StarTekh


hows the new setup timidi >? gotta be awsom

It's pretty nice StarT.

Just to repeat PS/2 ports just like printer ports (LPT1) and com ports (COM1) take up valuable Interrupts..... best disabled in BIOS and use USB if you can.

Do you think you have USB 2.0 ports but really they are USB 1.1? That definitely would cause some level of glitchiness.
I not exactly sure what this means, but no it shouldn't. Devices should either work or not. More likely chipset drivers or BIOS is the issue here (see previous post).... or mouse software.

Try moving the mouse or audio interface to a different USB port.
Avoid USB-3 ports for the audio interface.
 
Have a look at your system's DPC latency when moving the mouse.
Did you load any software/drivers for the USB mouse?

Sorry guys,
Have been away for 24 hours. Got my DPC latency down to 6 microsecs after taking tips from this forum and a pc gaming fiend/friend - did that by disabling shedloads (HPET etc) in the bios.
The usb mouse is a ****ty little £3 from Asda (Walmart).

I am using USB 2 ports and move the interface and mouse around to see if that helps - but it doesn't.
I haven't loaded any drivers or software for the mouse - just legacy win xp ones.
I can easily get a new ps/2 mouse off ebay and might try that for now.
Might treat myself to a tracker ball for Xmas :-(
The motherboard is a 2 yr old Gigabyte GA-M720-US3  (AMD Phenom) with latest bios update.
Running 2 big monitors with all accelerations turned off for best performance.

Thanks to everyone for their kind help.

jrmunday: this is your support page..

http://www.gigabyte.com/p...-page.aspx?pid=3006#dl

there you have a chipset driver option...

NVIDIA MCP72/78 Chipset Driver (include chipset \ lan \ sata raid driver) OS:Windows XP 32bit
15.45 16.88 MB 2009/09/23
yes there old but made for your board, you can try them 1st and if that  wont correct the usb issue you can goto AMD and try their chipset drivers ! do reboot after install !!

Note: im a very big fan of ps2 ports and was dissapointed when
i had to switch to USB, but it workd out well here.. im Intel ...

http://www.logitech.com/m...rackballs/devices/4680

this is my mouse that I use from day to day, took a little getting
used-to but is awsom in performance and 20.00 new.good luck

im hoping the chipset/inf's work out for you..

As far as USB vs PS/2 goes, it all depends on the motherboard; my recent build has an ASUS board that has all of the shared interrupts listed, and PS/2 devices are not among them, but USB ports are, so in my case I'm probably better off using a PS/2 mouse.

munday.. see thats what you get for not shopping at tesco   tesco stock their own ones + logitech etc.

bring it back , explain it has issues due to the drivers on it IF you can't get it working.

you can still get PS2 mice around... or a converter with some mie that make a usb to ps2.

also have a look at www.ebuyer.com also

personaly performance wise.. for no issues ...ps2 !!

I'd like to free up a USB port. I think I have a violet (keyboard) USB to PS/2 adapter somewhere. Should I make an effort and go look for it, or will my USB mouse require a green one?

> has an ASUS board that has all of the shared interrupts listed, and PS/2 devices are not among them.

Look more carefully, or enable PS/2 port in your BIOS for it to be displayed. PS/2 WILL have an interrupt.
IRQ4 or IRQ 12. If you have COM ports disable them in BIOS as well (unless you are still using a 56K modem).
It is also possible you BIOS will autodisable the PS/2 port if nothing is plugged in initially (unusual but I have seen such a board).

Anyway far better to use a USB hub or buy another USB card than use a PS/2 mouse.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_connector

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/IRQnumbers.asp