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    slow mouse on battery power

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by justhanging, Sep 13, 2009.

  1. justhanging

    justhanging Newbie

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    Just brought a Studio XPS 16. In playing games the mouse either has a mouse lag or is slow when using battery power. Works fine when the power adapter is attached. Tried different settings in the power. This happens for both wireless through USB or wired. Any help?
     
    justhanging, Sep 13, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    You mean your frame rates are noticeably lower? That's probably because your graphics card is running in power saving mode when unplugged. You can change this if you want, but your battery life is going to get shot to hell.
     
    Mastershroom, Sep 13, 2009
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  3. justhanging

    justhanging Newbie

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    Framerate is fine. Just the mouse doesn't move right. IT happens at any resolution setting.
     
    justhanging, Sep 14, 2009
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  4. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Hmm. Try the usual, I suppose...update graphics drivers.

    Is this on the factory installation of Windows, or did you reformat and install Vista from scratch?
     
    Mastershroom, Sep 14, 2009
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  5. Fragilexx

    Fragilexx Get'cha head in the game

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    Does it happen if you just use the built in trackpad?

    Could be that it's allowing your usb mouse to go into power savings mode, this is something that can be changed via power options or device manager in the control panel.
     
    Fragilexx, Sep 14, 2009
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