Keyboard Lag Debugging

Time for a new problem, I'm sick of looking at Hairy Donuts.



I did some research on this problem, and I found this information on the ATI Hotkey Poller:



"Atiedxx.exe and atiesrxx.exe are the AMD External Events Client Module and AMD External Events Service Module. Both processes are executed when the Windows Service AMD External Events Utility is started. This service was known as the ATI Hotkey Poller in Windows XP and Windows Vista."



Now, I don't know about you, but I sure don't use any hotkeys with CCC, so I disabled both processes, and typed up a nice long document and noticed the only mistakes in the document were my own typos. I noticed a very noticeable drop in dropped characters, so I wanted to share the love.



For a more permanent fix and more info on what ATI installs with CCC, see this link.



Have fun experimenting and let me know if this helps.

Reply 1 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

I for one appreciate you flashing the brains out of your laptop and running Hairy Donut Tests for us. I notice keyboard lag right away. I will disable and test tonight. I'll report back.

Reply 2 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

Interesting find Chastity.

Reply 3 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

One thing I have noticed since day one is that, while I occasionally miss keys, if I lightly press individual keys on the corners they will consistently not register. It's very hard to distinguish between which of these keystrokes are missed because of hardware and those where I didn't press the key hard enough.

Reply 4 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

Wow, nobody has any feedback on this yet?!

Reply 5 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

I disabled the external events thing. I never noticed keyboard lag before and I don't notice any now.

I type at over 200 WPM on a normal day.

Reply 6 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

I still notie the keyboard missed keystroke issue and typing 30-45 wpm. I have to type at 10-15 wpm or it to not miss keystrokes. Honestly, I think this is more important to fix than the GSOD issue since the GSOD issue is patched by old drivers

Reply 7 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

Quote:

Originally Posted by mersenne I still notie the keyboard missed keystroke issue and typing 30-45 wpm. I have to type at 10-15 wpm or it to not miss keystrokes. Honestly, I think this is more important to fix than the GSOD issue since the GSOD issue is patched by old drivers

Uninstall the synaptics drivers and you'll be rid of the lag for the most part while still having a working (albeit very unresponsive and "dull") touchpad while this is worked out.



More important then the lag is the fact that it registers all keystrokes without the synaptics drivers.

Reply 8 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

then the mouse speed is awful

Reply 9 : Keyboard Lag Debugging

Well I'm ordering a keyboard under warranty so lets see if that fixes this problem