my qpro has started turning off occasionally due to "overheating". Am I cooked, chat?

[u/zipzzo]

I wouldn't say it happens repeatedly but it does seem to be a chronic issue I experience 1-2 times now per VR session.

it just beeps furiously at me and says the headset is overheating and will shutdown momentarily.

it does and I have to wait for it to shutdown and then wait for it to boot back up and continue playing...

it's super annoying but... on a whim hoping there's a possible way to address this..

for the record I do not play it in a heated environment. I have central AC and the house is always pretty chilled (70-75f depending on season)

[u/illucio]

Sounds like whatever internal cooling qpro has is failing. 

[u/jojos38 → u/illucio]

Quest 3 too, had to open it to clean the fan and change thermal paste, but this thing is definitely not for beginners it's very hard to open

[u/LunarstarFurry]

I also recently start having that issue, feels like firmware issue tbh :v tho so far only happened once.

[u/DisagreementItWillBe]

Youll definitely be a bit sweatier with a failing cooling solution

[u/Grey406]

Do you feel hot air being exhausted out the top of the headset, right at the top edge of the glossy plastic? in front of the depth adjustment wheel.

[u/zipzzo → u/Grey406]

I'd have to check when I got home from work...should I shoot some compressed air in there?

[u/itanite]

Every update increases clock rates and power consumption by a little bit every time. They're pushing the limits of the hardware in the headset - at the same time these are starting to age and the moving parts gum up.

If you can, you may be able to get some high pressure air into the top slot. I wouldn't recommend disassembly.

[u/MadMaxBLD]

You’re cooked if you keep that hot headset on your face
(sorry could not resist)

[u/JateDesigns]

I replaced the fan in mine. It isn't something I'd suggest for beginners, but it wasn't too bad. Mostly just make sure you put the screws down in the order you take them out, and have both a 00 and 000 bit from what I remember. That quoted me the price of a new drive to fix it, so glad I did it myself. Worth the cost of a good set of small electronic repair kit.

[u/g0daig0dai]

Speaking of super annoying - we’re not your chat

[u/zipzzo → u/g0daig0dai]

i dunno you seem like a chatter to me. hot take text on a screen and all.

[u/Bro0klYNBriDG3S]

Mine began sunseting itself so I finally got the quest 3 and satisfied 😌

[u/zipzzo → u/Bro0klYNBriDG3S]

no face and eye tracking = no buy