JerrBear

The problem seems to have been solved by installing new intel wireless drivers through their site. It caused an endless BSOD for some reason but after a hard-reset to get out of it, it seems to be working fine... at least for now.

I believe I tried this (or something similar), but I will try it again. I'll forward the instructions to my friend as I don't have his laptop currently. Thank you!

My friend recently got a new laptop and I'm trying to help him fix it as he's having issues with his WiFi network that I cannot solve. Laptop Model: Asus ROG Strix Scar Edition GL703GE Router: xFi Advanced Gateway (cgm4140com) The internet speed (to one particular network) is extremely slow when connected wirelessly, going as low as 0.1 to 0.2 Mbps. Connecting to the same network through an ethernet cable gives me speeds of ~450 Mbps. If I run a network reset, the speed (through the same network, wirelessly) temporarily gives me ~450 Mbps. It will stay this way until the laptop is shut down and powered back on, then we are back to square one with the speed being ~0.2 Mbps through wireless. I have to run a network reset every time I turn on the laptop to be able to have the 450 Mbps through wireless. I run a speed test through a cellular hotspot rather than the WiFi network, and I get 30 Mbps consistently. Therefore, I assume the problem is with that WiFi network in particular. I've tried to factory reset, uninstall the Asus bloatware, and many miscellaneous potential solutions that I've found on forums before (I've forgotten which ones I've tried at this point, sorry). Unfortunately, the closest I've gotten to fixing it was the network reset mentioned above.

Where I go school, they force Microsoft OneNote onto us. However I agree paper is the better option in most situations.

If you need something with a touchscreen to take notes on, the Surface Book 2 just came out, however it is very expensive.

I can already imagine Linus making all kinds of strange hand gestures that the editor will surely make fun of...

I'm a little confused here... Are you saying that there is both a 5 Ghz and a 2.4 GHz network channels and you want to disable the 5 Ghz one?

I second this. This is what I had to do for a friend who was in the same situation as you.

Have not double checked this article but try and give it a go: https://www.howtogeek.com/222614/how-to-enable-windows-10s-hidden-dark-theme/

Forgot to add: in the spatial sound tab in the sound window (look in the spoiler, don't have a picture of that tab though). It gives me some options for Dolby Atmos or Windows Sonic or none. Default (which is selected) is none. Should I try go for Dolby Atmos or Windows Sonic? I tried clicking Dolby Atmos and it sent me to the windows store to download some kind of Dolby Atmos software...

Ironically I found the foam on the Cloud 2 to be extremely comfortable. Maybe because of my weird ass head (foam was super comfortable imo) but that's beside the point. I actually ordered the logitech G933, and had to return it because it (or my head) was weirdly shaped and had very hard foam. Not to mention the sound was ass. On a side note: Turns out every time I swung my headset mic up, my webcam mic would activate. After disabling the webcam mic, everything was back to working.

The video is not great, it seems like it's for a music only PC or something. Disable firewall, wifi, anti viruses, then turn of windows sound, etc.? No thanks. What about those enhancement checkboxes in my post? Do audiophiles generally check them or leave them blank?

I'm not an audiophile, but it's better than my HyperX Cloud 2. This is the first expensive headset that I've bought so I have nothing to compare it to.

First of all, I was wondering if I needed to do any optimization in the windows settings to provide the best audio. I.E. Do I have to check enhancement boxes or select a different format? (Pics of settings in spoiler) Was about to ask for help with the mic however I just realized it was using my webcam mic instead of the headsets, good to go in that department!