Microsoft Blames Windows Gaming Issues on RGB Lighting Devices(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
20 pointsby m4635 hours ago1 comment
  • drdaeman2 hours ago
    I’m not sure what kind of peripherals the article talks about, but I’ve had a lot of weird crashes with ASUS MB onboard feature that provides RGB lightning to various fans and whatever. I may misremember the details; it was 6 or so years ago when I encountered that, but their AsIO driver was an abomination of engineering. Not only was it a god driver that allowed users to mess with arbitrary memory and MSRs from userspace, it managed to somehow mess up SMBus and cause random lockups.

    Guess there’s plenty of other hardware companies that aren’t producing better software.

    • pjmlp2 hours ago
      Yes, the time to cage drivers into userspace is long time overdue, and it isn't for lack of userspace drivers API.

      Apparently Microsoft still can't play an Apple move, in the quest to do so.

      • anakaine35 minutes ago
        Windows 11 was the time to do so, and they missed it. I'd bet it was assessed, briefly, as too big a change to be acceptable if old devices were not going to be compatible.