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Internet crashes while downloading semi-large files
Hi, I recently had to upgrade my harddrives when I kept getting a "No load past start screen" error. I pinpointed the area to one of the harddrives and replaced it accordingly. After doing a fresh install of the OS and everything, I noticed my computer was a little sluggish and the internet was slow. Having being a little.. idiotic about reprogramming computers, I asked a friend who works on computers to fix it. He did the same thing that I did, but reinstalled the drivers differently and the internet worked perfectly after that.
After getting the computer back, I started installing my games and noticed the internet kept disconnecting on my laptop alone (While the rest of the house has internet) and that it would usually spike at a certain point then drop to a 0kbs download and the internet icon would show the "Internet has disconnected" icon. Thinking it was just a minor setback I didn't think anything of it, well its been a month now and it is still disconnecting.
I have tried updating the drivers, but to no avail as they're all up to date (Or so it seems) and ran virus scans/reg cleaners. If anyone has any tips please help!
Also interesting things to note:
- Windows 7
- Alienware MX17
- 16gb memory
- Atheros Gigabit ethernet controllerr
- Killer wireless N 1103 adapter
- Nvidia geforce 675m graphics
- And intel (R) HD graphics 4000