I work on these at my current place of business. We have a lot of Index headsets that come in with various problems. Swapping the cable into different headsets multiple times a day also kills these headsets. For such an expense headset, they sure have many annoying issues. There is also very little information on the tear-downs and repairs of these devices for average consumers.
Valve seriously need to redesign this cable. It's one of the downfalls of the index and it's a serious issue. Both of my dead cables have no damage on them what so ever and yet they've gone out and theres literally nothing you can do besides give them more money for another.
Just recently got artefacts on my valve index (white sparkling pixels on black background), after 3 years of usage. I figured i get more or less of the artefacts when bending my cable in a specific place, same as with yours right next to the headset's plastic strap. This video could be useful for me soon. (Also, any update on if it was succesfully repaired?)
just got 2nd one break... good business they run there selling $20 cable for $129.99...going to just cut off like 1 meter from hmd end and connect back up to sortened cable to see how goes most flex should be on that end
I replaced my cable 6 times, the cable really sucks :(
I work on these at my current place of business. We have a lot of Index headsets that come in with various problems. Swapping the cable into different headsets multiple times a day also kills these headsets. For such an expense headset, they sure have many annoying issues. There is also very little information on the tear-downs and repairs of these devices for average consumers.
Valve seriously need to redesign this cable. It's one of the downfalls of the index and it's a serious issue. Both of my dead cables have no damage on them what so ever and yet they've gone out and theres literally nothing you can do besides give them more money for another.
#Blessed 😎
This video satisfied my curiosity,Thank you!
Just recently got artefacts on my valve index (white sparkling pixels on black background), after 3 years of usage. I figured i get more or less of the artefacts when bending my cable in a specific place, same as with yours right next to the headset's plastic strap. This video could be useful for me soon. (Also, any update on if it was succesfully repaired?)
I haven't attempted. It looks very possible but it's kinda so many cables that I think some might be fiber optic.
just got 2nd one break... good business they run there selling $20 cable for $129.99...going to just cut off like 1 meter from hmd end and connect back up to sortened cable to see how goes most flex should be on that end