viveport Faulty cable shipped / told gtx980ti wont work

[Mattman]

After 5 hours today trouble shooting. Told my gtx980ti will not work with vive wireless. I finally got it working. The fault was the short 3 in 1 cable.

Just used longer cable and wrapped it up tightly on vive.

 

Finally got 20 miutes of play after charging for 3 hours with original vive plugs.

 

So we have to buy a quick charger ?

 

I was told i cant buy a new cable. So will see what eu support say, whenever they get back to me.

 

All in all a day wasted. Im charging now on usb v3 (blue). See how that goes.

Anyone got a solution ?

 

Ta.

M.

[HackPerception]

, just a quick comment on the charging portion: In most countries, the controller chargers that ship with the Vive output 100mA. A USB 3.0 port outputs 900mA and thus will charge dramatically faster. That said, you probably have a 1-2 amp smartphone charger laying around which will be even quicker. For fastest results, use a QC 3.0 enabled adapter. While it is a QC3 battery, charging at higher voltages may impact your batteries longterm lifespan. A GTX980 may not deliver the best performance with the wireless adapter. Although it has a higher raw calculations output than a 1060 (the minimum requirement) it doesn't have any of the Turing architecture. 

 

I've flagged support about the 3-in-1. 

[Mattman]

Thank you for flagging.

 

I learnt a lot about chargers tonight !! But a charger should have being shipped. Should not have to google solutions to problems vive knew would come up.

 

Ill order a fast charger v3 2amp on ebay later.

And a battery pack with same spec as vive.

 

Also ordered a 1070ti card just now.

 

Vr is not cheap !!

My power pack is still on one green bar ( light) after 50 mins on usb 3..and 1 hour on vive power plug.

 

Might get 20 mins play later before sleep !

I know its new tech..but ...

 

M.

 

[Mattman]

Just found a 2.4amp charger.

 

Ill give it 1 hour....still at 1 green light...

1:08am.

 

M.

[Mattman]

3 green lights ! The2.4 amp is doing the job nicely.

 

210am.

 

M.