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Crothus

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  • CPU
    Ryzen 7, 1700
  • Motherboard
    ASRock AB350 Pro4
  • RAM
    G.Skill Trident Z (F4-3200C16D-16GTZB)
  • GPU
    ASRock Radeon RX 580 8GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card
  • Storage
    Mushkin Pilot M.2, Western Digital Red Pro 8TB x4
  • PSU
    EVGA 650W 80+ Gold Certified (210-GQ-0650-V1)
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Professional

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  1. I never use the drivers Windows suggests, I use the ones the company suggests. I figure the company would know better for their own hardware. Internet is still botched on the new PC after well over two weeks, and I've tried backdating again, which made the internet less consistently bad, but still bad. Some updates aren't removable without completely resetting the PC, which is stupid but, hey... Win10. When I get a new external storage drive I guess I'll wipe the drives and reinstall windows (again). Right now I don't want to lose 1.2TB of data if I'm going to have to redownload it over 400kb internet all over again.
  2. That's the thing, the modem works with every other device fine, CME or no. Otherwise, I would have noticed sooner and simply bought a new modem. It just seems fishy that one device would have issues where no other would. I even booted my early 2008 Hackintosh and it had faster WiFi than my new PC, that's including its overheating issues and broken temperature sensors. CME's that are powerful enough could potentially charge highly conductive materials (one in the 1800s apparently charged telegraph lines so much that they didn't need batteries to send short messages), but I long ago removed any potentially conductive material away from my PC. That would be the only interference in my area. Checking my Router's internet access history suggests the same, no unusual activity, so I know it isn't somebody's grandma flooding my WiFi with Hallmark Channel Originals. The modem, admittedly, is one my ISP provided, after making them inspect my lines every week for several years straight. At the time, it was one of the better modems released (based off of my research, not through the ISP lying through their teeth). It's 802.11n, so it should be netting 500-ish megabit. It never had an issue, until now, and didn't prior to installing Windows Defender/KB2267602 (definition 1.291.851.0). Normally CME charges are depleted after a week or less, and this has continued for almost two weeks. At the two week mark I'm officially gonna decide that Windows can't get their updates straight, since the PC is now as stock as I can make it, bloatware games and all, being a custom built.
  3. I have 2.4 / 5 GHz channels set up, they've been set up for a while before I started with this PC. Pinging the afflicted PC gives me an average of 3.997ms with a 0% packet loss, all four pings sent were received. That's with a 65k byte packet size, which is the max my modem will allow. My modem, unfortunately, does not support 802.11AC. I only use Windows' WiFi manager tool, I don't care for bloatware for 70 companies slowing me down even more :p What someone informed me is that my area was recently hit with the more powerful part of a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection, or Solar Flare), and those have been known to disrupt WiFi in my area. That may be the cause, as I started having issues the apparent day after. The motherboard does not have on-board Wifi, and I rolled back drivers. I have tried a network reset, as well, and nothing else was updated for 36-48 hours prior. I have tried all devices on Wifi, and had no issue, only with the new PC.
  4. Purpose built PC that was never meant to have Ethernet cables ran to it. Too far to comfortably run a wire without having to completely cross two rooms and probably have guests trip over it. Signal strength isn't the culprit, however, because prior to the last two or three days I've had no issue. Firmware was updated during my investigatory process. No change. I've tried refreshing/reinstalling through the USB, which unfortunately didn't help. The networking drivers are imperative in my instance, as the PC does not recognize it has a Wireless Adapter without the drivers (I should mention I have tried drivers sent with the Wireless Adapter, and the newest driver available, no change either way). I also have updated the BIOS, which is the most recent provided by the manufacturer, while also following the manufacturer's desired steps to correctly install the new BIOS. I have. Before I ever programmed my WiFi, I changed Windows Update settings to a "metered connection" for this very possibility, and simply check for updates every morning/evening. I have also completely disabled Windows Update during my testing. No change. - - - - Edit: Random, "cool" update. After approximately 30 restarts, I had my "normal" internet... Until I restarted the PC again. Now it's back to the sub-400 kiloBYTE speeds.
  5. I hate to be the guy with a very specific problem that either no one has, or no one talks about... Yet here I am. After installing a Security Update for Windows 10, my internet has begun to act oddly. The update also broke a lot of the Explorer menus, but I was able to fix that so that's likely irrelevant - though to be thorough, I'm mentioning it. Internet speeds are fine when the PC first boots, but after about 30 seconds of being on Desktop, any downloads drop to the 400-or-less kiloBYTE range. Prior to "the incident", my internet speeds were normal. I uninstalled the update and still have the same issues. I've tried about everything that I can think of that is rational. I assumed, from the sudden drop in internet, that some app is taking up all of my bandwidth, though Task Manager reads my network at 0%, and I have killed all third-party processes that may connect to the internet. That only solved to further my frustration. I've sanity checked WiFi and Ethernet speeds on three other devices, and all other devices return "normal" theoretical and real-time speeds. The slow speeds are quarantined onto my new PC alone, and are unanimous across any and all apps that can gain internet access. Tried: -Powering off and unplugging Internet Modem for at least 60 seconds -Running Windows Troubleshooter (ha!) -Ensuring Delivery Optimization options were set for maximum download capability -Temporarily disabling Windows Update in case of hidden or bugged file download(s) -Reinstalling most recent MoBo LAN driver(s) -Reinstalling most recent Wireless Adapter driver(s) -Backdating to a previous Mobo LAN driver -Backdating to a previous Wireless Adapter driver -Rebooting into Safe Mode (with Networking) -Uninstalling suspected Windows Defender Version -Reinstalling Windows Defender Version (and future version) -Running Windows Security Threat Scans -Shutting down any and all 3rd party apps -Running DISM in elevated PowerShell/Command Prompt (primarily for Explorer issues that have since been fixed) -Running SFC in elevated PowerShell/Command Prompt(primarily for Explorer issues that have since been fixed) -Checking for updates repeatedly -Updating system Firmware -Ensuring Networking drivers are not corrupted -Updating BIOS per manufacturer's specs -Internal Monologue -Profusely Swearing Have Not Tried: -Tap Dancing -Buying Alienware Specs: CPU, AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Motherboard, ASRock AB350 Pro4 (came with GPU) GPU, ASRock Radeon RX 580 8GB Phantom Gaming X RAM, G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GTZB Wireless Adapter, TP-Link AC1300 SSD, Mushkin Pilot 250GB M.2 HDD, Western Digital WD8003FFBX Power Supply, EVGA 210-GQ-0650-V1 OS, Windows 10 Professional, 64bit, Version 18
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