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Examples described herein include setting an equalizer tap setting and gain setting in a serializer/deserializer (SerDes). In some examples, determining an equalizer setting and gain setting occurs by causing a mean-square error cost scheme tracking to lock to an offset from a minimum of a cost of the mean-square error cost scheme without pausing error cost tracking. In some examples, the mean-square error cost scheme comprises a least mean square (LMS) scheme. In some examples, determining an equalizer setting comprises: applying increases or decreases to an equalizer setting, and an increase to an equalizer setting can be a different amount than an amount of decrease to an equalizer setting.