typing from the keyboard is slow, it can't keep up.

[villagekid]

This is my very first time of posting so if I'm not doing something correctly, sorry. I just had my Dell Vostro 1000 XP SP3 - in the shop for slow typing and then catching up, and same for backspacing. They fixed it, but unable to tell what they fixed. One guy said it was software, the other guy said it was a driver....
I had been having an issue with a message coming up at boot that says that the charger couldn't be recognized and to make sure it was correct and to unplug and plug in the cable. I did, and it would continue booting. The store where I bought it had just shrugged, and since it didn't happen often, I didn't pursue it. Upon reading some of this stuff being fixed by removing the battery, I removed mine. LO! in my email I had not been able to change the font-type, font-size, font-color, or pick from anything that would have multiple choices - they would come up but disappear before I could get the mouse on them - this stuff works now. I am using Yahoo, and they worked with me, thinking it was a Yahoo problem. After all this time, to find it actually could have been a battery problem, that is weird!!!!
The problem started well BEFORE the 12-month warranty ran out, but I never contacted Dell, because it only did it in my emails and the shop said it didn't happen for them, so they had no idea what I was speaking of. I also noticed that the charger gets so hot I can't hold it comfortably. I measured the temp and it says 121 Degrees F. Also, the air blowing out of the exhaust measures 119 degreesF - even though it is sitting on a cooling pad with USB fan. Is this dangerously hot or what?
I just thought I should post it in case others have weird problems.
Villagekid

 

[Guest]

Just took the battery out of my Inspiron 1501. I had completed a complete reinstall of xp about a month ago when things started acting up with the lagging. The battery seemed to be the culprit! I can't complain, I've had it for four years with no issues! Thanks SO much for the advice.

 

[Gintok]

I have an ACER Extensa 2300 in 2003/04. Battery pretty much perished after 2 years of use. For the last 4 years I've had it plugged into the wall socket without the battery and it has been fine.

Recently I plugged the battery in the keyboard typing speed feel DRAMATICALLY. I freaked out, because I had just reinstalled XP and I was thinking something was damaged.

In any case I too have determined it to be the keyboard. I actually found this topic to see if I was the only one, but apparently not. I want to raise more awareness of the issue in the hopes the problem will be solved.

Power of the people.

ACER 2300
1.5GHz Celeron M
256MB DDR (upgraded to 512MB)
40GB HDD (onto the 2nd one as the first one just died 2 weeks ago)
DVD-Combo
Intel 2200BG Wireless (upgrade)


Now my question is. I've determined my issue to be the battery, as have other users having the same problem. Will purchasing a new battery cure the problem or will typing from AC be the fastest? Also isn't it weird that despite having the battery with the AC mains being connected that the speed is still slow for typing. What the hell, it's connected to mains so there should be no issue.

 

[marcusk]

I fixed this on mine with the fix for vista . Worked on my win xp pro .
http/www.watchingthenet.com/windows-vista-tip-how-to-fix-slow-keyboard-response-after-upgrade-from-windows-xp.html

 

[Gintok]

I fixed this on mine with the fix for vista . Worked on my win xp pro .
http/www.watchingthenet.com/windows-vista-tip-how-to-fix-slow-keyboard-response-after-upgrade-from-windows-xp.html

It says that's not advised for laptop users, considering this is for notebook users, probably not the greatest thing to post.

 

[Guest]

Ok - i have a dell studio 1555 running windows 7

i couldn't find the ATI key polling service mentioned - this is for windows xp only.

so for windows 7
"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."

so I thought i would remove these services

see http/www.ghacks.net/2010/01/07/what-are-ccc-exe-atiedxx-exe-atiesrxx-exe-mom-exe-and-clistart-exe/ on how to do this - i also disabled the automatic catalyst control panel services as described - keys now working normal speed. Hope it works on a reboot!!

Thanks for all the advice above - would not have discovered this without it.

 

[GMan_14]

You are a life saver!! After working on this for several days with a Dell 1501 laptop, I was ready to give up and return the laptop to my customer. I had spend several other days prior to that with the same laptop diagnosing and repairing an intensive malware, spyware, virus infections that no other IT professional I know would even touch on such a low-end laptop and just could not believe that after all that technically complicated work that I was left with this slow typing issue. I was convinced that I had succeeded in cleansing Windows XP Home of all these maladies and repairing a large amount of registry damages caused by so many attacks so I was looking for hardware issues that could cause Windows to slow down the keyboard input but I failed to look at the battery as the cause to all this evil. Thank-you SO MUCH for posting this solution. I can see from the thread of replies that many others have found the same solution to be a success for the same problem even with different hardware vendors.

 

[kau97]

Thanks for the tip RSIN. Taking the battery out and using my Dell 1505 on AC power alone, fixed the key press detection and repeat rate issue I was having. I almost purchased a replacement NC939 keyboard off Ebay.

Maybe this will move this thread to the top of Google results...doubtful...Dell E1505 key press detection key repeat rate key press detection Dell E1505 Dell E1505 Dell E1505

 

[Guest]

I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS BECAUSE MY BATTERY ON MY LAP TOP WAS SHOT. TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE BATTERY I REMOVED IT AND TURNED THE COMPUTER ON USING ONLY THE A.C. POWER. IT WORKED GREAT, AND ONCE I'VE PUT THE BATTERY BACK, IN IT WAS BACK TO THE SAME OLD THING AGAIN. I KNEW THE BATTERY WAS SHOT, BECAUSE WHENEVER I UNPLUGGED IT FROM THE WALL IT WILL DIE RIGHT AWAY. IT WORKED FOR ME IT MIGHT WORK FOR YOU. HOPE THIS HELPED

Thanks for sharing. I have the same problem and removed the battery and things are working.

 

[Guest]

My battery was dead and not working and was causing the slow typing. So remove your battery and it should help.

 

[Guest]

why can't my keyboard keep up with my rate of typing.

 

[Guest]

I am trying this on my Sony VAIO and had no idea it was the battery problem that I always had plugged in. I would type and the letters would disappear as I typed (and I can type fast!!)....so frustrating
I have to reload XP and will see what happens!! Thanks so much for this thread!!

 

[MIRV Griffen]

If the battery issue ins't helping to fix the probelm, I can tell you that in my case, it was something totally different.

I was getting severely degraded keyboard response; literally, it was taking up to 20 seconds for text I was typing to appear on the screen, making it nearly impossible to keep track of what I was typing, spacing, etc. I went into the control panel and removed a program called "Support Soft Assisted Service." Presumably, it got on my system when I initiated an online support session. As soon as I unistalled this small (about 3.4 megs) program, my keyboard speed came back with a vengence.

 

[Guest]

I had the same problem and fixed it by removing a dead battery. I bought this one at Battery Depot and it is a lemon. I need to get one from Dell instead.

 

[Cristiana]

I removed the battery, restarted but nothing changed!!!

When i keep a key pressed i can clearly see the problem: after several repetitions it freezes for a bit then restarts typing again. If i type slowly, the characters catch up with me, if i type normally, this happens:

This is ping at normal sd. <- this is me typing at normal speed.

HEEEEEEEEEELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Cristiana]

OK, problem solved, the trick was not only to remove the battery, but also the power cable. It's such a relief to be able to type normally again 😀

However, I don't understand the connection to the battery... mine is less than a year old and didn't show any signs of fatigue....

 

[Guest]

The problem of slow typing on a Dell 1501 fitted with an ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 (or similar GPU) card is caused by a combination of a battery capable of holding less than 100% charge & the ATI hardware.

The solution is to remove or replace the battery as removing the graphics driver is not a good solution.

(solution taken from Poached Traders)

🙂

 

[Guest]

Removing my battery solved the problem. Typing speed returned to full throttle! Weird but true.

 

[Guest]

This slow typing business is a software issue. Go to Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> and click on Device Manager. If you see Microsoft ACPI-Compliant control method battery under Batteries, right click on it and disable it.

The slow typing problem should be solved. If not, reboot and then check again.

 

[Guest]

I WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS BECAUSE MY BATTERY ON MY LAP TOP WAS SHOT. TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE BATTERY I REMOVED IT AND TURNED THE COMPUTER ON USING ONLY THE A.C. POWER. IT WORKED GREAT, AND ONCE I'VE PUT THE BATTERY BACK, IN IT WAS BACK TO THE SAME OLD THING AGAIN. I KNEW THE BATTERY WAS SHOT, BECAUSE WHENEVER I UNPLUGGED IT FROM THE WALL IT WILL DIE RIGHT AWAY. IT WORKED FOR ME IT MIGHT WORK FOR YOU. HOPE THIS HELPED

Thanks Guys, I can't believe this was the solution, my battery didn't even seem that bad, but I removed it as you suggested and couldn't believe it was instantly fixed! I had previously run virus checkers, scoured for trojans and keyloggers and found nothing, so I reformatted and reinstalled Windows - and none of it worked - but now I'm happy again. Ciao