Just wanted to add a counterpoint here that I had no issues testing mine for about 3 hours tonight.
Specs:
Threadripper 1950x
64GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3200Mhz
Gigabyte Aorus Xtreme x399
SLI EVGA 1080Ti Founders Edition (newest 411.70 drivers)
Windows 10 (latest patch)
HTC Vive (original).
Everything hooked up and ran great the whole time. My only two issues were:
1) I lost mouse control on the deskop when using BigScreen, not sure if that's a bigscreen issue but it was infuriating
2) Hotplugging the battery didn't work, SteamVR and the wireless utility came back up but the HMD display was dark until I restarted the wireless utility.
I don't yet have the kit to test this with my Pro. I'll be able to find out tomorrow.
Other aside: This absolutely does not work with thunderbolt enclosures either, there must be too much latency because it's barf city despite steamvr showing good frame rate.