course) but the power connector being one solid piece and too big for the 670 put the brakes on that project (didn't want to cut the connector in half).

I received a shiny new Alienware Steam Machine for Christmas last year. I had never even heard of these things before, and was fascinated. So I hooked it up, and was quickly dismayed to realize that I could only use it to play a small fraction of my total Steam library. Eventually I discovered that it was basically a PC internally, and that I could install Windows 10 on it. So I did that, which wasn't a super smooth or easy process. It was difficult to hunt down all the drivers and get them working. But once I finally did, wow! This thing runs Windows 10 like a champ, and lets me run most games on their highest settings. I hook it up to my tv with a bluetooth mouse and keyboard and an xbox controller, and I have this amazing PC/console hybrid with a lot of power and incredible portability. I did run into an issue once where it wouldn't power on (the 5 blinking lights problem), but disassembling the thing and disconnecting the CMOS corrected it. So my point is, it isn't the most user friendly machine, but if you're willing to put some work into it you will end up with something very nice at a great price. I use mine every day for games, coding, audio production, media, etc. and am super happy with it.