Consistent Wi-Fi drops

[Murf5]

As the title says I'm getting consistent drops in internet connection, about every 20-30 seconds which last about 1-3 seconds each. I'm almost certain it has to do with my computer rather than my internet as I don't have this problem on other devices and still have the same problem when I try to use my mobile data on my computer rather than my broadband internet. I don't have Wi-Fi capabilities built in so I use a D-Link DWA-171 USB to connect to the internet, which may be causing the problem? I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers for the USB but no luck. Anyone know how to fix this?

 

[GeRgY]

Hello,

There are a "power saving" settings in your control panel... Just disable them

 

[Murf5]

Hello,

There are a "power saving" settings in your control panel... Just disable them

Thank you for your reply. However, while that box was indeed checked, when I unchecked it and continued my steam download it's still spiking. It goes alright for a few seconds then flat lines at 0 KB/s.

 

[Colif]

try running driver booster and see what drivers it finds for pc. might want to update bios as well.

 

[Murf5]

Never mind, problem seems to be resolved. Probably was the power saving thing, but my antivirus recently got rid of a virus so maybe it was that?