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July 11, 2026
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My wired connection for getting pcvr to work literally just won't work

  • July 11, 2026
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I'm using Meta link, I'm using an aftermarket cable mainly because I'm not looking into dropping like a hundred bucks on some stupid branded cable. My cord supports 5 GBPs.

 

I can get the link working just fine, I can open up apps from my desktop on my VR, but anything longer than about 1 to 5 minutes It just crashes and it literally won't fix itself. It normally requires me to completely reset my computer in order to make the meta link app actually work again, even task manager can't save me of which the app constantly thinks that the VR is connected but is not ready even when the VR is on connected and ready. So I must reset my computer. After resetting my computer it claims that it is not connected of which it is not, so I connect it and it works just fine. But within 1 to 5 minutes of me trying to do literally anything it freezes and it shows me only one frame while all the audio pass-through works just fine. It then kicks me out of the link, But it still says I am in the link but it puts me back on the standalone VR half of things instead of the link. So when I try to launch the link again it just doesn't work and it constantly puts me into this infinitely repeating cycle.

 

During this time where it is only showing me one frame, I can see my computer screen and everything is working just fine on my screen, it's just it's not showing anything on my VR, but all of the audio is going through to my VR and all of the controls that come from my controller also happen on the game. So if I'm holding a gun, I can shoot the gun and I can hear that. I'm shooting the gun and I can feel my controller vibrating and if I look at the screen I can see that I'm shooting the gun, but the VR does not show me any of it and instead it is either one singular still frame or a black screen

 

I'm pretty sure I'm losing my mind because I just want to play a game but I have spent the past 6 hours troubleshooting nonsense.

 

I'm on quest 3, My desktop has a RTX 3060 TI, Intel i5 12th gen CPU, And 16 gigs of RAM. I don't believe that it would be my computer hardware causing this problem, But there's still probably a chance.

Best answer by Choleni

Hi 21didsomethingtome​ 🙂

I have spent the past 6 hours troubleshooting nonsense.

I don't believe that it would be my computer hardware causing this problem, But there's still probably a chance.

Maybe reading those threads can help to solve your problem.....

Meta Link freezes after a few seconds | Meta Community Forums - 1368382

Link connection get freezed | Meta Community Forums - 1374205

Link (cable) loses connection during game | Meta Community Forums - 1369848

Quest 3 Freezes during Gameplay | Meta Community Forums - 1369813

link showing frozen image on quest but fine and working on monitor. | Meta Community Forums - 1370369

Quest link cable disconecting too often | Meta Community Forums - 1375210

3 replies

Choleni
CholeniAnswer
Honored Contributor
July 11, 2026
steve40
Honored Contributor
July 11, 2026

Downgrade your GPU driver. See the links that Choleni provided.

New Participant
July 12, 2026

that was it. i cant believe i spent like 6 hours on this. but it works now