Mic continuously shuts off in SteamVR

This headset has become the bane of my existence. Primarily using for SkyrimVR with MGO mod. Thought I was in a good spot with the Beta and fired up Skyrimnet to speak in game. After hours dicking with it found this out...

1. Mic will keep turning off when SteamVR is activated. It will shut off. I go to Sound settings, disable it, turn the headset on and off, enable it and it will work for a bit. Then the damn thing will break again. Doesn't do that when SteamVR is off.

2. All sound settings in SteamVR and Steam point to it.

3. Replaced the PlayStation.dll file with the PSVR2toolkit. No effect.

4. Reinstalled SteamVR and PSVR2 app. No changes.

5. Using quality cable in USB3.0 slot.

I'm almost to the point of just using a different mic, but the damn thing was working not long ago. The only idea I have left is trying to change other sound drivers on the mb. ANY IDEAS WELCOME.