Anyone have a solution for frequent internet drops?

Question

My PC is an amateur homebuild. Runs nice, other than it crashes if run longer than 2 hours and it has an irritating habit of randomly gunning down my internet connection (hard line AND wireless). I've tested the cable and the connection to my building's internet; they're fine. My Xbox doesn't run into this problem AT ALL on the same line, same cable, same connection. My computer does. I've figured it down to being a computer problem: now I need to know exactly what is wrong with my buggy little pile of frustration that causes it to forget about the network cable stuck in its back. I am at my wit's end; the connection may be maintained for 5 minutes, 2 minutes, or the whole 2 hours. It's gotten much worse recently, and I've had enough. Suggestions or ideas?

Answer 1

Your problem sounds exactly the same as I have had over the last 6 months,firstly it was ok then it got worse and worse dropping out up to 60 times a day which is very annoying when trying to run a business,

Mine will drop at the drop of a hat,if I leave it for more than 20 min`s or so it`ll drop out,oddly enough when it snowed it would drop out every 3 or 4 min`s and slowing up again when it stopped snowing

Ok so after several phone calls to BT India (hmm) they finally decided to get an engineer out to me,I await his phone call now,

you can do two more things you could (if you are with BT) phone [phone] ext 5452 for the engineering dept or phone 17070 option 2 and listen to the noise your line makes,it should be almost silent,if you hear crackling/wind type noise than there is a connectivity problem

I hope this helps you out and to let you know you`re not alone with this one

Answer 2

Hello,



(ANS) Suggestions are:- No.1 open up your computer and remove the network card (NIC) from its internal slot and re-seat the network card itself back into the slot.



No.2 Remove the network card software i.e. NIC drivers and then reboot the system. Log back into the machine and re-install the NIC drivers.



No.3 Make sure you do have the latest service packs & patches or updates.



No.4 Virus scan and scan for Malware or Spware etc. As you never know what could be lurking in the hidden depths of your system. i.e. safe than sorry and so you can eliminate this from the fault finding process.



No.5 Do the same with any WiFi adapters as in No.2.



No.6 check your routers settings with a fine tooth comb.



No.7 Ask BT or your ISP to perform a fault check i.e. check for noise levels on the line. Noise is the largest single cause of random dropped ADSL connections on broadband.



Hope that helps?



Kind Regards Ivan



computer veteran.

Answer 3

My primary concern is that it crashes if running for longer than 2 hours.



Step 1 is to eliminate dodgy hardware, e.g. an overheating CPU, leaking capacitors or electrical noise in the motherboard.



Download memtest, burn it onto a CD and run that for a good 8 hours.





Step 2 is to eliminate a dodgy operating system by reinstalling windows.



Step 3 is to eliminate a dodgy network card by using, for example, a USB network adapter or a plug-in PCI card.



Do step 1 first, then 2 or 3 in whichever order is more convenient for you.

Answer 4

It's not the Connection it's all router does the same

When you got to much connection or a Full scan off your ports

the ROUTER it's sumerge of connection the router can not handle it



i try many router and they does the same thinks

Answer 5

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