Recent content by Mervil

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    Question Getting much slower internet speeds with Comcast than what I'm paying for

    Wanted to let you all know, that I think I have pinpointed the cause of my issue: After formatting and re-installing everything piecemeal, after I installed "ASUS Armoury Crate" with "AURA Sync", my internet speeds dropped from 940 to 250. I uninstalled every component of that, and speeds are...
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    Question Getting much slower internet speeds with Comcast than what I'm paying for

    So I tried a different CAT6 cable (the one that I had running to a powerline adapter), and I'm still having the same issue. However, operating off of the possible driver issue or possible bloatware slowing me down, I just reformatted my PC and re-installed Windows with no extra software, and...
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    Question Getting much slower internet speeds with Comcast than what I'm paying for

    Thank you for looking into this! I do have ASUS Armoury Crate installed, but it looks like GameFirst VI is not installed (i never installed it, and when I look at the list of Utilities that are installable in ASUS Armoury Crate, it seems to indicate it has not yet been installed). But there IS...
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    Question Getting much slower internet speeds with Comcast than what I'm paying for

    Ok. What exactly am I looking for when I do this? What should I take note of?
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    Question Getting much slower internet speeds with Comcast than what I'm paying for

    All my cables are CAT6 (including the one to the PC), except for the one connected to the Disney Circle ver2, i have no idea what kind of cable that is. It has ethernet connectors, but the cable is gray and flat, with no labeling. However, I'm not using that one currently anyway.
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    Question Getting much slower internet speeds with Comcast than what I'm paying for

    I have noticed that my zoom call quality has been subpar lately. In troubleshooting this, I did a speedtest, and found that I am getting 250-300 mbps on my main device, rather than the 800mbps that I pay for with Comcast Xfinity. I called Comcast and they reported to me that everything seemed to...
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    Can no longer connect to 5.0 ghz, but 2.4 ghz is ok

    Short story: I simply can't get my desktop computer to connect to the 5.0 ghz wireless, no matter what I do. The 2.4 ghz works fine. Long story: I have comcast internet 150mbps. I have recently been having some sudden internet problems with my desktop computer. Issues consisted of periods of...
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    USB 3.0 header broken, looking to buy new motherboard

    That card looks great, thank you! So it looks like it has a 20-pin connector to attach my USB 3.0 front panel cable to it to make my front panel functional again? I am still researching and window shopping. For the board I linked above, this is stated in the specifications regarding the Memory...
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    USB 3.0 header broken, looking to buy new motherboard

    Recently, I managed to break a pin off of my motherboards usb 3.0 header. Now, one of the front panel usb 3.0 ports doesn't work. While I could simply put up with it, I don't want to. I'd like to either fix it (if that's a possibility) or buy a new motherboard. My current (and broken)...
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    SSD running at 1.5 Gb/s??

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    SSD running at 1.5 Gb/s??

    I have a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SSD. I bought this last year. I ran into an OS issue recently and decided to reformat my system. I therefore re-installed windows 10 64-bit (Creator's update), as well as the latest drivers for my system from my MoBo's website. Motherboard is an AsRock Z170-Pro4s...
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    ASUS M5a99x evo drivers

    So, I have an ASUS M5a99x evo motherboard that I bought in 2012. I love this board! sure, its outdated, but it functions GREAT for a backup computer! Anyway, just installed a fresh copy of windows 10 on this computer, and I can't seem to find a trusted source for drivers for this board. The ASUS...
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    Sapphire Vapor-X r9 290 broken?

    So Sapphire support got in touch with me today. They sent me a few files to update the card's BIOS. This seems to have solved the problem :).
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    Sapphire Vapor-X r9 290 broken?

    I just contacted Sapphire tonight. No reply yet. I guess Ill keep you guys posted. Would a print out of my newegg invoice suffice do you think? I suppose I can try the drivers ONE more time, however, Ive been doing this since August. I'm pretty sure I haven't been messing up the drivers...