Long-term investigation of unstable input

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astroasis
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Re: Long-term investigation of unstable input

Post by astroasis » 29 Sep 2026, 08:09

spkii wrote: ↑
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astroasis wrote: ↑
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28 Sep 2026, 14:14

I connected a coax cable coming from my TV antenna into a wall coax port.
I have multiple open coax ports that has no terminator cap or are unplugged, here is sweden we have 3 coax connections in each outlet.. I wonder if this could be it
It could be bro, the coax stuff is the only thing that maintains the change, I also have multiple open coax ports left in the house so I'm gonna try terminators when they arrive. For now keeping a connection from the attic tv antenna to my downstairs living room coax port via a standard coax cable is keeping my pc good, terminators might be a different effect on things considering they cancel out the line so we'll see
Could a disconnected coaxial cable in my home affect this? I have several coaxial antenna cables, but they are disconnected from the TV (even though the cables themselves are still there).
Yeah maybe, I'm not an expert on coax and emi

delve
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Re: Long-term investigation of unstable input

Post by delve » 01 Oct 2026, 14:22

I wanted to mention the power provider did repairs in my street last week, I dont know what they did exactly, but I saw they replaced a small transformer opposite of me and this had positive effect on my lag. Maybe 15-20 percent improvement since a week now.

GMZ
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Re: Long-term investigation of unstable input

Post by GMZ » 08 Oct 2026, 21:16

I have some useful news. I have a bad outlet and a good outlet in the same line. Grounding has nothing to do with it as the majority of people here already tested. Some guy talked about electricity distribution and yes that's correct. I have some water filter using 80 to 500w, my monitor, some lights and fiber optic converter on a 10A line and of course my pc. Guess what? If I unplug the water filter, input lag returns. If I plug it again, input lag is gone. But I've noticed after reading a lot here that you guys don't do these steps to test stuff. Let's say you plug it to a bad outlet. The PC trains the RAM memory and it has "electricity memory". You have to turn off, unplug from the wall, press the power on button on the PC for 10 seconds to reset entirely. After that you have to plug on the wall, turno on, go into the BIOS, put XMP off, MCR off, fast boot off and let it train on the new outlet or any outlet you're trying. That way you make sure every time you test on a new outlet, is going to be a fresh start and you're going to know how that outlet performs. After that you can go back to your XMP.

fa1kk
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Re: Long-term investigation of unstable input

Post by fa1kk » 24 Oct 2026, 10:59

Small update: Grounding measurements

I recently measured the resistance of my grounding system. The measured resistance of my local grounding electrode system, used for the PC+monitor, is 4.5 Ω. The measurement at the distribution transformer was 0.39 Ω, but this was measured on the common PEN conductor, not on the transformer’s grounding electrode with the PEN disconnected.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get access to the transformer to disconnect the PEN and measure the grounding electrode separately, so I couldn't verify its individual resistance.

I'm attaching photos of both measurements for reference.
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Hubcio
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Re: Long-term investigation of unstable input

Post by Hubcio » 26 Oct 2026, 03:33

Tell me guys why I’m playing better on iPad Pro in Fortnite than ps5 pro? And I don’t feel I am very desynced while playing on iPad + WiFi(I use laptop cooling stand + charging while playing), I feel like fights are fair.

Asesino34
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Re: Long-term investigation of unstable input

Post by Asesino34 » 26 Oct 2026, 15:31

Hubcio wrote: ↑
26 Oct 2026, 03:33
Tell me guys why I’m playing better on iPad Pro in Fortnite than ps5 pro? And I don’t feel I am very desynced while playing on iPad + WiFi(I use laptop cooling stand + charging while playing), I feel like fights are fair.
Maybe because there are fewer cables no PSU, no HDMI or DP, no Ethernet cable. Do you also use your PS5 over Wi-Fi? That's important to know.

Mercron
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Re: Long-term investigation of unstable input, affected by electrical and network conditions

Post by Mercron » Yesterday, 00:21

MaleGigolo wrote: ↑
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Not the first time at all, there are MANY people here - including myself - which fixed this by fixing broken neutral wiring, especially on old TN-C systems...we've been saying for so long that the problem is neutral impedance, neutral voltage drift and wrong neutral to ground potentials, and people still dream about some fictional "emi" and are buying emi meters...it's WIRING, not some fictional interference that jumps from PC to PC over air.
hah, then why isn't the problem fixed by the battery and the clean circuit? You did something that gave you a 5% improvement, which you mistook for a fix. But, it is ok, I really want people to move further and further away from the source of the problem.
Another clown who thinks he knows what the problem is and supposedly fixed it, yet has been sitting on this forum for years. I think it’s long past time to ban him, so I’ll be filing a report. The same goes for clowns who use ChatGPT to post some kind of “miracle solutions” here just so someone else can test them for them.
For everyone reading this: not a single person on this forum has provided any actual proof of a solution so far.
The clown above doesn’t play children’s games, apparently to the point where he can’t even download one for the sake of this forum. And the clown above him doesn’t even understand what electrical system he has installed. He makes a jumper between PE and N in a TN-C system, even though TN-C itself already implies that PE and N are connected, and this has absolutely nothing to do with TN-C-S.
He said he would post a video? You won’t see him on this forum again, I can assure you.
Lol you were right. Looks like ChatGPT guy is not coming back. It's funny how many pathological liars we got on this forum and their excuses are straight out of childrens playbook.

"I don't play teen games"

"I run a small business, no time to show proof"

:lol:

hey this is offtopic but I found a post you made saying that on one location you moved to, you managed to fix the input lag. can you confirm this as true? im starting to become completely schizo and I need to know that there is some light at the end...

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