Yeah i know laptop but it is a msi gp72m 7rex leopard pro.
Oculus hdmi cable not detected.
How to fix windows 10 not detecting your oculus rift.
I did my best.
Basically i just got oculus rift but the hdmi port is not being detected on my laptop.
If you re not sure which hdmi port is which open up your case and have a look inside.
This is the hdmi connector that represents the problem and we have to push it so that it makes a better contact.
Try contacting oculus support.
You ll likely notice that your headset and sensors aren t listed in the devices section of the oculus app and when you attempt to run the setup you ll find that nothing is detected even though everything is plugged in.
Make sure it s not plugged into the hdmi port on your motherboard.
As we mentioned before we should ensure the rift s hdmi cable is plugged into the port on your graphics card instead of the motherboard.
After rebooting if the issue that oculus rift no hdmi connection has not been resolved let us check the next solution.
If even this doesn t help you in solving your problems with hdmi i do not know how to help you further sorry.
I forgot to mention uninstall steam vr first get rid of that thing it saves associations which will overwrite a fresh install of the oculus suite.
Check hdmi cables ports and usb connection.
Restart the oculus app on your pc computer.
If you re already using your hdmi port for your display or your graphics card doesn t have an hdmi port try the following options.
Check the oculus app to see if your hdmi cable is.
If this helped you i m very glad to have been useful to you.
If the hdmi cable is currently plugged into your pc unplug it check the end for any damage and plug it back into the hdmi port on your gpu.
Right click the start button.
If you haven t already swap out your hdmi cable for a hi speed hdmi cable with a speeds of at least 10 2 gbps but preferably 18 gbps.