How do I increase the speed of my PS/2 mouse port?

[Aenslead]

I am certain it is a registry edit... but I just cannot find it.

Thanks in advanced.

 

[Solutions]

I would have thought that would be related to the BIOS or FSB... I may be confused but I thought it was meant to run @ 33.3MHz.

 

[Promethply]

Are you using WinXP?

 

[Peter]

The PS/2 port runs off the legacy keyboard controller, which is an 8-MHz, 8-bit ISA general purpose I/O controller with some firmware in it. (Yes it still is, even though there isn't any physically visible ISA bus in today's PCs.)

In other words, it's the oldest and slowest piece of hardware still in there, dating back to 1977 or so. Running your mouse on USB will impose much less bus traffic.

 

[Promethply]

The PS2 port is hardware based unlike USB, and in WinXP you can set a much higher sample rate when using PS2

Just right-click "My Computer", then Properties

Select the "Hardware" tab, then Device Manager

Double click "Mice and other pointing device"

Select the "Advanced" tab, and

change the sample rate to 200 reports/second (default setting is 100, and USB is 125)

 

[Aenslead]

I am greatful.

 

[imported_Kensai]

That's awesome.