Strange issue

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My friend has issues with internet in that it is slow and almost comes to a stand still at times. These are the things he has tried so far but still it is intermittent and very sluggish:

Talktalk sent a new Router..........
Tried new Ethernet Cable.........
Talktalk checked line etc on several occasions........
Formatted PC and reinstalled Win 7
Tried different browsers, Chrome, IE, Firefox......


Still he is getting a hit and miss internet. He can be waiting ages for it to change a page etc etc. All of the above have been tried to no avail.

He tried his laptop and all was fine with the internet!!

Could it be a fault with his motherboard? Thanks
 
Thing is, he has had a new router so shouldn't that have made a difference even with a format and clean install?

ADSL it is
 
So the laptop is fine and the PC is not?

Sounds like a possible NIC issue on the PC, perhaps driver issue or it's dropping to 10mbps. Look at the adaptor properties and ensure it's 100mbit full and TCP offload is set. Update the drivers to the actual manufacturer's driver and not the Microsoft one.

But, as i said, the PC has been formatted and is still the same.
 
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