GPU coil whine and crashes PC on SteamVR launch through ALVR

[still steeple]

I'm using ALVR 20.11.1 stable with Nvidia RTX 4060 on a Windows 11 system

Whenever I launch SteamVR through ALVR (yes Steam is already open, yes I went through the troubleshooting guide but nothing works) my GPU makes a coil whine and if I don't sign out or shut down quick enough, my entire PC freezes and I have to force shut it down with the physical button

I've tried reinstalling it, resetting the settings etc. but no luck
I checked I have the correct versions of Nvidia drivers installed
I'm using the ALVR Launcher to manage and launch the instances if that helps

This started happening randomly and everything was working fine for weeks. I think SlimeVR might have something to do with it because it started happening a few days after I started using SlimeVR, but I've tried uninstalling SlimeVR too but it still crashes.

The only thing that works now is if I use ALVR nightly, but if I install the apk for nightly through the ALVR launcher onto my Pico 4, it opens for the first time and works just fine, but as soon as you exit the app and reopen it (doesn't matter if you restarted the headset) the app never opens and loads the whole time. And even then it sometimes crashes the same way ALVR stable does when opening SteamVR.

Here's my system info:
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650G
Nvidia RTX 4060
Nvidia 566.36
PC
Windows 11
32 GB RAM
144Hz Monitor

[still steeple]

i tried reinstalling, it worked for a while then i got randomly disconnected with os error 10054

when i tried restarting steamvr it did the same coil whine and crash

are there no solutions to this?

[weak relic]

This was already fixed, try nightly

[lucid snow]

gpu coil whine is just because your gpu is being made to do work, any software could cause this

stuff with unbounded fps in particular

and freezing is sign of instability - not enough power or cooling

[still steeple]

like I said I already tried nightly, but the apk only opens and works the first time and every time after that when you open it it just keeps on loading and never opening the app

I see a newer version of nightly is out, I'll try that but I think the apk will still not work after I open it the first time

[weak relic]

This is very odd

You're using both server and client on the same nightly version?

[still steeple]

I think so

im using ALVR nightly 2025.01.08 i'll try the newer versions but yeah I installed the APK using the ALVR launcher and a wired connection to my headset and it installed just fine

[cyan pier]

You need to remove the microphone permission every time to open the app, it's a bug currently

If it bothers you enough you can try this nightly version it's before the bug, but I don't know if the OS error is fixed it in it https://github.com/alvr-org/ALVR-nightly/releases/tag/v21.0.0-dev01%2Bnightly.2024.11.28 but other then that the only solution for now is to just go to the three dots on the app, click view access then go to details and remove the mic permission before starting the app

You can allow the mic afterward and it'll be good till the next time you open the app again

[still steeple]

alright thank you