Hello all! I'm really at a loss trying to fix this particular issue I've been having, with no luck looking elsewhere on the world wide web. The thread title may seem ridiculous but I'm so frustrated and out of ideas right now that it's the only thing I can think of.
As briefly as possible: My gaming PC connects to my router via a USB Wifi Adapater (TP-Link Archer T2U). It has done so since I first built it, with no problems at all. Download speeds were what they should have been, using the 5Ghz frequency. Now, however, it seems my download speed is suddenly being throttled to 30mbps. It refuses to go over 30 on the google speed test, when previously it was consistently up in the 180mbps range.
Just as a test, I have tried the same wifi adapter in a laptop in the exact same part of the house and it works perfectly, hitting the 180mbps I was used to. All other devices such as smartphones are are also working properly and have their proper fast download speed. So the problem isn't with the adapter itself nor the router. This leads me to the conclusion that there's some issue with my gaming PC, be it hardware or Windows related.
I recently updated to the latest 1616 ASUS BIOS for my motherboard (I THINK that before this my download speeds were fine, but I'm not 100% certain on that). Now, I'm not saying that is the cause of my problem, but I have done nothing else to my PC that I can recall except your typical Windows updates. So I can't help but think something has gone a bit wrong somewhere? I have tried reinstalling the TP-Link driver but the problem remains. I've also tried it in other USB ports on the PC. Can a BIOS update cause a problem like this? Perhaps it's messed up my USB ports transfer speed? Or am I taking crazy pills?
Can anyone smarter than myself (which is most people) possibly think of ANYTHING AT ALL which could be causing USB wifi adapter download-speed throttling on only one machine? If you have any suggestions at all I'd be extremely grateful. And if you CAN solve it you'd be solving a problem which nobody else on the entire internet seems to have ever had, at least as far as my searching has gone, so kudos to you!
My PC has been running perfectly in all other aspects. My Specs, if they're needed:
-ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus
-Ryzen 7600x
-32gb Corsair 5600 Memory
-MSI 6950 XT X-Trio
-WD Black SN770 NVMe
-2 other fairly small SATA SSD's
-MSI MPG 850w PSU
-Windows 11
DCOP II and Resizeable BAR both enabled, no other overclocking.
Thanks for reading, and thank you for any ideas or advice you can provide
As briefly as possible: My gaming PC connects to my router via a USB Wifi Adapater (TP-Link Archer T2U). It has done so since I first built it, with no problems at all. Download speeds were what they should have been, using the 5Ghz frequency. Now, however, it seems my download speed is suddenly being throttled to 30mbps. It refuses to go over 30 on the google speed test, when previously it was consistently up in the 180mbps range.
Just as a test, I have tried the same wifi adapter in a laptop in the exact same part of the house and it works perfectly, hitting the 180mbps I was used to. All other devices such as smartphones are are also working properly and have their proper fast download speed. So the problem isn't with the adapter itself nor the router. This leads me to the conclusion that there's some issue with my gaming PC, be it hardware or Windows related.
I recently updated to the latest 1616 ASUS BIOS for my motherboard (I THINK that before this my download speeds were fine, but I'm not 100% certain on that). Now, I'm not saying that is the cause of my problem, but I have done nothing else to my PC that I can recall except your typical Windows updates. So I can't help but think something has gone a bit wrong somewhere? I have tried reinstalling the TP-Link driver but the problem remains. I've also tried it in other USB ports on the PC. Can a BIOS update cause a problem like this? Perhaps it's messed up my USB ports transfer speed? Or am I taking crazy pills?
Can anyone smarter than myself (which is most people) possibly think of ANYTHING AT ALL which could be causing USB wifi adapter download-speed throttling on only one machine? If you have any suggestions at all I'd be extremely grateful. And if you CAN solve it you'd be solving a problem which nobody else on the entire internet seems to have ever had, at least as far as my searching has gone, so kudos to you!
My PC has been running perfectly in all other aspects. My Specs, if they're needed:
-ASUS TUF Gaming B650-Plus
-Ryzen 7600x
-32gb Corsair 5600 Memory
-MSI 6950 XT X-Trio
-WD Black SN770 NVMe
-2 other fairly small SATA SSD's
-MSI MPG 850w PSU
-Windows 11
DCOP II and Resizeable BAR both enabled, no other overclocking.
Thanks for reading, and thank you for any ideas or advice you can provide
