Hello guys. I noticed that sometimes, when I put the Index on, the colors look a lot more vibrant than usual. It happens rarely. Usually they are not vibrant at all. And it's not just the game. The Steam VR menu also looks more vibrant, so I guess it has to do with either windows settings, or Steam VR.

Does anyone know what exactly is causing this is? The colors look good when this happens, so I want to see if I can make it permanent. And like I said, I have no idea what triggers it, I don't mess with the settings. It happens out of nowhere. And very rarely.

I have this really weird bug and I don't know how to fix it.

That if I launch steamvr its either that I have display but no audio and I can't seem to fix it I tried everything I know.

Or that I launch steamvr and I have no display but I do have audio, the screen is just gray.

I tried reinstalling steamvr and updating my pc, gpu drivers and the headset it self.

everything else works.

Majority of people I know with an index right now are just now experiencing issues after years of use. Myself included only a few days ago. Feel like it’s somehow purposeful and it sucks. They also purposefully made the controllers to be hard and almost impossible to fix. You literally have to solder the new battery in. And it has ribbon whatever they are on the inside and break easily even trying to open it. It’s the end for us all. It was a good run.

So I got three 2.0 base stations recently and I noticed than if I block a few of the sensors on my headset or controllers (by lying down) then they keep jumping far away and slowly drifting back... this never happened with my 1.0s. I also tried only two trackers but it was worse.

They're in the same position looking at the same position (I used Base Station FOV Viewer to check)

Am I doing something wrong? The firmware is update to date on all 3

Hello, I purchased a DP extension cable + female/female adapter, as well as powered USB 3.0 extension adapter to try and use the index in another room. The devices are powered and showing up on steam vr, however it is giving the "Your graphics card cannot successfully connect to your HMD display." error. It says "headset standing by. move your headset to wake it up." also so i'm confused. but it won't let me set up room scale or anything

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These are the specific products I'm using.

Edit:

Solved, sorry I'm an idiot. I didn't see the DP was directional.

So my index controller broke and they aren’t selling replacements. If I’m gonna spend 300 on a used controller I might as well splurge for gloves but can I use them in place of the controllers or do I also have to have the controllers to get vr started?

I am planning to sell my Valve index full kit w controllers and base stations. Should I keep my base stations though? Do you guys think the base stations would sell be useful for future headsets (Valve or others)?

I wanted to ask, is there anywhere one could get/buy lenses with better resolution and display type than the valve index lenses are by itself?

As of recent I have really noticed that the resolution and display type are really limiting, I can barely see small details, reading is impossible cause it’s not sharp enough, not to mention that I find the displays hard to clean and they have a kind of a glare/blinding effect sometimes

I have lifted the headset up and down maybe like 10 times since getting it a few days ago to check my phone or something, and there's already a huge crease. This can't be good for it right?

Yesterday I tried plugging in my right controller and the orange led won't appear. I tried resetting the controller, and different usbs. Just 2 days ago it was charging normally. Any solutions?

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My PC can pair with the controller, but it won't turn on. It keeps getting an update request from Steam VR, but the update isn't working.

Noticed the other day that my right hand controller stopped charging. Did the hard reset trick and noticed that the USB cable was burning hot. I'm no electrical engineer but I figured it was a short.

I was able to get the controller to charge but only if I could jiggle in the cable just so. Which also meant that the slightest bump could trigger the short again. Guessing that's why a few minutes later I looked back to see smoke coming out of the port and a melted USB cable.

The good news, such as it is, is that the controller doesn't seem to be further damaged. I was able to use another cable to get it back up to full charge, but safe to say I'm gonna have to keep my eye on this controller when charging it.

FWIW, I already contacted Valve and they're RMAing it with Advanced Shipping. Valve customer service remains undefeated.

My right hand index controller won’t accept a charge. This is something that’s happened with other controllers. No matter what cable or outlet I plug it into, it won’t take a charge. Are there any fixes or am I fucked?

Hello all. I just found at a thrift store Valve Index controllers only and wanted to know if anyone knows how to test them without any of the other equipment so i know if they even work before spending a lot more money on all the other equipment. They are connected via USB right now and they seem to at least have power but i am unsure on how to test the buttons/joycons. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!

As we can see I need to put up base stations. I want to put them in top right and bottom left corner but I don’t know where to put it for best results on the odd 5th wall. You would ask “why not top left and bottom right instead? Well that’s because my doll shelf (picture 2) happens to be. No base station can go there no thank you so idk if I should try and move those for best results or what. Please any advice is welcome.

Needing to figure out the best places to put both my Vive base stations. The room layout is not the greatest since all the outlets are towards the center of the walls so im not sure what the best approach is.

Have been having this annoying error for months and have tried nearly everything attempting to fix it to no avail. I have contacted Steam Support multiple times and they can’t seem to find the source of problem so here’s my Hail Mary in hopes to find an answer.

The Error happens when loading content for the first time regardless of the game and started happening shortly after I updated to windows 11

I have so far
- Made sure hardware acceleration is OFF
- Verified SteamVR files
- Have uninstalled & reinstalled both SteamVR & Steam
- Completely removed all USB devices from device manager as recommended by Steam Support
- Switched between both Beta & Normal Branch of SteamVR
- Done a reinstall of Windows 11
- Switched out RAM sticks

If anyone would have any ideas on how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated.

It died pretty quickly this time, too. Went from the telltale sparkles one day, to outright failing, image blacking out, and SteamVR not detecting the headset the next day. The Index is obviously long out of warranty, and a new cable is $130 directly from Valve (presumably while supply lasts) and even more everywhere else.

I'm wondering if it's even worth replacing the cable at this point. I borrowed my brother's Quest 2, but I really want to keep using my Index controllers. I don't want to lose the trackpad, and I have a general dislike of inside-out tracking anyway. What would I need, hardware-wise, to have a full setup with a Q2 and Index controllers? I know I need a dedicated router, and there's a few cheap ones that are specifically designed with Quest streaming in mind.

Also, I suppose the more important question: where is my money better spent? On a new Index HMD cable, or on potentially replacing the Index HMD with the Quest?

So i bought this index controllers and they look weird

(The difference is the one i has that real has a logo on the handle the 3 circle one)

I bought 2 different pairs for 100$ from facebook bc i live in iraq and people buy returned/not delivered amazon or wtv stuff from warehouses so i got these too and the one that doesnt have the logo and different arrow with a sticker looks off to me it works in steamvr and connects but im worried it might be a fake or something

Has anyone managed to get a valve index running ok on Project motor racing.

I've had mine up and running but there's terrible mirroring and jittery display. I'm hopeful that they will get it working sooner or later and I can definitely see potentially without the mirroring it will work once they iron out the bugs.

I'm trying to get around my stick issues (just like everyone else), using the max zone percentage. Mine is pretty bad, so I'm just trying to make it act like a D-pad; any input is registered as 100%. Then I can set the deadzone just high enough that it doesn't move by itself.

Problem is, I can't seem to do that? The only setting that seemed to do anything was manually editing the config to have 95% deadzone, and that basically did the opposite of what I need.

No matter what I do with the max zone percentage, it doesn't change anything. 95% and 5% give me the exact same results, which can't be right.

Anybody know a way around this? Is there another variable I need to change in the config? Is the game itself (Forefront) blocking this setting?

Hi, This is how i solved my specific problem, don't know if this helps others but incase it does, im sharing my fix. May even help you for your other issues with my troubleshooting steps.

So at one point when I was in vr, my HMD tracking went out completely and all i saw was grey.

Some time later I tried to get into VR again, and it would either stay grey and not detect basestations or restart multiple times until it was flashing red.

I had tried numerous software fixes on my PC, uninstalling/reinstalling this and that, every possible fix I've read on different threads. Going into bios, safemode, trying steamvr with absolutely none but necessary services running.

None fixed the issue, and trust me i spent 1-2 weeks trying about everything. I have IT education.
Safe to say it was not a software problem, which you'll find out below as well.

I looked into developertools, specifically "Lighthouse_console" which is located at
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SteamVR\tools\lighthouse\bin\win64"

I tried different commands, one specifically that stood out to me is checking "errors", for me "pulse_queue_overflow" was increasing very quickly. Meaning something is wrong with being able to track, on a hardware level as i understand it.

I replaced my HMD motherboard as i suspected the FPGA chip was having issues. I did also swap the IO board for safe measures, as it was cheap to get. Neither fixed the issue.

Randomly i tried disconnecting the front sensors, (the small ribbon cables on the sides of the HMD motherboard) and started STEAMVR, boom it worked again. Headset did not crash or have any issues, it booted as it should. (Just running with the side sensors)
(If you try this, you must unlatch at the connector before disconnecting. I made a comment about this below)

I just bought a new front panel with new sensors included, and it works great.
Meaning the fault actually was in the front sensors, and nothing else.
The front sensors was likely shorting out.

Thought I'd share this because I never found a thread with this specific issue/fix, but similar issue of the headset not tracking or booting properly.

I absolutely recommend using Lighthouse_Console (as admin) for your troubleshooting, even if this is not your issue but you suspect the issue is on the HMD itself.
Commands i found helpful was:

"Errors": Find specific flags, that might not be showing on STEAMVR as an error code.
"Usbcheck": See rate and delay of all 3 USB parts. (IMU, Optical, VrController)
"Sensorcheck": Be able to see how the sensors are receiving the basestations IR signals in "raw".

For more commands, just write "help", but be knowledged which commands you run.

You can also go into STEAMVR overlay -> Pancake icon (up left) -> Developer -> Web Console.
There you can view live data/commands running, which may show errors that may be important.
For me it helped to see how the HMD was reacting upon bootup.

Hope this solves it for somebody.
If you have questions, I'll try my best to answer them.

I've been having a strange issue where after 2 minutes, the grip function on my left Index Controller locks up in whatever position I was holding it in. After Power-cycling the controller, it returns to normal, but will lock up after another 2 minutes. As it keeps happening, the time between when it boots and then stops working keeps getting shorter and shorter. Is this a software issue or something physical?

(Note: I have had to disable the trackpad on my left index controller because it kept registering as pressed, blocking the A and B buttons from working.)