Auger Posted June 9, 2022 Posted June 9, 2022 (edited) I got a Quest 2 during Christmas and it seemed to run well for a couple months, but I've been having a problem with it the last few months. I have a Rift S that I keep plugged in to my PC and I use the Oculus Cable USB cable to connect the Quest 2 when I'm flying DCS. System specs Windows 10 i9 9900K @ 3.6Ghz Ram 32G RTX 2080 4095MB The problem is that sometimes while flying with the Quest 2 the game will throw me out and I'll be in the Quest 2 home screen. My monitor will lose the video signal, a fan in the PC has spooled up really loud and there is no way I can get the monitor back on, or close down the computer other than pressing and holding my PC power button (which I know is not good for my PC). I went back to flying with the Rift S and flew for over a week with no problems. I thought maybe it was the Oculus USB/C to USB/C cable giving me a problem, so I ordered a USB 3 to USB C cable made for the Quest 2 and tried that. 20 minutes into the game, the fan spooled up, I was dumped out of DCS into the Quest Home Screen and my monitor was black. I thought maybe it's a heat problem with the vid card, but then the Rift S doesn't cause this problem. I hate not being able to use the Quest 2 and I'm not overly tech savvy but I'd sure appreciate any suggestions anyone can offer. Edited June 9, 2022 by Auger
AlpineGTA Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 That's a strange one. I wonder if maybe it's your PC power supply? Maybe the Quest 2 is drawing more power than it can supply? Have you tried tracing which fan is spooling up? Can't really think of anything else, sorry. Other than make sure all your software is up to date - graphics card drivers etc. i5-11600K CPU, 64GB DDR4 RAM, XFX Speedster MERC319 AMD Radeon 6900 XT, Oculus Quest 2, HP Reverb G2
Auger Posted June 10, 2022 Author Posted June 10, 2022 10 hours ago, AlpineGTA said: That's a strange one. I wonder if maybe it's your PC power supply? Maybe the Quest 2 is drawing more power than it can supply? Have you tried tracing which fan is spooling up? Can't really think of anything else, sorry. Other than make sure all your software is up to date - graphics card drivers etc. Thanks for the reply Alpine. I have an 850W power supply, so I would think that's enough for my system. In the 2 1/2 years I've had my system, I have never heard the fan run as loud as it does when the problem happens. My system was built by Xidax and came with liquid cooling but about a year ago the CPU started to overheat. On the recommendation of a local PC tech the liquid cooling was replace with a Cooler Master Masterair MA620M which is working well at keeping things cool. I've kept the video drivers up to date. I bought the Quest 2 for DCS and it is an improvement over the Rift S. Sucks not to be able to use it. At this point, I'm not sure what to try next. I doubt taking it to a PC tech will resolve anything, because they'd have to be flying DCS with the Quest 2 on to replicate the problem. I have Speccy and NZXT CAM to keep an eye on temps but when it happens I cant see the temps because the monitor is not receiving a signal anymore. Also when it happens I notice the HD light going. Fan_Trim.mp4 Open for suggestions from anyone.
Japo32 Posted June 10, 2022 Posted June 10, 2022 I have that problem with my Reverb G2, and I know that is because the cable, but I spent already 2 cables and a new one is not going to fix it. For this case, it would be nice to ED would change the option to start VR ingame. so you press a key and the VR kicks in or out. As other civil simulator does already. That way when we have that problem we can go in again the sim.
Auger Posted June 10, 2022 Author Posted June 10, 2022 19 minutes ago, Japo32 said: I have that problem with my Reverb G2, and I know that is because the cable, but I spent already 2 cables and a new one is not going to fix it. For this case, it would be nice to ED would change the option to start VR ingame. so you press a key and the VR kicks in or out. As other civil simulator does already. That way when we have that problem we can go in again the sim. Yeah, I have two new cables and it still happens, so I automatically ruled out a cable issue. I also tried USB 3.0 cable instead of USB C. I guess I should try Airlink and see if the problem persists. The problem started just a few months ago, so I have to wonder if maybe a Oculus/Meta update or a DCS patch caused something to glitch?
Auger Posted June 10, 2022 Author Posted June 10, 2022 It would appear not to be a cable issue. I fired up Airlink with the Quest 2 and had NZXT running to keep an eye on temps. I loaded into my regular MP server, got into my A10 and as I proceeded with startup, the fans spooled up, I got dumped into Quest Home, and the monitor was off. I was raising my goggles occasionally to check temps. At one point I noticed a temp as high as 84c, but I'm not sure what it was as I was sitting on the ramp. I'm guessing 84c is high for a GPU? The CPU was showing about 40c. When the game shut down and the fans were running, I checked to see and both GPU fans were running pretty fast. At this point I assume it's time to look for a new GPU. Just my luck of course, when the price of vid cards are so high. 3070 ti or 3060 ti to replace the 2080???
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