Razer Synopse is the worst kind of shit I have recently seen a hardware manufacture try to shove down my throat. A driver integrated with internet dependent bloat would not work for me. Ended up just not using any drivers with my DA 2013. But before that, I had a 20+ email exchange with Razer support. Here is an excerpt:

Alright, I reviewed the logs, and it appears that the connection to the update servers drops while Synapse is trying to update. I don't know if you have any security protocols or anything, or maybe it could have something to do with the OpenLDAP you have running. Basically, its trying to download and maybe gets a bit of it, then the connection drops and it has to purge and start over. Is this computer a laptop by chance? The easiest one to eliminate as a cause of the problem is the internet connection, just take it somewhere else and see if the same issue happens. If it doesn't, then you would need to contact your ISP to have your connection looked at. If it does still happen, then I would recommend taking your computer to an apple store or somewhere that works on apples and have them look at it, or possibly reload the operating system to eliminate software issues if you have nothing on the computer of importance.


Best Regards,
Razer Support Tier II

So apparently, I need to get support for my computer because their driver is crashing. Amazing. A mouse driver that crashes because of unstable connection, and it's not their fault. For the record, it was definitely not my connection, and they could never figure out what it was.

What an atrocity!

I don't remember getting so righteously pissed off about any software, in the history of ever. There is a mouse, a device that simply reports x/y movement, which does not work because it has a driver that needs to install a service, that needs to talk to a server over the internet...

this is such a bullshit... from gamers for gamers.

anyway i updated mine and now it says i need to plug in a razer device... and my DA is there, just mastrubating.

glad i found old backup with older driver. its much better. (without driver mouse is a bit too fast imo). so far i didnt auto update ..

Don't use Synapse with their mice that came before Synapse, it's bad yes, and yes it's too fast, that's what I experienced too :/ weird.

glad i did not buy razer :D

I had the same problem, here's legacy drivers:


da 3.5

DA