How To Fix Common Oculus Rift Error Codes

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Is your Oculus Rift not working properly? Don’t worry. There are fixes available to let you continue with your favorite game on Oculus Rift.

Oculus Rift is one of the best virtual reality systems that lets you explore the world of virtual reality. But this doesn’t mean that it is free from errors. These errors don’t go away even after running Oculus Rift fixit.

Here are the possible solutions of the most commonly reported Oculus Rift errors.

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Installation Error

It appears while installing the Oculus App on your PC. This error can be fixed by changing permissions through the PC registry. Here is how to do it.

Right click on start button

Type regedit in search bar and press Enter

Click on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Click on SOFTWARE.

Click on WOW6432Node.

Select Oculus VR, LLC.

Right click on Oculus

Select Permissions from list

A small window opens at this point. Click Ok to reorder permissions. Now try to install the Oculus App again. You won’t encounter the error this time.

Update Error

This error occurs when you are updating the firmware of your Oculus Rift App. Reinstall the USB drivers to fix this error.

Right-click on the Start button

Click on Device Manager

Click on Universal Serial Bus Controllers

Right click the first option from the dropdown list

Select Update driver from the list

A new window opens under head ‘how do you want to search for drivers’. Click on ‘Browse my computer for driver software’

Select ‘Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer’

Another window appears asking to select the driver you want to install. Click USB Host Controller in the Model pane of the window

Click Next and close the window

If the process doesn’t work, then repeat the process by selecting a different option from Universal Serial Driver Controller drop down list.

Sensor and USB Tracking and Incompatibility Errors

Error code 8602

This error occurs when any sensor is not detected by the system. It can be fixed by running sensor setup. First, unplug all sensors and follow these steps:

Click on start menu

Launch the Oculus App

Click on devices

Click on Configure Rift on the top-right corner of the screen

Select Sensor Setup from the drop-down list

Select Continue from pop up window

Plug a sensor into USB port and click try again

If ‘Ok’ appears in the sensor list, sensor is detected. Similarly plug all sensors one by one to allow your PC to recognize all sensors.

Error code 8606

The error can be removed by cleaning the face of the sensor which has not been detected by PC. If it still appears, unplug the sensor and plug it into different USB port. If one of the sensors plugged into the USB hub is not working then plug it into PC’s USB port.

Error Code 8609

The error occurs when cable used to plug the sensor is too long. In such case, the sensor doesn’t get enough power to function properly.

Edited May 20, 2021 by XiNFiNiTY

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