u/HelpWantedInMyPants

I'm now at the point where I have to factory reset my left controller over and over again. This makes no sense.

I reset it, I let the firmware "update", the controller pairs and connects.

I turn it off, I close SteamVR, WindowsMR, whatever - the controller no longer pairs. I factory reset it again.

Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat.

Six years I've owned this headset and I've never gone through this nonsense until now.

literally every other time now

The pairing button works; when I hold it down along with the Windows button, there is a long delay before the lights finally come on for a second - which is, apparently, the way to factory reset the controller.

But once the controller is on, holding down the pairing button does nothing.

Holding down this button on the right controller puts it into Bluetooth pairing mode, and that I'm able to connect to the PC.

Edit: Solved, see below

https://preview.redd.it/ft8qfed497ah1.png?width=490&format=png&auto=webp&s=4305873821902d0ce4da8b0aabee6c472b0a4376

They don't want cake? More cake for me.

Let them flail and flounder and figure things out for themselves the good old fashioned "hard" way (which, apparently, ends at "Googling" - as if I haven't already been doing that my entire life).

I'll reap the benefits of bouncing my thoughts, ideas, plans, etc. off of an ever-evolving chatbot who then offers a perspective which is more often helpful than not.

An AI can get things wrong, you say? Gosh, I guess that means I have to continue to use my own brain while I interact with it. You know, the same thing I've been doing with Wikipedia whenever the content matters beyond simple curiosity.

God forbid I apply decades of honed critical thinking skills to a "glorified Google" instead of just clicking on the first link that pops up and taking the content at face value, selectively curating what I choose to believe in based on my predispositions.

Let them live without an AI assistant. I'll happily carry the burden of having the edge.