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normaIito
Inspiring
March 4, 2026
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VR screen is grey after 5 ish minutes of use on quest link

  • March 4, 2026
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I’m playing on a meta quest 3 and using quest link with a cable, after around 5-10 minutes of use, my vr screen glitches and turns into a grey screen but on my monitor it’s completely fine, i disconnect the cable from my headset and plug it back in and now quest link won’t start, need to restart pc every time. Only started happening today. Any help? 

    Best answer by normaIito

    I know what I did now. I removed my second monitor, used the fixer exe tool and repaired my Link App installation. After that, worked beautifully.

    29 replies

    steve40
    steve40
    Honored Contributor
    March 4, 2026

    Instead of restarting the PC, you could try restarting the Windows service "OVRService" and see if that gets link working again, as it's faster than rebooting.

    One thing that can cause unexpected disconnects is the Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling (HAGS) setting in Windows advanced graphics settings. Try disabling that setting if it is enabled on your PC.

    You could also try using Oculus Debug Tool to disable Asynchronous Spacewarp.

      normaIitoAuthor
      Inspiring
      March 4, 2026

      done everything u told me to and it still happens

       

        steve40
        steve40
        Honored Contributor
        March 5, 2026

        Seems like a few people are having this issue. Is it only affecting cable connections, not AirLink? What version of Link are you using, and are you on PTC or not?

        Report the bug via the Link PC app Help Centre>Provide Feedback.

        manny.prerelease68​ it looks like there may be a new emerging Link bug affecting cable connections.

          TTVNatashaaaVR
          TTVNatashaaaVR
          Up and Coming
          March 4, 2026

          This is exactly what is happening to me done headset reboot nothing.. only happened since I done new update 

            normaIitoAuthor
            Inspiring
            March 5, 2026

            really annoying!

              olavrv2025
              olavrv2025
              Participant
              March 5, 2026

              We also have this issue, tested with 3 different Quest 3 headsets + one Quest pro, on 4 different PC's

                normaIitoAuthor
                Inspiring
                March 5, 2026

                glad it’s not a me issue then 🙏

                  olavrv2025
                  olavrv2025
                  Participant
                  March 5, 2026

                  Did this happen after you updated Meta Horizon windows application?

                  TTVNatashaaaVR
                  TTVNatashaaaVR
                  Up and Coming
                  March 5, 2026

                  Yeah I hadn’t played vr for 2 weeks did the update and then this fault rebooted headset and reinstalled app think it’s with new update suprised not many people have commented about this.

                  Choleni
                  Choleni
                  Honored Contributor
                  March 5, 2026

                  If you are still on v85, maybe try if it works when you enable PTC in the link app and update it to v2.1

                  normaIitoAuthor
                  Inspiring
                  March 5, 2026

                  I will try that and let you know how it goes!

                  TTVNatashaaaVR
                  TTVNatashaaaVR
                  Up and Coming
                  March 7, 2026

                  Still broken can only use air link not link 🤮 tried beta channel and still same issue

                  normaIitoAuthor
                  Inspiring
                  March 7, 2026

                  No idea what I done but it works perfectly for me now!

                  steve40
                  steve40
                  Honored Contributor
                  March 8, 2026

                  Was there a Link update, GPU driver update/downgrade, or did you change any Link settings?

                  Darlstone
                  Participant
                  March 7, 2026

                  I have the same problem.

                  This error occurred for me after updating the NVIDIA driver to version 595.59.

                  However, because this driver apparently had serious bugs, driver version 595.71 was released shortly afterward.

                  But unfortunately, this version also exhibits the same error when playing the Quest via cable.

                  I then reverted to driver version 591.86, where this error didn't occur previously, and can now play normally via cable again.

                  TTVNatashaaaVR
                  TTVNatashaaaVR
                  Up and Coming
                  March 7, 2026

                  Interesting do you have info on how I can downgrade on nvidia 😁 

                  Darlstone
                  Participant
                  March 7, 2026

                  Simply enter NVIDIA 591.86 into Google and then download and install driver 591.86 from NVIDIA dated January 27, 2026.

                  normaIitoAuthor
                  Inspiring
                  March 7, 2026

                  It randomly stopped happening and I have done nothing to fix it, fixed itself

                  no4hg3
                  New Participant
                  March 8, 2026

                  Same bug occuring on my oculus rift S. After a few seconds the screen just goes black. Any fixes?

                  steve40
                  steve40
                  Honored Contributor
                  March 8, 2026

                  If you are using an NVIDIA GPU, try:

                    TTVNatashaaaVR
                    TTVNatashaaaVR
                    Up and Coming
                    March 8, 2026

                    This does not help the people with issue that do not have a second monitor 

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