Very Slow Internet on Windows 10

SoAdCrAzY · 14 Aug 2015 at 23:59

I have had problems with my BT Broadband. I had very slow speeds for a month. I tried so many different things to fix it but it suddenly reverted back one evening for no reason.

Now I have upgraded to Windows 10 this problem started happening again. I tried updating the wireless and ethernet drivers and then uninstalled NOD32. Nothing helped so I reverted back to Windows 7 and it returned to normal. I'm not sure what happened and whether there is a way to get my Internet working fast with Windows 10.

Thanks.

SoAdCrAzY · 15 Aug 2015 at 21:27

My motherboard is an Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) and my wireless card is an Asus PCE-N53 300Mbps Dual-Band Wireless-N600 PCI-E Adapter.

There are no new drivers on the manufacturer's website. I mainly use wireless which has been fine but have an ethernet cable for troubleshooting and the problem still persists no matter what connection is used

Thanks.

SoAdCrAzY · 19 Aug 2015 at 22:39

I have just tried the wired connection and it works fine. I'm now assuming that it has something to do with my wireless card but do not know where to start.

peahead · 20 Aug 2015 at 19:29

Have you tried a reinstall of the wireless card ?

SoAdCrAzY · 16 Oct 2015 at 23:16

peahead said:
Have you tried a reinstall of the wireless card ?

Yes I have tried that.

SoAdCrAzY · 1 Mar 2016 at 21:17

*bump* I rolled back to Windows 7 as I waited for a solution to this problem.

A driver update was released for my wireless card a few months ago for Windows 10 so thought I could try getting the newer OS again.

I did and the problem was slightly better. I could browse the web but my internet would stop working when a video or online game was played. Not only was there this problem but Windows 10 frequently crashed which made me roll back to Windows 7. I thought my system could handle it. Would I need more RAM?

Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz
HIS HD 7950 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz
Dual Channel Kit

Thanks.

marc2003 · 1 Mar 2016 at 21:41

Nope, more ram is not the answer to your problem.

However, I have seen plenty of grumbling about windows 10 and z68/z77 chipsets and I don't know what the answer is.

SoAdCrAzY · 1 Mar 2016 at 22:00

marc2003 said:
Nope, more ram is not the answer to your problem.

However, I have seen plenty of grumbling about windows 10 and z68/z77 chipsets and I don't know what the answer is.

Thank you. I like Windows 7 but I was just hoping to get the problem sorted while Windows 10 was free!

peahead · 1 Mar 2016 at 22:23

I think you should invest in a newer wireless card i was just reading some reviews on the forest and it does not make for good reading

marc2003 · 1 Mar 2016 at 22:27

Since you mentioned the onboard lan being problematic, I googled your board and found it was Intel. I would have thought that would be rock solid?? Did you get the latest drivers rather than relying on whatever is built in to windows itself? A quick google got me here...

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25016/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-10

edit: just realised there are conflicting posts on how well onboard lan works.

Gze · 1 Mar 2016 at 22:35

Got another pc to test on? Or borrow a friends?

Orcvader · 2 Mar 2016 at 11:31

Was this with a clean install of Windows 10? It's been stable for me on my Z68 board.

I don't think I've seen any wireless adapter, via PCIe or USB, properly work with Windows 10...

peahead · 2 Mar 2016 at 11:55

Well i have this one and it works fine on windows 10

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-l...pci-express-adapter-tl-wdn4800-nw-057-tp.html

SoAdCrAzY · 3 Mar 2016 at 20:54

peahead said:
I think you should invest in a newer wireless card i was just reading some reviews on the forest and it does not make for good reading

marc2003 said:
Since you mentioned the onboard lan being problematic, I googled your board and found it was Intel. I would have thought that would be rock solid?? Did you get the latest drivers rather than relying on whatever is built in to windows itself? A quick google got me here...

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25016/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-10

edit: just realised there are conflicting posts on how well onboard lan works.

Gze said:
Got another pc to test on? Or borrow a friends?

Orcvader said:
Was this with a clean install of Windows 10? It's been stable for me on my Z68 board.

I don't think I've seen any wireless adapter, via PCIe or USB, properly work with Windows 10...

peahead said:
Well i have this one and it works fine on windows 10

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-l...pci-express-adapter-tl-wdn4800-nw-057-tp.html

Thank you for your replies. I have tried downloading wireless card drivers instead of using the ones that come with Windows 10. Even if I was to get the internet working fast, I still think the whole thing is very unstable and frequently crashes which is very annoying!