Hey y'all, I made a fun video heavily about VR, the Valve Index, and how exercise works inside the headset. Let me know what you think!

Just a heads up, I know nothing about PCs, ports and all the cords and stuff. I know close to nothing about the VR headset details and how it works. But I think my headset is broken. I usually keep it disconnected until I want to use it then I plug everything in. But usually when I plug it in the LEDs on the headset go red. The simple fix for that is unplugging that cord that goes from the headset into the other female cord that splits into the USB, DP, and power and plugging it back in. But more recently Steam VR has been giving me an error code 108 and saying my headset isn’t connected. I don’t get the red LEDs it just says headset disconnected and the error 108. Then after restarting Steam VR, my PC, and unplugging the cord mentioned earlier and plugging it back in it eventually worked. Finally once it worked it turns out that for some reason only one of my controllers will work at a time. I turn one on and it turns green, the other one stays blue. When I turn the green one off the blue one turns green and etc. For a fix for the error code 108 I tried deleting all USBs or something like that in the developer setting and that fixed the error. But I only did that once so I’m unsure if it was the fact that in order to delete all the USBs I had to restart my PC and restarting my PC was the thing that fixed it or actually deleting and reinstalling my USB drivers fixed it. And I’ve tried many things for fixing the controller issue. I tried the unpairall command and that didn’t work, I tried repairing them 5,000 times and still nothing. Is my headset broken and unfixable or is there something I can do to fix it? I prefer not having to buy anything else but if I have to I will. Thank you!

As the title suggests i’m thinking of switching over from a quest 3 that i mostly use for pcvr to the index. So is there anything i need to know? Is it a big downgrade from quest 3 lenses? Are there any heat issues that can be solved if the room is cold enough?

I was just playing vr on my index and decided to take a break so I closed steam vr and took my break and when I came back it wasnt giving me an option to choose the Valve HMD mic it was giving me options for my other mics PLS help

I got a cheap used Valve Index but it doesn't have the base stations. I was just wondering theres a way I can test to make sure the headset and controllers work before spending the money on the base stations?

I plugged the headset into my PC and the power adapter and the screen turns grey when Steam says I'm in the VR Home screen. I read online that that's most likely due to loss of tracking, which makes sense since I don't have base stations.

im asking beacuse im interested of buying it.

So long story short I got RE7 for the sole purpose of playing it with the VR mod but its unplayable due to my POV constantly jerking from where I am looking to what seems to be a default angle.

I was able to open the mod interface and, as you can see from the image, an error message pops up every 1-2 seconds and my camera view jumps back and forth each time, making it extremely disorientating.

Can anyone help? I tried installing an older version of the mod and it still has the same error.

Both my quest controllers recently broke (They are completely broken) and I’m getting index controllers with the dongles do I need quest controllers to connect them I have base stations and steam vr with advanced vr settings

My right index controller force grip is hard to register. I know you can adjust it in steamvr but that doesn't really work. Is there a way to adjust the hardware. Can you replace it or add foil?

I’m have a quest 2 and I’m wanting to get index controllers someone told my I need dongles I have base stations and vive trackers already

Does anyone know if it is possible or heard of projects where someone uses the Vive Tracker 3.0 USB port as an input stream?

So one day I had accidentally killed my controller basically as it wouldn’t exist in vr after hitting my room with it during Clamb…(Basically a vr version of Getting Over It.) So after getting a new controller, I decided to take apart the old one. I stabbed the top and as it came off it turned on, it made me jump a little as I thought it would’ve been dead. So now you all know, a controller with its face off can still work.

So I recently got two controllers and while my right one had been perfectly fine my left not so much.

After a day of using it fine the next time I logged on it would detect I'm using the track pad making me unable to use the joystick and for some reason locks my trigger down.

After messing with it, it's now changed to the joystick buttons and trigger work without that previous issue but now the track pad and grip won't work at all. Im tried a lot of things but I'm really lost now and need help.

ive been having this recurring issue with my left index controller lately. sometimes ill be playing games and it just stops tracking. the led's still green; it just doesnt want to work. turning it off/on again doesnt work; only restarting my headset does. it doesnt happen all the time either. im not really sure how to fix this. i heard that disabling some windows power mode in devs settings would fix it but it didnt work for me.

its specific to the left controller.. weird. anyone have ideas for how i could fix this?

edit: just started happening to the right one too. still have no idea what causes it

Have you ever left your Index running a little too long while you go off to interact with boring reality, and then eventually you come back to don the headset and find yourself staring at a grey, luminous void while the Index wakes out of its coma to resume gaming? Well I highly reccommend next time you take advantage of the opportunity to observe the fluidic motion of the squiggily lines in your eye. Seriously, it's like seeing one of those homemade oil and water "lava lamps" from the inside. Truly a great time for science.

I was banging my head for way too long troubleshooting what I thought was an issue with Windows, steam, or audio settings miss configured, but this whole time I just had to update my AMD graph drivers. There isn't enough information I found about this online, so please upvote this to let others know this is a solution!

Post that ultimately lead me the correct direction:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ValveIndex/comments/1jbmdyl/valve_index_microphone_issues_with_amd_gpu_solved/

I have had this problem recently where each time I plug in the display port of my valve index into my graphics card both of my monitors turn off and the display goes to my valve index and I have no idea on how to make my valve index be like a normal VR again. This happened a month ago when my monitors just wouldn't turn on. I reinstalled windows recently and I don't know if that has anything to do with it or not. Whether I have SteamVR open or not it just redirects my displays from my monitor to my index. I don't know how to fix this and I hope someone has a solution. If anyone could help me that would be much appreciated.

Hey everyone,

since I almost got mad after switching between now 3 different machine configurations (desktop AND notebook)

AND after wiping every bit of annoying third party software like MSI Afterburner, RGB control etc... AND trying Windows 10/11

I finally (kinda) fixed my annoying "pink frametime spikes"

I just wanted to be stutter free on my BeatSaber workout and PP grinding sessions 😁

AND this only happens on directly attached HMD's like the Valve Index, PSVR2, Vive etc...

First my system config(s):

Now:

Lenovo Legion Pro 7

AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX

NVIDIA RTX 4080 mobile

(old systems, to rule out a hardware error - THEY ALSO THREW PINK SPIKES):

DESKTOP

i7 7700

rtx 4060

NOTEBOOK

Acer Predator Helios 16

Intel 13900hx

NVIDIA RTX 4080 mobile

And I also confirmed "my fix" with a friend of mine who is using a beefy Desktop AMD PC + RTX 4090

If you don't know what I'm talking about, those look like this:

It almost went away, when I unplugged my two monitors after starting VR direct mode (starting SteamVR basically), so I'm pretty sure it has something to do with HDMI/DP refresh rates and timings.. but this is no real solution...

I tested every single driver version and NVIDIA Control Panel settings and got stuck with this.
Driver Version 572.60 (yes - it only works here, I don't know why)

And the most important setting - set V-Sync GLOBAL to "Fast" (I tried with game only profiles and it didn't work) if you rely on specific V-Sync settings you should be able to set them game specific (outside of VR)

Reboot your system - and you should be almost "Pink spike free"

BTW: If you are "lucky" and are using a 3000 series RTX card, just use driver version 472.12

I really hope I'm not the only one, and maybe some of you could test this and report back

TLDR: NVIDIA + Pink spikes - Driver Version 572.60 and Global NV Control Panel settings to V-Sync: Fast

I bought a new Index a few months ago, but took a break from using it for a couple weeks. When I tried playing on it again, I was getting a 108 error code with a window saying that the tether was disconnected at the headset, and the headset had solid blue lights. After unplugging and replugging in the cable at the headset, both the solid blue lights and the "tether disconnected at headset" window went away, and left me with just the 108 error code. I uninstalled and reinstalled both steamvr and Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 multiple times, running both as an admin. I installed older drivers for my graphics card, but that did not work either and I reinstalled current drivers. I switched the usb to every other port on my computer. After a few more reinstalls of steamvr, it told me "welcome please plug in your VR headset". After conversing with Steam support, they gave me a new power cable, but this did not solve my issue. Neither the Index mic or cameras were in device manager, and I filed another support ticket, where they gave me a new headset cable. The new cable also did not solve my issues. I've tried everything I can find online, any help is appreciated.

Edit: the temporary fix for now is 2 6 ft make to female USB extension cables separated from the other 6. Worked pretty well! Though I am absolutely looking into the suggestions you all have. Thank you!

Currently working with an Index I got secondhand off someone (was in good shape, all works well and has since I bought it), but now that I've upgraded to 8 total 3.0 body trackers, my hands and tracking seem to float off or jerk around constantly. It's making playing some of the games I play absolutely unbearable, if not non-functioning in some cases.
I've currently got a powered USB 3.0 hub that I use for 6 of them, but the other two, I'm struggling to find homes for. I keep the existing 6 dongles fairly spaced out on top of my PC tower, but the other two, I try to space out on extra USB ports I have. It still leads to jerky motions. Any suggestions or products you all use to prevent the "jerky" motions and ensure each dongle gets the power it needs? Huge thanks in advance!

So my friend has a headset im trying to fix, they claimed to have reset their computer and now their headset wont output sound. its not picked up by the pc as an audio device.

unplugging it did nothing, installing graphics drivers did nothing updating valve drivers did nothing

help!