G2 Cable question

[Gun Jam]

hello

I believe the cable on my G2 is going bad. Im getting lots of issues with it losing center and then it will blue screen and CTD. I found that its not only DCS but any VR app. In WMR Cliff house thing I can look up or look right and it will blue screen and the CTD and I get a message "connect headset" I can wiggle the HMD and it will reconnect. I found in DCS looking up or right causes CTD most often as well. It appears that those angles are causing a temp cable break.

I heard about a new cable for the G2 but it was sometime ago. If I need to replace the cable where should I look and which one should I get?

Thanks

 

[speed-of-heat]

https://immersive-display.com/en/hp-reverb/704-hp-reverb-g2-cable-6-meters.html
 

https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-reverb-g2-6-meter-cable

[Gun Jam]

Alright nice. They were all sold out on the above links but B&H claim to have them in stock. I placed an order we shall see.

[72Stu]

I got one from immersive-display and it made a ton of goodness.

I just hope HP bring us a G3 with pancake lenses and DP connection...and a cable that works out of the box!

[Gun Jam]

That would be sweet. I suspected that the G2 would be their last headset sometime ago. Its a great HMD but HP does not strike me as a company that would continue to down that avenue it just doesn't seem aligned with their typical products and im guessing probably didn't sell WAY above expectations so there probably isn't going to be anything further from them. Valve is the one im watching now. They seem like a company WELL aligned with the VR industry and the deckard speculation has been interesting. Vario is another so is even PiMax. 

[Drac]

Just went to B&H to buy a cable.  I got this statement:

Special Order

Expected availability: 2-4 months

[dburne]

6 hours ago, 72Stu said:

I got one from immersive-display and it made a ton of goodness.

I just hope HP bring us a G3 with pancake lenses and DP connection...and a cable that works out of the box!

Rumor is HP will be getting out of the PC-VR market. I hope that is not true.

[lester]

18 hours ago, speed-of-heat said:

https://immersive-display.com/en/hp-reverb/704-hp-reverb-g2-cable-6-meters.html
https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-reverb-g2-6-meter-cable

That's unfortunately v1 version of the cable which is not available anymore. v2 costs $185.90 in the official US HP Parts Store.

[Gun Jam]

well its a newer version than I have now. It has a power sw at least. 90 bucks is about right too. That HMD is too late in its life cycle to be spending 200 bucks on.  What make the V2 cable so much greater? For 200 bucks the V2 cable should make the cable go away and be a wireless device lol.

6 hours ago, Drac said:

Just went to B&H to buy a cable.  I got this statement:

Special Order

Expected availability: 2-4 months

I probably got the last one??? They say it shipped and i got a tracking number. Fingers crossed.

[speed-of-heat]

3 hours ago, lester said:

That's unfortunately v1 version of the cable which is not available anymore. v2 costs $185.90 in the official US HP Parts Store.

That’s a v2 cable, I have had both, the box shape is different for the v1, it even says v2…

[Gun Jam]

Just wanted to let you guys know the new cable arrived and so far is working excellent. The power switch is a nice feature.

Thanks again for the help

 

[lester]

On 10/24/2022 at 1:30 AM, speed-of-heat said:

That’s a v2 cable, I have had both, the box shape is different for the v1, it even says v2…

My bad then, I recall asking HP support representative about it and its price $89.00 and they told me that's an old one which is not available anymore, so the only available option is $185.90.

[Antix70]

Yup, I had quite an argument with a poor tech support guy, my cable died literally 1 year and 1 month after warranty expiration, and I was pretty upset to find I needed to spend another $190 to make it work again.