r/WindowsMR • u/Julian_Sark • Aug 26 '26
Issue Anyone ever had a HP Reverb G2 power brick fail hot?
Ah, HP Reverb G2. I love you since Oasis but I also despise your many stupid issues.
The latest: Dang thing was not be recognized as an USB device anymore. PC complained about too much USB power draw, then partially failed to boot with the headset plugged in.
Then, during troubleshooting, the white light at the breakout box would not light anymore.
Measured the power supply and voila, the darn thing should be outputting 19.5 volts, but puts out 27 volts! Apparently, failing control circuits is a thing, and then a PSU outputs as much voltage as it can, possibly frying things down-stream.
I wonder: Anyone else ever had this, did your breakout box/cable survive?
I did order a new PSU (luckily, this is a regular "blue jack" HP laptop PSU of which there are millions on Ebay) and then I guess I'll see if the box/cable/headset is fried or not ...