2.2 - Overclock your USB port. Read or print my instructions and the readme files before starting!

You won't ha ve internet connectivity while in Safemode. The first thing you will want to do is download a mouse rate checking progra m, and see what your average mouse rate is using the USB interface. So you can c ompare to see if you have improved it. Now if you have 32-bit Windows XP you can download the USB Mouserate Switche r below and extract it to your desktop. If you have 64-bit Windows XP you will h ave to do it a different way which I will cover after 32-bit Windows You can download it, here: http://hosted.filefront.com/antigen07 here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...switcher.shtml and here: http://www.majorgeeks.com/USB_Mouser...her_d4469.html Reboot your computer and before Windows begins to load rapidly press F8 on y our keyboard to get a startup selection screen. If your computer loaded back up to regular windows try again and make sure you are not using a USB keyboard, eit her use a PS/2 adapter or turn on something called USB Legacy Device Support in yo ur system BIOS. Finally if you still can't boot into safe mode you may just have to use MSConfig. Go Start>Run type msconfig without quotes, click the 'BOOT.ini' tab, just check SAFEBOOT and click Okay and say 'Yes restart my computer'. If you get the the windows startup diagnostic screen use the arrow keys to s elect safemode, make sure to sign into an account with administrative privileges and click yes when it tells you Safemode is for diagnostic purposes. Make a backup of your C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbport.sys file!! You can rename it something like usbport.sys.old or usbport.sys.bak and just leave it i n the folder. If you ever need to revert back to the old settings you can delete the patched files and rename your backup to usbport.sys. After backing up that file and while still in safemode, run the usbmrs11.exe file and follow the instructions. I suggest you first try changing your USB pol ling rate from 125hz to 250hz. This change alone reduces mouse latency to 4ms. Y ou can go higher later. Now install the patch, then you will have to restart your computer for it to take effect, boot into safe mode again in case you need to revert back to the p revious setting or want to keep pushing the port higher. To pick a setting above 250hz say 'no' to the prompt of setting it to 250hz, and then say 'yes' to the prompt of setting it to 500hz. When your computer loads into safemode, run the 'Mouserate Checker' to see i f the change has taken effect. If it did not, get out of safemode and do a good search for USB port overclocking or USB Polling Rate in Google you might find some m ore help. Make sure you followed all the instructions properly. Repeat steps 6 through 8 until you've hit and tested the speed you want to s tay at, I don't really recommend 1000hz since it's overkill and most mice can't obtain that speed. Best to pick a speed your mouse handles. If you used MSConfig to make your computer boot into safe mode, run msconfig again and then just cli ck the circle by Use Original BOOT.ini and restart and you will have your computer back. Here are some guidelines for knowing when you've overclocked far enough. First o ff, I don't recommend you use 1000hz it is twice the stress on your USB componen ts for only a 1ms improvement in latency (vs 500hz). My G5 can be overclocked to 1000hz, but actually only averages at 620hz, which I can't tell the difference from 500hz, so I keep it on default. You want to raise your average mouserate by overclocking, so if you try 250hz and your average hz increases, and then try 5 00hz and it doesn't increase much, you've probably hit the limit of your device and should stick with 250hz.