* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) * The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the CPU types. Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 CPUIntel® Socket 1151 for 8th Generation Core™ Processors.If they suggest you opt in for the beta, don't do it. I would open a ticket so they have a record of the issue and the number of people reporting it so that it will hopefully be addressed. So at this point Z370 based boards using the ASMedia chipset based USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports DO NOT work with 3rd party cables, but apparently they DO work with the official Oculus Link cable. However, I recently bought the Official Oculus cable and when I saw your reply I decided to test it with the official cable and much to my surprise it actually worked.
Not cheap, but I was going to have to upgrade my video card anyway. My workaround was to get the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super Founder Edition video card which has a USB Type-C port built-in. Unfortunately, there is no fix at this time per Oculus support, hopefully since the Gen 2 ports have some advantages over Gen 1 Oculus will get this corrected in the near future. I also have the Z370 based board and I was using both the 3rd party Anker and PartyLink cables. According to Oculus support there are known issues with the ASMedia chipset with USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports. Hopefully Oculus will respond and be proactive and address the issue sooner rather than later as the USB standard keeps improving and failure to address it when the next standard become more mainstream will result in unhappy customers and returned headsets. If it is a difference in how Gen 2 handles I/O then it might be a much more complex fix.
If it is as I think and the Oculus Link software is just automatically defaulting to USB 2.0 when plugged into USB 3.1 Gen 2 port because it doesn't understand it then it should be a simple matter of updating the Oculus software to correctly interpret the signals coming from 3.1 Gen 2. Yesterday I updated my support ticket to explain that the issue seems to be only with the ASMedia USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports. So my choices are Door #1 to buy a USB 3.1 Gen 1 card with type-C Door #2 choose to use the Official Oculus cable I've ordered with an adapter for Type-A, (another potential point of failure) or Door #3 go with a 5 meter 3rd party, (typically cheaper) cable that supports Type-A to Type-C without an adapter.īased on the negative initial impressions of the official Oculus Link cable that I have been reading about on the forum thus far I may end up choosing door #3 and send the cable back. Seems foolish to have to drop back to a lesser standard (USB 3.1 Gen 1) to use Oculus Link. With the kind of bandwidth that Oculus Link takes you would think Oculus would be climbing all over themselves to ensure compatibility with the latest USB standards and embrace every little improvement in it. Can anyone confirm that the issue is the ASMedia chipset and not specific MB implementations and/or drivers? If it's the chipset this is concerning. Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB headerĢ.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headersĭid some looking for a non ASMedia 3.1 Gen 2 card and it appears that they are the dominant chipset for the USB 3.1 Gen 2. Type -C port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 internal headerģ.1 Gen 2 Type-A port on the back panel of the motherboard C port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 on back panel of the motherboard Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Revision 1.The motherboard has the following USB ports and headers: Any one else seeing this? All the 3.1 Gen 1 ports work correctly but for some reason the Oculus software thinks the USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports are USB 2.0.
I have a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port on the back of my motherboard and when I attempt to plug in the cable I have that works on my USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports the Oculus software says I've plugged it into a USB 2.0 port and that USB 3.0 is required.
So I've opened a ticket with Oculus on this but I was curious to see if anyone else is seeing issues similar to mine.