ISP says computer to blame for slow internet

F5ing said:

PCI is the older standard, and I only see PCI-express slots on your motherboard anyway.

Good point. Well, I bought the Intel NIC with the most reviews. It came with free shipping (4-7 days) at least. I could always just send it back if it doesn't fix my situation.

Sounds good. Post back when you're ready!!

I'm back and I wish I had good news to share. Sadly, the new NIC didn't fix my problem. What a gigantic bummer! I was really hoping that it would be a hardware issue.

This problem seems kind of strange to me. Have you tried clearing the cmos on this machine?

No, I haven't. I've only changed the boot order in Bios but then I changed it right back. I haven't made any other changes.

kiddo said:

No, I haven't. I've only changed the boot order in Bios but then I changed it right back. I haven't made any other changes.

Seems like that is one of the few options left at this point. I've seen this fix networking problems in the past.

It would help to take note of any special settings that bios is using before clearing the cmos so you can set them back to how they were.

What I find strange about my situation is that my speed was slow from the very beginning. I tested my speed only a few days of upgrading to Win7. In between that time, all I did was install programs and transfer files from my external hard drives. I wish I had a speed test from day one of upgrading to Win7 just to see if there was a big difference.

I guess if clearing the cmos will somehow help me, I'll give it a shot later when I come back home.

Okay, I've read up on how to clear the CMOS and I found that the easiest way to do it is inside BIOS. Is there anything that I should know before doing this? Like maybe what not to do? Or is it fool proof?

I thought that speed test you did after installing was twice as fast as what you're getting now. Am I wrong about that?

Re-read the last line in chev65's last post: ISP says computer to blame for slow internet

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