Mouse lag only on display link monitors
 

I am running 3 monitors, 1 HDMI out of my laptop and 2 via displaylink from my Toshiba Dynadock. The HDMI monitor is fine but when my mouse cursor is on the display link monitors and I hover links on the web for example and my mouse cursor changes from a pointer to a hand I get a brief mouse freeze which is subtle but enough with the work I do to be unusable, I have tried everything I could find online for troubleshooting.

Windows 8.1
Sony VAIO ultrabook
Toshiba Dynadock U3
displaylink monitors HP Compaq LA2205wg 1680 x 1050

This delay can also be seen as animation lag when maximizing and minimizing a window on the screen, the animation is a bit stuttery. Is this just as good as display link gets? Please advise.

Same issue :| (both on Futjisu PR08 and HP HP3005PR)

Hi,

If you set your Power Option in Control Panel | System and Security | Power Options to High performance do you still see this issue?

Thanks,
James

I had checked this before but I switched it to balanced back to High performance, restarted my PC, verified still on High Performance, issue still exists :(

Thank-you for the attention to this matter

Is there anything else to check? logs I can send in? would love to get to the bottom of this issue.

Updated to driver 7.5, with high hopes as changelog mentioned mouse lag issues! but no luck, issues still persist :mad:

I confirm that mouse lag still present in 7.5

I wont let this thread DIE, willing to help troubleshoot this matter.;)

I have similar issues with a Dell Docking Station, and Dell laptop. Mouse/Keyboard lags when using docking station with two monitors attached to docking station. No issues whatsoever when using the laptop with the same keyboard/mouse. I have updated usb 3.0 drivers, and have version 7.5 installed, no improvement in performance.

is this issue recognized by display link? they are many threads on here with subtle differences in explanation but all the same issue!

Potential Solution...
 

I know this is not an ideal solution, but I resolved what sounds like a similar issue. Here is my hardware setup:

Laptop: Lenovo X1 Carbon (2nd Gen)
Docking Station: Anker USB 3.0 Dual Display (DVI/HDMI) Docking Station
One external LCD monitor

I was extending the desktops b/w the laptop and the 2nd monitor (as main display) and was having significant lag issues, particularly with Chrome when any flash video was active. The lag was isolated to the main display, the external monitor. My mouse was not precise, audio/video timing was off just enough to be annoying, and picture quality was spotty at best.

My video cable was an HDMI w/ Ethernet from AmazonBasics, running from my docking station to the 2nd monitor. I decided to try DVI vs. HDMI (step down in quality, I thought), and voila, it works seamlessly! It is like my old Lenovo X201 used to behave on its traditional docking station. I know some of you have probably already tried this, and it might be hardware vs. software related depending on the docking station you are using, but I have been using now for 6+ hours with no issues.

Hope this helps!

Hi,

I appreciate your offer of help here.

I'm trying to get to the bottom of these issues.

We are working on a related area which we believe will improve performance.

I'll get back to you when I know more.

Thanks,
James

Dont use the video
 

I know this is really old by now, but having found no solutions anywhere online I thought I would post what I found. I found I had to bypass the video out on my Targus USB 3.0 Dock and plug my HDMI cable into the laptop directly. It is a crappy solution, but it's really just one more cable.

Everything works fluidly and smoothly now.

I had these exact symptoms and ALL my lag and stuttering issues disappeared when I forced an update of my USB3 drivers.

I tried so many things, display link driver updates, dock firmware updates, but installing the Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller from Intel was the only thing that made a difference. It was as if the dock was running at USB2.0 speeds even when it was connected to the USB3 port.

I am running two external monitors at 1600x1200 each and they are as smooth and stable as if I had them connected directly to the laptop.

I would suggest you look for your motherboard chipset manufacturers latest USB3 drivers.