SteamVR Fail (Error 309)

[Soul Blade]

The error tells me "A key component of SteamVR isn't working properly. Please restart SteamVR."

I've looked through all the forms i could find and NONE of them have helped fix the error and allow me to use SteamVR.
- -I've made sure my computer is up to date with windows and AMD Drivers
- -I've checked for integrity of files,
- -I've done as it says and restarted SteamVR
- -I've restarted my computer
- -I've checked task manager as some guides said
- -I've tried fixing the SteamVR installation path as it said to do for the "A key component of SteamVR isn't working." tab in steam support
- -I've completely uninstalled and reinstalled SteamVR
- -I've opted in for Steam VR Beta to try a newer version
None of these things have made any progress on the error.

I'm on windows 11 with an AMD build and haven't had any issues with steam VR till here recently. Does ANYONE have any suggestions or help as I've completely run out of ideas.

[Magus]

Im also on an AMD build i updated my drivers and after that steamvr stoped working so it may be the same issue.

[DemonBoiZane]

please dont ignore this admins as steamvr is giving me and so far a lot of others the same code and we have done everything you have done. please asap as none of us can play games

[The_Doomer]

im also on a full AMD build, windows 10 using VD and it worked for a sec but controllers were broke and restarted for the update and refused to work, same thing with all other beta's that are there. It no worky AT ALL reverted drivers and all and still won't work also like to put that i didn't use the mac stuff betas or linux only the old quest one the steam vr beta

[The_Doomer]

Originally posted by DemonBoiZane:

please dont ignore this admins as steamvr is giving me and so far a lot of others the same code and we have done everything you have done. please asap as none of us can play games

Given with how much of an issue this will be its more of a waiting game or a Bye Bye moment for amd players for a good week but im sure they'll look cause alot of other issues are happening and a 309 error like this has happened before and it got fixed in a few days

[The_Doomer]

Originally posted by Soul Blade:

The error tells me "A key component of SteamVR isn't working properly. Please restart SteamVR."

I've looked through all the forms i could find and NONE of them have helped fix the error and allow me to use SteamVR.
- -I've made sure my computer is up to date with windows and AMD Drivers
- -I've checked for integrity of files,
- -I've done as it says and restarted SteamVR
- -I've restarted my computer
- -I've checked task manager as some guides said
- -I've tried fixing the SteamVR installation path as it said to do for the "A key component of SteamVR isn't working." tab in steam support
- -I've completely uninstalled and reinstalled SteamVR
- -I've opted in for Steam VR Beta to try a newer version
None of these things have made any progress on the error.

I'm on windows 11 with an AMD build and haven't had any issues with steam VR till here recently. Does ANYONE have any suggestions or help as I've completely run out of ideas.

yeah idk what exactly could be causing the issue as running it on my test bench and a different computer it seems like it has more than just our amd 309 issue so maybe in a few days or at most hours it'll be fixed probably maybe rolling back amd drivers might be good but idk how well or what it will do for the rest of the programs that are already working so who knows

[The_Doomer]

Originally posted by Soul Blade:

The error tells me "A key component of SteamVR isn't working properly. Please restart SteamVR."

I've looked through all the forms i could find and NONE of them have helped fix the error and allow me to use SteamVR.
- -I've made sure my computer is up to date with windows and AMD Drivers
- -I've checked for integrity of files,
- -I've done as it says and restarted SteamVR
- -I've restarted my computer
- -I've checked task manager as some guides said
- -I've tried fixing the SteamVR installation path as it said to do for the "A key component of SteamVR isn't working." tab in steam support
- -I've completely uninstalled and reinstalled SteamVR
- -I've opted in for Steam VR Beta to try a newer version
None of these things have made any progress on the error.

I'm on windows 11 with an AMD build and haven't had any issues with steam VR till here recently. Does ANYONE have any suggestions or help as I've completely run out of ideas.

Originally posted by DemonBoiZane:

please dont ignore this admins as steamvr is giving me and so far a lot of others the same code and we have done everything you have done. please asap as none of us can play games

Originally posted by Epic Noob:

Im also on an AMD build i updated my drivers and after that steamvr stoped working so it may be the same issue.

If you all want to play around with drivers in your free time just go looking at old amd drivers till one works just type off what card you have and search for that cards old drivers from amd or look in device manager right click on your card and hit properties and see if it saved a rollback

[FaTeR]

OK. I am not the only one with this issue.

[Bob Loblaw]

Some working drivers mentioned in this thread
https://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/0/4200237989342477812/?tscn=1706823525

[InternetCrybaby64]

I'm also having the same issue. It's so freaking annoying. I have a full AMD build and updated to version 24.1.1 and Steam VR won't work, kills me.

[Renka]

AMD user here with drivers 24.1.1
whenever I link my quest 2 to my pc, it works at like 2fps and with a ♥♥♥♥ ton of delay in the movement. There's lots of graphical glitches and steamvr just says "A key component of SteamVR isn't working properly".

I really hope this gets fixed up soon

[Micer]

I am currently experiencing the same issue. Error 309 on startup, rolling AMD drivers back fixes the issue for me but that shouldn't be necessary. Hope this will get fixed soon

[Fustigator]

SteamVR fails with 309

Completely new system build. All components brand new, OS freshly installed.

Processor AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor, 4201 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Windows 11 Pro - upgraded to enterprise but the same error
I have confirmed the files are in the correct location, Geforce experience confirms I have the latest video drivers installed,
AMD Chipset installer confirms I have the correct drivers installed.

Steam support said:

11/02/2024
There might be some bugs with the latest SteamVR updates. At this time, we do not have any further troubleshooting steps.

However...

I'm on a quest 3 and I have found that the oculus link works fine, I can play oculus games over the oculus air link so it's not the graphics drivers.

I have got many things to work by pointing stuff to the oculus openXR

MSFlight Sim
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Khronos\OpenXR\1
C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-runtime\oculus_openxr_64. json

Virtual desktop
Options
OpenXR Runtime: VDXR

Alyx still fails as that appears to be hardcoded to steamXR, same with skyrim, but blade and sorcery, google earth, aerofly fs4 all seem to be working fine.

[Frost Killer - The Wolf]

I have the same (309) error, Anyone know of a fix yet?

[zim]

Same here, brand new PC first run error 309, nothing helped.

Relevant specs:
Windows 11 23H2 (22631.3007)
NVIDIA RTX 4090
AMD Ryzen 9 7950x3D

[~axoramsay~]

Same here error 309, full amd build tryed to run everything as admin, didnt helped.