Hi, I'm not sure which forum this issue would be best directed to, as I suspect there may be deeper issues at play, but I'll ask here anyway. I also don't have my full specs on hand, but it's an older PC, and off the top of my head, I believe it's an Intel Core i7, 3.5 ghz, 16 GB RAM, still running Win 7 sp1.
Earlier today, this PC experienced a BSOD while I was away. Upon reboot, it began experiencing difficulty connecting to the internet. Networks were detected, but no packets were sent, and any attempted to connect resulted in a Limited Connectivity notification.
The Windows Automated Diagnostic tool hanged for several minutes while resetting the network adapter, and finally concluded it was a router issue. It was not; I tested the situation with several other devices, and several other networks; the issue was my PC.
I ran several antivirus scans with Windows security and Malwarebytes, which detected nothing. I then tried to reboot the PC, but after hanging on the "Shutting Down" screen for 15 minutes, the PC BSODd and crashed again.
I restarted it, and found that the PC now fails to detect ANY networks.
There are also several other minor issues I've noticed, which I'm not sure are related (COM surrogate crash, explorer hangs while accessing external storage, abnormal low hum from the case)
Any advice?
Earlier today, this PC experienced a BSOD while I was away. Upon reboot, it began experiencing difficulty connecting to the internet. Networks were detected, but no packets were sent, and any attempted to connect resulted in a Limited Connectivity notification.
The Windows Automated Diagnostic tool hanged for several minutes while resetting the network adapter, and finally concluded it was a router issue. It was not; I tested the situation with several other devices, and several other networks; the issue was my PC.
I ran several antivirus scans with Windows security and Malwarebytes, which detected nothing. I then tried to reboot the PC, but after hanging on the "Shutting Down" screen for 15 minutes, the PC BSODd and crashed again.
I restarted it, and found that the PC now fails to detect ANY networks.
There are also several other minor issues I've noticed, which I'm not sure are related (COM surrogate crash, explorer hangs while accessing external storage, abnormal low hum from the case)
Any advice?