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and here is my usual laundry list to add to what Pryo has listed.
having your PC as lean and clean as you can make it may help.
• reboot modem/router/pc
• delete restore points
• turn off hibernation
• empty web browser cache
• delete system temp files
• scan Windows for system corruption
• scan drive for file corruption
• disable unwanted scheduled tasks
• disable unnecessary startup services
• disable scheduled defragging
• trim any SSD's
• turn off Timeline and Activity History, and all things Microsoft Telemetry based
• empty recycle bin
• delete log files and error reports
• remove old Windows Updates files
• cleanup software installer and distribution caches
• delete unwanted programs
• remove any browser extensions
• if connecting via wireless, try ethernet
• pause any online cloud storage synchronising (OneDrive, DropBox)
CCleaner or Glary Disk Cleaner or the inbuilt cleanmgr command can do most of those points.
ShutUp10 by O&O Software can stop a lot of telemetry items.
other things to try;
• create another user account and login under that profile
• check for firmware updates for modem/router and PC BIOS
having your PC as lean and clean as you can make it may help.
• reboot modem/router/pc
• delete restore points
• turn off hibernation
• empty web browser cache
• delete system temp files
• scan Windows for system corruption
• scan drive for file corruption
• disable unwanted scheduled tasks
• disable unnecessary startup services
• disable scheduled defragging
• trim any SSD's
• turn off Timeline and Activity History, and all things Microsoft Telemetry based
• empty recycle bin
• delete log files and error reports
• remove old Windows Updates files
• cleanup software installer and distribution caches
• delete unwanted programs
• remove any browser extensions
• if connecting via wireless, try ethernet
• pause any online cloud storage synchronising (OneDrive, DropBox)
CCleaner or Glary Disk Cleaner or the inbuilt cleanmgr command can do most of those points.
ShutUp10 by O&O Software can stop a lot of telemetry items.
other things to try;
• create another user account and login under that profile
• check for firmware updates for modem/router and PC BIOS
as to your IP address concern, while valid and you should always be wary of giving out any personal info, rest assured there is nothing in the Speccy report that can be used to access your PC.
your IP is on your side of your firewall - where ever your firewall lives, be it a hardware firewall in the modem or a software firewall on your PC. it cannot be seen from the outside unless someone connects to your network. which is why you should change the modem default password, use strong passwords for wireless etc, but that's another topic!
you have two IP's - a Local Area Network address (LAN) used internally for your devices on your network to talk to each other.
the other is a Wide Area Network address (WAN) used by your Internet Service Provider so you are seen on the global web.
in your modem, the gateway address is the WAN address of your ISP.
this address is publicly available on the web, as it has to be, so your ISP can be seen by its customers.
your IP is on your side of your firewall - where ever your firewall lives, be it a hardware firewall in the modem or a software firewall on your PC. it cannot be seen from the outside unless someone connects to your network. which is why you should change the modem default password, use strong passwords for wireless etc, but that's another topic!
you have two IP's - a Local Area Network address (LAN) used internally for your devices on your network to talk to each other.
the other is a Wide Area Network address (WAN) used by your Internet Service Provider so you are seen on the global web.
in your modem, the gateway address is the WAN address of your ISP.
this address is publicly available on the web, as it has to be, so your ISP can be seen by its customers.
Bruce is spot on, private IP Addresses are useless since everyone essentially has the same set up numbers in there (or a similar set of predefined ones).
Please tell us what Power Supply (PSU) you are using.
Another thing to try is running DDU:
Run DDU and download a fresh installer executable from here.
An important note: You MUST download the driver executable and disconnect your computer from the internet before running DDU, otherwise Windows will automatically download drivers (which you don't want).
Once you have ran DDU in safe mode, boot up into a normal Windows session (ensuring that you aren't connected to the internet for even a moment) and run the NVIDIA installer.
Restart your computer from the power menu and see if this helps.
Please tell us what Power Supply (PSU) you are using.
Another thing to try is running DDU:
Run DDU and download a fresh installer executable from here.
An important note: You MUST download the driver executable and disconnect your computer from the internet before running DDU, otherwise Windows will automatically download drivers (which you don't want).
Once you have ran DDU in safe mode, boot up into a normal Windows session (ensuring that you aren't connected to the internet for even a moment) and run the NVIDIA installer.
Restart your computer from the power menu and see if this helps.
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