I have deleted both of these registry entries and filesys.exe is still running about twice an hour for about 10 to 15 min. So after about two days of running like this I cannot conclude that this change is helping.
I have deleted both of these registry entries and filesys.exe is still running about twice an hour for about 10 to 15 min. So after about two days of running like this I cannot conclude that this change is helping.
It is definately not a 100% fix. But something is different -- my x50 is usable now where it was painfully slow before. I still have random slowdowns, but they aren't as frequent or as long as before. Its going to take a lot more testing, or better yet, maybe Dell will give us a fix and we can leave all of this behind! :approve:
i notice that when i erase the registry filesys.exe slow down my system ... but when i set back the registry values to 255 each filesys.exe is set to very low priority again it still get to 95% but the unit it's more usable... so i conclude that left this 2 registry values to 255 it's better than erase them
i notice that when i erase the registry filesys.exe slow down my system ... but when i set back the registry values to 255 each filesys.exe is set to very low priority again it still get to 95% but the unit it's more usable... so i conclude that left this 2 registry values to 255 it's better than erase them
I'm trying these settings now also. I'll report if I see any changes.
If you rename the whole StrataFMD key first, it will allow you to delete the entire branch. After a soft-reset it re-appears but with only a few sub-keys. Performance is up, I only just did this so I'll post a follow-up later.
PS: Always backup your registry keys before trying these mods.
How is this tweak working out after a few days? Have the improvements been confirmed, or is it just coincidence? Anyone able to get more than a few hours to a charge?
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How is this tweak working out after a few days? Have the improvements been confirmed, or is it just coincidence? Anyone able to get more than a few hours to a charge?
I'm still doing good with mine. I get can't really say with the battery, I have an extended one and that's all I use.
Changing the registry keys as described earlier is not a complete fix, but it does do something. Changing those values immediately reduces the CPU load and lets the x50 work like its supposed to. It still bogs down every now and then, but it better. Like I was saying in the title, we are close to figuring out the problem.
After one day it's a lot quicker with the odd slowdown but overall a big difference.
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Originally Posted by Stein.D
If you rename the whole StrataFMD key first, it will allow you to delete the entire branch. After a soft-reset it re-appears but with only a few sub-keys. Performance is up, I only just did this so I'll post a follow-up later.
PS: Always backup your registry keys before trying these mods.
At first I tried changing the values to 255. This produced a very noticable improvement for 2 days of use. Hard reset early today and deleted the keys this time and again similar, better performance all day.
Only a few rare, short slowdowns over the past 3 days. Nice find!
Maybe you guys are way ahead of me, but I've encountered a similar-ish situation with my x51v. Right after updating to A06 my axim was -busy- at 624Mhz for a long time.. felt sluggish too of course, even though it was sortof usable and all.
Now before the upgrade, the dell upgrade proggy mentioned that after upgrading I would have to wait for 10 minutes for the system to format storage with only the dell logo onscreen, then get the today screen. I got the today screen immediately but as said.. slow
Now might it be that:
- WM5 needs to 'defrag', 'compact' its memory after restart
- That doing something, anything at all, to change the filing system will cause it to start all over again (like it does in windows XP if you defrag!)
- That if you turn your device off, same thing.. start over
Concluding: could it be that you just have to hook the axim up to power, leave it on for the hmm at least 2 hours it took mine, so it can finish its work
Mine works fine and fast now. :approve:
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Concluding: could it be that you just have to hook the axim up to power, leave it on for the hmm at least 2 hours it took mine, so it can finish its work
We have that initial wait on our x50s as well. The slowdowns we are talking about here happen long after that.
OK, ran for two days with them set at 255. Ran yesterday with the keys deleted. So, far while not 100% cured. The device did run percieveably quicker. There were still a couple of slow downs but it is running much better overall.
This is definately a good solution to performance and my earlier concerns about killing something that is actually needed does not seem to be real because filesys.exe is still doing it's thing occasionally.
The X51 does not have those keys neither. Can sombody display the key HKLM\drivers\Builtin\StrataFMD\CompactionCritPrio2 56...CompactionPrio256
on the X51..Or something similar, I know the X51 does not have strataFMD..I am tempted to take them out completely?
The X50 and the X51 have one major hardware difference: The type of ROM Memory that both use. The X50 use StrataFlash Memory and that key controls processes in that kind of memory. That's why you don't find these keys in the X51 and other devices.
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