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Why is Win10 update 1803 so frickin slow? (Acer E5-553)
I have an Acer E5-553-T4PT laptop into which I've put in a Toshiba Q300 Pro SSD. The laptop had lots of driver issues where I thought the AMD-provided drivers would gel with WIndows 10, but actually only the OE drivers worked. I used to get screen blackout issues and random program crashes, especially in memory intensive programs. The most irritating part was the lag: every button I press on Windows caused a split second lag that drives me nuts, especially when considering that the hardware is more than enough to support the OS. Even loading webpages with only Chrome open is a lot slower.
So I did what anyone would do and formatted my system. I'd use a system image that was created long ago, with the older display drivers and an older version of Windows. It ran flawlessly, and this time around even the updated OE drivers didn't cause issues. I looked around and my Windows Update was stuck; I re-ran the service and it updated to 1803, taking its time to do so. Now that damned lag is back and I don't know what to do. Any advice?
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Honestly, if that has already begun, it is best not to interrupt that process, you could brick your Surface.
Your laptop has an AMD A10-9600P APU with Radeon R5 graphics. This combination is notoriously sensitive to driver and power management issues in Windows 10, especially with feature updates like 1803. The "split-second lag" is a hallmark symptom.
