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Keyboard Lag on 2022 Flow X13 (GV301RE). Bad driver?

nudicles
Level 7
tl;dr Keyboard gets laggy or completely misses keystrokes. "Downgrading" the Fortemedia and rebooting is effective for a while, but inevitably the problem returns. Is it possible to pin a driver version in Windows 11?

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Hey All, hoping someone smarter than me can give me some troubleshooting or fix tips.

I bought a 2022 Flow X13 (GV301RE) in June, and have basically observed this problem since I've had it.
I've linked a few videos of what happens with my keyboard. There are a few different ways in which it is failing.

Problems
Keyboard lag / eating keystrokes: As the videos below show, if I haven't typed for some time and start typing, it will take 1-3 seconds for keystrokes to show up on the screen. Often times the first 1-5 keystrokes are ignored completely.

Videos:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9zjPLHMScxYUZC3t9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dba953JQF8zNDRug9

Repeating keys: Similarly if I haven't typed for some time and start typing, the computer seems to register repeating keystrokes (as if I'm holding down the key). This is most visible when I am watching a video, and I hit the space bar to pause; it repeatedly pauses/unpauses the video until I hit another key to stop the repeating.

I haven't been able to capture a video of this yet, will record one next time it happens.


Troubleshooting
Things I've tried so far:

  • All drivers are up to date (via MyAsus), so is Windows Update.
  • I've also tried a factory reset.
  • Tried all the steps documented here (especially everything in the video): https://rog.asus.com/support/FAQ/1015071
  • I don't use a bluetooth keyboard regularly, but perhaps worth noting that I've not observed this issue on an external keyboard yet.
  • The one thing that seems to provide temporary relief is reinstalling an older version of the Fortemedia driver. At one point I noticed that the problem seemed to coincide with a Windows Update that upgraded my Fortemedia driver to v12.1.6003.59. However, if I install v12.1.6003.58 and reboot, this seems to solve the problem temporarily. I'm suspicious that Windows update keeps updating Fortemedia automatically and silently in the background which is causing the issue to reoccur, but I haven't been able to confirm this. It's also strange because this driver should have nothing to do with the keyboard, as I understand.



Anyone have any troubleshooting steps I can try to further narrow down the issue? Alternatively, is there any way to confirm that the Fortemedia driver is or is not auto upgrading in the background (and perhaps a way to stop that from happening)?

Any tips welcome, thanks!
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Falcon2_ROG
Customer Service Agent
nudicles wrote:
tl;dr Keyboard gets laggy or completely misses keystrokes. "Downgrading" the Fortemedia and rebooting is effective for a while, but inevitably the problem returns. Is it possible to pin a driver version in Windows 11?

---

Hey All, hoping someone smarter than me can give me some troubleshooting or fix tips.

I bought a 2022 Flow X13 (GV301RE) in June, and have basically observed this problem since I've had it.
I've linked a few videos of what happens with my keyboard. There are a few different ways in which it is failing.

Problems
Keyboard lag / eating keystrokes: As the videos below show, if I haven't typed for some time and start typing, it will take 1-3 seconds for keystrokes to show up on the screen. Often times the first 1-5 keystrokes are ignored completely.

Videos:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9zjPLHMScxYUZC3t9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dba953JQF8zNDRug9

Repeating keys: Similarly if I haven't typed for some time and start typing, the computer seems to register repeating keystrokes (as if I'm holding down the key). This is most visible when I am watching a video, and I hit the space bar to pause; it repeatedly pauses/unpauses the video until I hit another key to stop the repeating.

I haven't been able to capture a video of this yet, will record one next time it happens.


Troubleshooting
Things I've tried so far:

  • All drivers are up to date (via MyAsus), so is Windows Update.
  • I've also tried a factory reset.
  • Tried all the steps documented here (especially everything in the video): https://rog.asus.com/support/FAQ/1015071
  • I don't use a bluetooth keyboard regularly, but perhaps worth noting that I've not observed this issue on an external keyboard yet.
  • The one thing that seems to provide temporary relief is reinstalling an older version of the Fortemedia driver. At one point I noticed that the problem seemed to coincide with a Windows Update that upgraded my Fortemedia driver to v12.1.6003.59. However, if I install v12.1.6003.58 and reboot, this seems to solve the problem temporarily. I'm suspicious that Windows update keeps updating Fortemedia automatically and silently in the background which is causing the issue to reoccur, but I haven't been able to confirm this. It's also strange because this driver should have nothing to do with the keyboard, as I understand.



Anyone have any troubleshooting steps I can try to further narrow down the issue? Alternatively, is there any way to confirm that the Fortemedia driver is or is not auto upgrading in the background (and perhaps a way to stop that from happening)?

Any tips welcome, thanks!


If you have tried to restore the system and the problem persists, it may be caused by keyboard hardware failure.
I would suggest you bring back your laptop to our service center.
The following is the contact information:
http://www.asus.com/support/Service-Center-All-Countries/
Also you can contact the local service center for help. The following is the contact information:
http://www.asus.com/support/CallUs#
Sorry for any inconvenience it may be caused.

GieWu
Level 7
nudicles wrote:
tl;dr Keyboard gets laggy or completely misses keystrokes. "Downgrading" the Fortemedia and rebooting is effective for a while, but inevitably the problem returns. Is it possible to pin a driver version in Windows 11?

---

Hey All, hoping someone smarter than me can give me some troubleshooting or fix tips.

I bought a 2022 Flow X13 (GV301RE) in June, and have basically observed this problem since I've had it.
I've linked a few videos of what happens with my keyboard. There are a few different ways in which it is failing.

Problems
Keyboard lag / eating keystrokes: As the videos below show, if I haven't typed for some time and start typing, it will take 1-3 seconds for keystrokes to show up on the screen. Often times the first 1-5 keystrokes are ignored completely.

Videos:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/9zjPLHMScxYUZC3t9
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dba953JQF8zNDRug9

Repeating keys: Similarly if I haven't typed for some time and start typing, the computer seems to register repeating keystrokes (as if I'm holding down the key). This is most visible when I am watching a video, and I hit the space bar to pause; it repeatedly pauses/unpauses the video until I hit another key to stop the repeating.

I haven't been able to capture a video of this yet, will record one next time it happens.


Troubleshooting
Things I've tried so far:

  • All drivers are up to date (via MyAsus), so is Windows Update.
  • I've also tried a factory reset.
  • Tried all the steps documented here (especially everything in the video): https://rog.asus.com/support/FAQ/1015071
  • I don't use a bluetooth keyboard regularly, but perhaps worth noting that I've not observed this issue on an external keyboard yet.
  • The one thing that seems to provide temporary relief is reinstalling an older version of the Fortemedia driver. At one point I noticed that the problem seemed to coincide with a Windows Update that upgraded my Fortemedia driver to v12.1.6003.59. However, if I install v12.1.6003.58 and reboot, this seems to solve the problem temporarily. I'm suspicious that Windows update keeps updating Fortemedia automatically and silently in the background which is causing the issue to reoccur, but I haven't been able to confirm this. It's also strange because this driver should have nothing to do with the keyboard, as I understand.



Anyone have any troubleshooting steps I can try to further narrow down the issue? Alternatively, is there any way to confirm that the Fortemedia driver is or is not auto upgrading in the background (and perhaps a way to stop that from happening)?

Any tips welcome, thanks!


Hi, did you repair your laptop?
I have same problem. Now I waiting for support answear.

Falcon2_ROG
Customer Service Agent
GieWu wrote:
Hi, did you repair your laptop?
I have same problem. Now I waiting for support answear.


Please enter to the safe mode to check whether the problem is improved.
If the keyboard works properly in safe mode, this means that other third-party software may be causing the problem.
If the keyboard can't work in safe mode, this means that the keyboard is faulty, please contact ASUS repair center in the country of your residence: https://www.asus.com/support/Service-Center-All-Countries/
Sorry for any inconvenience it may be caused.

I am facing exactly the same issues. keyboard lags and repeating. I also has noticed that my device manager constantly refreshes and Bluetooth headphones disconnect. I even took my laptop to the service and after 2 months waiting they have replaced the motherboard but the issue started happening again.

As I see the issue "wakes up" after some high load tasks. I use my laptop mostly for coding and after compilation of a big projects it starts lagging.

I think I have some results. I have removed all the ASUS related apps and services like Armory crate, aura, hotkeys service, etc, and the issue seems to be gone.
If anyone has a time to check which exactly service or app causing such a behavior that would be nice. Developers definitely need to fix the bug in one of the apps.

After 7 days of flawless work it started again. Device manager is refreshing and keyboard is lagging. The uptme since last reboot is 3 days. Maybe this is the reason. Did anyone resolved the issue?

I have the exact same issue. Have you managed to fix it?

No. Asus just ignores us. The tell me that it is 3rd party software. It seems that the  only software I allowed to install is asus apps.

I tried a hard reset and it's working fine now.