Let me preface this by saying that I am not sure that this is a hardware problem, but the system is new on a clean windows install so I doubt that it is a software issue.
I recently got a new PC and the wireless card in it allows me to connect to the internet just fine, and use voice chat services like discord, but will not allow me to connect to any game servers.
I tried plugging in the usb wifi dongle that I used for my old PC and that works perfectly at first, allows me to browse the internet and lets me connect to game servers. But after around 20 minutes of use my connect will suddenly drop for a second, then come back at a lower speed, and then not let me connect to any game servers. The speed drop is from my 8MB/s normal down to 5MB/s after the connection drop. After the connection drops and returns, I have to either remove and reinsert the dongle, or disconnect from the internet manually and then reconnect before I can get my regular service back.
I am the only person in the house having these issues, and it is happening only on this new PC, so I am sure it is something wrong with the PC itself and not the router/ISP.
I've been trying to look though event viewer when the connection drop happens but I cannot find any errors that pop up consistently at the time of the drops.
Any advice would be great because I am super confused by this.
I recently got a new PC and the wireless card in it allows me to connect to the internet just fine, and use voice chat services like discord, but will not allow me to connect to any game servers.
I tried plugging in the usb wifi dongle that I used for my old PC and that works perfectly at first, allows me to browse the internet and lets me connect to game servers. But after around 20 minutes of use my connect will suddenly drop for a second, then come back at a lower speed, and then not let me connect to any game servers. The speed drop is from my 8MB/s normal down to 5MB/s after the connection drop. After the connection drops and returns, I have to either remove and reinsert the dongle, or disconnect from the internet manually and then reconnect before I can get my regular service back.
I am the only person in the house having these issues, and it is happening only on this new PC, so I am sure it is something wrong with the PC itself and not the router/ISP.
I've been trying to look though event viewer when the connection drop happens but I cannot find any errors that pop up consistently at the time of the drops.
Any advice would be great because I am super confused by this.