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  1. Lncas

    Question PC very slow & crashing ?

    Hello - A few days ago, my PC started acting very slow out of completely nowhere (desktop, browsing, gaming, anything you can really think of began acting up). Context: I was playing a video game and my frames dipped to 15-30 fps out of nowhere (and didn't go back up), whereas I normally get...
  2. A

    [SOLVED] Trying to identify cause of a slow system (that shouldn't be slow)

    My first post here... I tried to spec out and build a fast, affordable system (this was 4-5 months ago), but there is much more lag in general use and web use that I had with my older system. Here are the specs: MOBO - Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra BIOS - American Megatrends F8 CPU - Intel Core...
  3. M

    Question Computer super slow

    the past 4ish months my computer has been running extraordinarily slow and I can't figure out why. Everything about it has slowed down. Internet takes longer to load, it takes longer to boot, and games are far more prone to freezing and frame drops. Task manager says that everything is well...
  4. Biks141

    Question PC Starts normally 5% of the time and slow 95% of the time (with hanging) when booted up

    Specifications: CPU - AMD FX 4100 ,3600 ghz Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2TP, AM3+ SOCKET,(second hand) RAM - GSkill 4 gb ddr3 1600 mhz and HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1866MHz System - Windows 8.1 64-bit OS, x-64 based processor Hard Drive - WD Green 1 TB (WDC WD 10EARX-00N0YB0 1000.2 GB) GPU...
  5. Q

    Question Lenovo x1 carbon- slow

    So I have a lenovo X1 carbon for about 3+ years. A few months back when it was still under warranty there was an issue because of which there were replacement made. Long story short all components except the screen were replaced by Lenovo. However, after the repair it is is very slow...
  6. K

    [SOLVED] WIFI AP only 100mbps while PC on same cable is full gigabit

    Hello, Today I've noticed something strange. My WIFI AP (TP-Link EAP225) is connected with a Cat5e cable onto my Netgear PoE switch. Speeds were alsways ok (speedtest around 285mbps -- ISP gives 300mpbs) and pulling data from my NAS was going good. Last couple of days the speed when copying...
  7. X

    [SOLVED] Incredibly slow access time to NAS , Unreliable

    I have have an office where they are having a lot of connection issues with the Synology NAS. We have tried to setup things for optimal performance, but we apparently have a lot of work to do. There are 3 PC's in the office. Everything is hardwired to the router in the office through a 6 port...
  8. M

    [SOLVED] System Boots, doesn't load SSD automatically and goes to BIOS

    The system starts then it goes to the bios area and doesn't automatically load SSD. Whenever it loads SSD everything is so slow it just kinda crashes after loading the whole window screen for a minute. ALSO if I stay in the bios area and navigate around it is very very very very slow. I don't...
  9. Mason1204

    [SOLVED] Need help with slow speeds.

    Here's my problem. Currently my PC is only getting 17 download when I pay for 400. My current network setup is Router > long run to switch > Short run to PC. Here is everything I've done and tested so far: I've completely replaced the long run cable to my switch. I tested the short run...
  10. A

    [SOLVED] Computer extremely slow and stutters when games ARE NOT open?

    I have installed the newest versions of both my audio and graphics card drivers. Whenever I open my computer, it acts completely normal for a couple of minutes. Then the entire system becomes laggy, things take a while to load, and my video skips around, it looks like about 1fps. The audio is...
  11. tempaccount2021

    [SOLVED] Help!!!

    Ignore the dumb title and please help me, I've been messing around with my hard drives since I've decided to fully upgrade my PC. I now own a 3060 and ryzen 5 3600 (an upgrade from a 1050 and a dead CPU) but now I've run into another issue, my new hard drive is awful, it runs slower than my...
  12. H

    [SOLVED] CPU Dropping speed

    So after a long research and after loads of troubleshooting, I've find no solution to my problem, my issue is my CPU works at 3.50 GHz while I'm using my laptop normally but when I'm in a game it drops to 2.80 (Base speed) and after a couple minutes of playing it suddenly drops to 0.80 GHz for...
  13. J

    Question Pc being slow at loading itself and apps

    First I apologise if this is the wrong category. My pc is my own build and about 2-3 years old ( depending on which components ) running windows 10 The other day my pc suddenly decided it didn't want to load applications at all, I managed to keep chrome and discord open and they seemed to work...
  14. TereTosss

    Question My external usb hard drive is slow

    Hello. My usb external hard drive that runs a laptop hard drive used to work after i bought a new pc, but now it doesn't even show how much space is left when it loads its so slow and my files wont even load honestly i didn't use it for sending files my hard drive is 160 gigabytes and my laptop...
  15. R

    [SOLVED] PC slow perfomance, especially remarkable in web browser

    I got a PC a few months ago, at first everything was fine but about two weeks ago i started noticing that the perfomance of several browsers is slow, in the sense that when i scroll i noticed some kind of lag, like im scrolling down and the scroll stops for a second before continuning, o when i...
  16. pmz94

    Question Why my HDD has slow read/write speeds?

    My laptop's HDD has been slow for a while, I had it since 2016. I ran many tests with CrsytalDiskMark and it shows around 30 - 60 MB/s for reading and writing speeds, even after defrag it. I've checked many times with many methods and basically HDD is at full health. No physical damages either...
  17. xFengiri

    [SOLVED] Download/Upload Speed Suddenly Super Slow

    Hi everyone, Just a few days ago, my laptop was working just fine but then all of a sudden is having extremely slow download/upload speeds. The thing is, this is the only device in my household that is having the issue. All the other devices go up to 125mbps which is the typical speed I usually...
  18. C

    Question PC boost super sloooooow

    Hi I have a PC which boots really slow. We are talking 3-4 minutes or something like that. I have a MSI z270 SLI plus which has a set of debug led lights, and the VGA debug light keeps on for 3 minutes or so, before it actually boots up. I have a EVGA GTX 1070 FTW. I´ve had this issue...
  19. S

    [SOLVED] Why are my download speeds so slow?

    Hey guys, I know there's probably a million threads on this topic but I thought I'd throw my situation out there anyway. So basically I'm wondering my download speed is so slow, I'm currently getting about 6-20mpbs downloading an update on my Xbox one X using an ethernet and the same on the...
  20. Gc288

    [SOLVED] Slow Death - Requiring Power Cycle

    Core Spec: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB White PRO 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2666MHz GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB + EZDIY-FAB New PCI Express 16x Riser + ABNO1 PSU Cable Kit OS HDD: Crucial CT250MX200SSD4 M.2 PSU: EVGA 650 BQ, 80+ BRONZE 650W, Semi-Modular MB: X570 AORUS PRO...
  21. K

    Question PC slow boot times on SSD

    Greetings, a year ago I got myself an 480GB SSD from Kingston. Boot times and overall responsiveness improved by a large margin and I was very happy with it. About a month ago, I noticed everything slowed down, boot times became slower than on my old failing hard drive and after finally getting...
  22. P

    Question Google speed test discrepancy

    Hello all, I am having an issue with my internet speed based on what google speed test reports. I have a 200Mb/s ISP connection and until recently this was reflected when I ran the google speed test. However, one day that I ran the test randomly, I noticed that I am only getting 30 or so Mb/s...
  23. J

    Question Windows 10 Restart very slow on an SSD

    Recently, that is. Before it was going smooth. Now not only restarting takes about 1 full minute (or more!), before it was almost instant. Booting is now taking about 25-30 seconds (before it took from 5 to 10 seconds, tops), and any right-click I do on any file/folder makes that spinning blue...
  24. S

    Question PC lagging, stuttering, internet dropouts when downloading

    Hi, First of all, I want to apologize for my english. At the end of the year I bought a new PC because I wanted upgrade before new RTX 3070. After a while I started experience lags and stutterings when downloading something. Download speed is going from 0 to 25mb/s and then drops again to 0 in...
  25. xpLoaDeD

    [SOLVED] AutoCAD build low performance

    Hello everyone! A couple of months ago I built a budget system for AutoCAD mostly for 2D drawing. Now I've encountered some rendering to do (not so much) and hatching and my experience has been...well not the best. System is a ryzen 3 3200g with Vega 8 Asus prime b450 csm/a 16 GB DDR4 RAM...
  26. S

    [SOLVED] PC boots up fast, after a minute it slows down

    My PC boots up quickly like it has always done but after literally 30 seconds of being booted, opening game launchers and loading games, internet, apps takes a minute or two. Every time I boot up I have to quickly load and open everything I want to so it saves me waiting painfully (I sound...
  27. Jett_______2131223

    Question Networking problem with QOS possibly. my computer does not get the internet it should get.

    Recently, my computer has decided to use less network. previously, it used about 70mps and suddenly wont use more than 15mps. I run a server on the machine so I need good internet. my internet plan is 80mps and we own a century link router. my computer uses WIFI, but its in the same spot as it...
  28. T

    Question Is 2 cores enough for studies in 2020? (i7 7500u)

    Hello people! I have some component knowledge inside my head but since I only look and learn about components when I’m looking to upgrade my rig, I am now quite out of date. So I turn to you! I’m planning to start my studies this fall, to become a real estate agent, so the time to get myself a...
  29. Wynchester

    Question PC suddenly slows down and boot time got doubled on SSD

    First, I like to say that I've seen all the previous "slows down issues" in the forum since it's a very common problem. But the reason I created new thread is that they all had some leads but in my I haven't able find a single lead on this issue. Acer Nitro 5 Windows 10 64-bit on 256GB SSD 8GB...
  30. burnin_motors

    [SOLVED] Why is my PC running slow ?

    Whatsup Guys! its been about 3 years since ive updated my cyberpowerpc sent WD green 120gb Sata, from my first cyberpowerpc build ive built the pc all the way up the only thing i didnt touch was the ssd, im currently running a 2700x and a rtx 2080 which is running awesome at games n everything i...
  31. H

    [SOLVED] Power line ethernet connection on desktop worse than on Laptop

    Hello, i have a quick question which is annoying me quite a bit. My desktop is connected via an ethernet cable in a power line adapter. I usually get around 10-15Mb/s download speed (which is way lower than it should be). So i tried connecting my laptop to the same power line adapter using the...
  32. H

    [SOLVED] Power line ethernet connection is slow and inconsistent.

    Hello, so i have a question about power line ethernet. We have 300Mb/s wifi speed on our modem which is in the garage. I have a power line adapter sticking in the outlet at the modem and 1 in my room upstairs. i'd say my room is about 10-15m from the modem. I only get 10-20Mb/s max on...
  33. P

    [SOLVED] Low FPS and lagging

    Hello and good evening! I recently got my new 3080, but have discovered several problems after installing it. I have low fps on pretty much any game, on League of legends i play with 20-50fps, on bf5 i play on 100-120fps on lowest settings, and CoD modern warfare i cant even play because its...
  34. E

    [SOLVED] Im getting slow internet.

    Hi, so I was downloading a game update today and I noticed it went pretty slow so I went to go test my internet speed and im getting 60mbps. I have 1000mbps and when I test it I usually get around 900mbs. This is very weird and I was wondering what the problem is. Last night it was working fine...
  35. grubbyhat1

    [SOLVED] Download speed unbelievably slow and very high ping but my upload speed is fine. They all go back to normal at night. Why?

    Apologies my first post is a question. Im with TalkTalk and on a fibre plan. Promised 70mbps down. Testing with various different sites, ofcom and ookla, getting around 2mbps down 110ms and 18mbps up. At night roughly 2am it goes back to normal 20ms and 70mbps. Im through Ethernet and I'm not...
  36. Nanviik

    [SOLVED] Advice/help request

    Hello, a relatively old gaming laptop of mine (About 3 years or so) is running significantly slow, being unable to run bare bones games and the like so I'd like to ask for advice on what to do about this. I'm not the most pc-savvy person but have a general understanding of things History...
  37. G

    Question Low FPS out of nowhere

    The other day I started to get absurdly low fps in every game (1-15 fps). I have no clue what caused this or how to fix it. (This even happens in games as easy to run as Valorant and CSGO). Along with the fps problems, my entire pc slows down when any game is running. As soon as I close the...
  38. K

    Question Boot time became slow on SSD

    Greetings, I have 480gb kingston ssd. Bought it about a half a year ago and since then it also became my boot device. After migrating Win10 from HDD to it, boot and loading times were 3x faster and was quiet happy with it until about last month or so. For some reason, boot time became very slow...
  39. G

    [SOLVED] What's causing randomly slow WiFi ?

    Hey all, I've got a weird issue that I've never experienced before and it's driving me nuts. After I restart my PC my wifi adapter seems to work fine for a good 20 minutes or so. I've got Gigabit internet and for those 20 minutes I'm getting around 200 Mbps down and 100 Mbps up. Which is...
  40. N

    Question Throttled/Slow download speed on MSI motherboard

    Recently, I decided to upgrade my CPU from AMD FX-8350 to Ryzen 5 3600. Alongside with it, came new RAMs and motherboard ofcourse. I went for MSI X470 Gaming plux max. The old one was Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P FX The thing is, my download speed is slower then with gigabyte board while using the...