Question Removed corrupt HDD, PC seems to be working fine except ethernet speed has slowed dramatically ?

[dkottkamp]

I have been having issues with a corrupt hard drive, and unplugging it from my PC it seems to be working fine. However, my ethernet speed which is usually >90mbps has decreased to <15mbps, dropping to 1kbps. If I'm being honest I'm not sure exactly what software was on that hard drive, as I haven't fooled with it for about 5 years now. I also noticed my PC making a slightly different noise than usual, but I'm not sure if that is a concern. Any idea why these issues may be?

Specs:
CPU: I7-9700K
GPU: RTX 2070 Super
RAM: 16GB
225GB and 1TB SSD which have been in use for years now, as well as 2TB HDD which was removed as mentioned above.

 

[CountMike]

I have been having issues with a corrupt hard drive, and unplugging it from my PC it seems to be working fine. However, my ethernet speed which is usually >90mbps has decreased to <15mbps, dropping to 1kbps. If I'm being honest I'm not sure exactly what software was on that hard drive, as I haven't fooled with it for about 5 years now. I also noticed my PC making a slightly different noise than usual, but I'm not sure if that is a concern. Any idea why these issues may be?

Specs:
I7 9700k
RTX 2070 Super
16gb ram
225GB and 1TB SSD which have been in use for years now, as well as 2TB HDD which was removed as mentioned above.

Reinstall network drivers and reset network,
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