Hard Drive I/O writes (constantly)

nobilis · 11-14-2013, 05:52 PM

Hello,
I am wondering if it is to be expected that the displaylinkmanager.exe will constantly write to the hard disk ( viewing I/O writes in the taskmanager program ) if the connected monitor is engaged actively (with mouse movement, screen activity etc.). This is what mine does when I am actively using the monitor. otherwise it does not have this behaviour if it is connected, but not being actively used. I am trying to narrow down performance issues and this is one suspect. Thanks.

walkeer · 12-11-2013, 01:02 PM

I have exactly the same issue. I am using Lenovo USB 3.0 docking station (2x DVI, Gb Ethernet, 5x USB 3.0 hub) with latest firmware on Samsung 780z5e and I had the issue with 7.4M2 and also I have it now with 7.5M0. I am running windows 8.1 x64. It seems that there is some infinite loop which is doing something with the registry. According to Task Manager, the DisplayLinkManager.exe did 85k writes (I/O writes), writing around 5GB (I/O write bytes) of data over period of just 10 minutes.

Please find attached screenshot from process manager and also attached support information from your tool. Many thanks for your kind support.

P.S.: is is possible that these writes are related to the USB device rather than to disk writes?

DaMiBu · 05-13-2014, 10:00 AM

Did you get this fixed?

I have same issue with DisplayLinkManager.exe slowing down a laptop with excessive disk writes. Laptop is a new Dell XPS 14 with 8GB RAM running Windows 8.1 64bit.

Tried re installing, uninstalling using the client clean utility and just tried updating to 7.6 and same issues.

Did you find a solution to this?

Thanks!

JamesH · 05-29-2014, 03:27 PM

Hi,

Have you turned on advanced logging with our DisplayLink support tool in the past?

Are there a lot of files being updated in c:\program files\DisplayLink core software\debug\?

Thanks,
James

kwatson · 09-18-2014, 03:19 PM

I know this is a very old thread but was this issue ever resolved? I have just had to delete 22GB of Log Files from the Debug folder - even though I have turned Logging to OFF in the Support tool.

JamesH · 09-19-2014, 09:06 AM

Hi,

I've replied to you through the ask a question system.

Thanks
James

ahmad87 · 03-24-2015, 03:45 PM

Hi, I have the same issue and I'm using version 7.7 of the displayLinkManager. Is there any fix?
I have the issue with high rate of IO write for the displayLinkManager.

lsv · 04-24-2015, 01:57 AM

hello, i have just deleted 240gb of files, turned off advanced today and still creates a file every 20 seconds - updated to newest software too. does anyone have a solution?

Wim · 04-30-2015, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lsv

hello, i have just deleted 240gb of files, turned off advanced today and still creates a file every 20 seconds - updated to newest software too. does anyone have a solution?

You will need to turn off advanced logging in the debug tool:

http://kb.displaylink.com/269

Wim

lsv · 04-30-2015, 08:58 PM

I did turn off advanced logging - still doing it.

11-14-2013, 05:52 PM	#1
nobilis Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 1	Hard Drive I/O writes (constantly) Hello, I am wondering if it is to be expected that the displaylinkmanager.exe will constantly write to the hard disk ( viewing I/O writes in the taskmanager program ) if the connected monitor is engaged actively (with mouse movement, screen activity etc.). This is what mine does when I am actively using the monitor. otherwise it does not have this behaviour if it is connected, but not being actively used. I am trying to narrow down performance issues and this is one suspect. Thanks.

05-13-2014, 10:00 AM	#3
DaMiBu Junior Member Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 2	I have same issue Did you get this fixed? I have same issue with DisplayLinkManager.exe slowing down a laptop with excessive disk writes. Laptop is a new Dell XPS 14 with 8GB RAM running Windows 8.1 64bit. Tried re installing, uninstalling using the client clean utility and just tried updating to 7.6 and same issues. Did you find a solution to this? Thanks!

09-18-2014, 03:19 PM	#5
kwatson Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 1	Support tool constantly writing Log Files I know this is a very old thread but was this issue ever resolved? I have just had to delete 22GB of Log Files from the Debug folder - even though I have turned Logging to OFF in the Support tool.

03-24-2015, 03:45 PM	#7
ahmad87 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 1	Hi, I have the same issue and I'm using version 7.7 of the displayLinkManager. Is there any fix? I have the issue with high rate of IO write for the displayLinkManager. Last edited by ahmad87; 03-24-2015 at 03:51 PM.

04-24-2015, 01:57 AM	#8
lsv Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 2	any resolution hello, i have just deleted 240gb of files, turned off advanced today and still creates a file every 20 seconds - updated to newest software too. does anyone have a solution?

05-29-2014, 03:27 PM	#4
JamesH Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,523	Hi, Have you turned on advanced logging with our DisplayLink support tool in the past? Are there a lot of files being updated in c:\program files\DisplayLink core software\debug\? Thanks, James

09-19-2014, 09:06 AM	#6
JamesH Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,523	Hi, I've replied to you through the ask a question system. Thanks James

04-30-2015, 08:58 PM	#10
lsv Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 2	I did turn off advanced logging - still doing it.