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DibaVR
Honored Guest
26 days ago

Black screen when connecting quest 2 to pc

Pcvr used to work flawlessly. only thing that changed in the meanwhile is i went from an rtx 4060 to rx 9070xt. i used ddu to delete all 4060 drivers when i swapped gpus. ive tried about everything i could think of. i just cant make it work. air link and normal link both give the black screen. the only things out of ordinary i could find is that i can still open the quest menu when im in the black screen and it says im in the desktop application but i just see black. No audio either so not just display. OVRLibraryService never is runing and when i try to start it i get an error code 18. When i try to run oculus debug tool i get: "Unable to connect to service. NotFound: Server endpoint not found. Error code: -3003"

ive tried:

• ⁠DDU clean uninstall of Nvidia drivers, fresh AMD driver install

• ⁠Set OVRServer_x64.exe to Power Saving mode in Windows Graphics Settings (it correctly shows AMD RX 9070 XT)

• ⁠Disabled AMD in-game overlay in Radeon Software

• ⁠Disabled Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling (was already off)

• ⁠Tried both Cable Link and Air Link — both black screen

• ⁠Complete uninstall of Meta app including all leftover folders (Oculus, Meta Horizon, MetaXR) and registry keys

• ⁠Fresh reinstall of Meta Horizon app

• ⁠Manually started OVRServer_x64.exe via CMD

• ⁠Tried SteamVR — error 1000 can't connect to Oculus

• ⁠Tried starting OVRLibraryService manually in services.msc — fails with error code 18

• ⁠Checked Event Viewer — no relevant errors found

• ⁠Connected headset to WiFi

• ⁠Win+P display switching trick

• ⁠All drivers are up to date aswell.

• ⁠Casting to chrome: loads and then instantly says casting closed.

• ⁠Switching usb port

• ⁠Checking usb connection in the meta app, no problems found.

• ⁠Deleting and pairing my headset a few times.

• ⁠Starting a vr game, "SteamVR cannot connect to the Oculus application. Make sure you have the latest version installed" — error code (1000)"SteamVR has encountered an error. Check your user permissions on this computer" — error code (200) These were the errors i got.

i have alot of files that are important to me so im debating if reinstalling windows is worth it. it might just be my last option at this point. please help!

2 Replies

  • steve_40's avatar
    steve_40
    Honored Visionary
    25 days ago

    OVRLibraryService never is runing

    That's normal.

    Try disabling Asynchronous Spacewarp:

    • Open OculusDebugTool (C:\Program Files\Meta Horizon\Support\oculus-diagnostics\OculusDebugTool.exe) and disable "(PC) Asynchronous Spacewarp"
    • In the top menu, "Service>Restart Oculus Service".
    • Wait for the Horizon Link PC app to close and restart (it takes a minute or two).
    • Then see if that fixes the black screen issue.

     

    Other things to try:

    In Windows, go to:

    Settings>System>Display>Graphics

    Turn OFF:

    • Optimizations for windowed games
    • Variable refresh rate

     

    Then go to:

    Display>Advanced display

    • Turn Dynamic refresh rate OFF

     

    Also, try disabling G-Sync / FreeSync

    Also, try connecting to your PC using SteamLink and see if that's working.

    • DibaVR's avatar
      DibaVR
      Honored Guest
      25 days ago

      Majority of these settings were already turned off. Everything except for windowed optimizations. Ive tried all of this and more and still get a black screen. i have even factory reset my pc. Steamlink works fine though.