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Window 7 freezing or dropping router connection.
Hello everyone,
I have been struggling with my pc dropping internet connection and not seeing the router as well as it freezing at random times, from 5mins use to several hours, but lately its alot more. Its a cyberpower system machine I bought in oct 2008, its had ALOT of use. See below for system specs below please if needed.
It will freeze at all sorts of times, does not matter which application I have open. I have to hard reboot. It will also freeze on shutdown sometimes. I get all sorts of errors on connection loss, it will say the default gatway not available, it will ask me to reset my router too. It resets Local Area Connection adapter all the time, when I try to resolve the issue. It also says "Local Area Connection" doesn't have a valid IP configuration, and resets all my settings back to Obtain IP addresses automatically, as well as Obtain DNS server address automatically in the Internet Protocol Version 4 settings. If I put all the IP addresses and default gateway stuff back in without resetting the router, it then says Troubleshooting couldn't find the problem. Resetting the router usually does work. But not always, sometimes I need a restart. It Sometimes it works if I restart, sometimes it still won't see the router. *pulls hair out*
I'm totally at my wits end now with this, I have no idea what's going on and I'm not computer savy at all, I'm just trying to get through this step at a time, to try and figure out what is doing this. I really need some more help please. I would send machine back to cyberpower but they are halfway across the country.
WHAT's BEEN TRIED:
I tried putting the IP address in as static, put in the subnet mask, and default gateway.
I use the Preffered DNS server IP in there as it helps use network gaming and platforms better like SecondLife.
I've tested the router network with same cable I use on another laptop so the cable is fine.
Changed ASDL filters twice.
Bought new router.
I've replaced my harddrive.
I've tried two different driver versions for my network card which is a Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
I've resit my memory.
Tried restoring system to a few days before it started freezing again.
I've reinstalled windows a few times now, usually it works for a while (week or two) after a fresh new install.
Its a fresh new windows 7 I bought as the machine came with vista.
I've manually tried to put in all the drivers I need myself as I don't have the disk that came with my machine. (I have no idea if I've done that right)
Sent it in for a service clean and checkup.
Turned off the option that windows shuts my network driver down to save on power.
Thank you very much and all help welcome.
Best
Cara
BELARC ADVISOR SYSTEM SPEC:
(Left out actual IP address numbers from communication, I have no idea if that is safe to forum lol*)
Operating System new – server roles
Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
Install Language: English (United States)
System Locale: English (United Kingdom)
Installed: 04/11/2011 00:49:01
Processor
3.00 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
6144 kilobyte secondary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (2 total)
Not hyper-threaded
System Model
No details available
Main Circuit Board b
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5E Deluxe Rev 1.xx
Serial Number: MS1C84BZEE01018
Bus Clock: 333 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0501 12/08/2009
new Hosted Virtual Machines (mouse over name for details)
None discovered
new USB Storage Use in past 30 Days (mouse over last used for details)
SAMSUNG HD103SI, s/n FAFFFFF0FDF1F5F9CF616915 Last Used 06/11/2011 09:18:04*
* Possibly used again before the reboot following this time.
new Hosted Virtual Machines (mouse over name for details)
None discovered
Drives new – drive encryption
500.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
379.24 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
ST3500413AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 6VMXVVYM, rev JC4B, SMART Status: Healthy
Memory Modules c,d
4096 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory
Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' has 2048 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes new – volume encryption
c: (NTFS on drive 0) 500.00 GB 379.01 GB free
Network Drivers
None discovered
Controllers
ATA Channel 0 [Controller] (3x)
ATA Channel 1 [Controller] (3x)
Intel(R) ICH9 Family 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 2 - 2926
Intel(R) ICH9R/DO/DH 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2920
Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
Printers ( I don't have printers or fax machine plugged in, never have)
Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:
Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:
Multimedia
AMD High Definition Audio Device (2x)
Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000
SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
Bus Adapters
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293A
Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293C
Display:
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series [Display adapter] (2x)
Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (24.0"vis, s/n HU24HS2Q501872, May 2008) (2x)
Communications new – connection speed & status
↑ Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
APIPA Address:
Dhcp Server: none responded
Physical Address:
Connection Speed: 100 Mbps
Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Other devices:
VIA 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
Logitech Driver Interface (2x)
HID-compliant consumer control device (3x)
HID-compliant device (6x)
Logitech HID-compliant Unifying device (2x)
Logitech Unifying USB receiver
USB Input Device (6x)
HID Keyboard Device (3x)
Standard PS/2 Keyboard
HID-compliant mouse
Logitech HID-compliant Unifying Mouse
Logitech GamePanel Devices (Mono)
Logitech GamePanel Devices (QVGA)
Generic USB Hub
USB Composite Device (3x)
USB Root Hub (8x)
Generic volume shadow copy
Virus protection
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2012
Last edited by CaraD; 14 Nov 2011 at 17:20. Reason: Adding to things I've tried.