Desensitised
Member
Hi there, first time forum user.
A bit of context first: I made the mistake of buying a PCS computer from abroad and have already had a lot of problems with its GPU which eventually required costly shipping to the UK to be fixed. Twice. As well as this I also have the misfortune of my ISP giving me very slow internet that frequently cuts out so contacting support was always a pain too, and even when I did get messages off to them I often found the response to be unsatisfactory(too formulaic and often doesn't actually address specifically asked questions - but that's another issue entirely and not really for discussion here).
You can understand my reluctance to raise the issue with PCS then, when shortly after Xmas I discovered that my aforementioned slow internet actually worked absolutely fine on other people's devices and it was just my computer that has problems. Since with a bit of patience I could still use the internet to suit my needs I decided to struggle along with it. Until this week. We've just got ourselves a new ISP and now I find that my problems have been exacerbated to the point that the internet is almost unusable from my PC. Should I have raised the issue sooner? Probably.
PROBLEM:
At regular intervals the computer decides it can't find any wireless networks, and even in the lucky periods where I do get bars from my one, most websites sit there thinking about loading for a few minutes before telling me that the website (which opens with no problem on the non-PCS laptop I write to you from) isn't available, or giving me a lite-version of the site.
I have an 802.11n wireless card and I'm trying to connect to an 802.11n network, and as far as I can tell all the drivers and settings on the card are correct.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Other system info in case it helps:
CPU: i5-4690k
RAM: 8GB
OS: Windows 8.1 x64
A bit of context first: I made the mistake of buying a PCS computer from abroad and have already had a lot of problems with its GPU which eventually required costly shipping to the UK to be fixed. Twice. As well as this I also have the misfortune of my ISP giving me very slow internet that frequently cuts out so contacting support was always a pain too, and even when I did get messages off to them I often found the response to be unsatisfactory(too formulaic and often doesn't actually address specifically asked questions - but that's another issue entirely and not really for discussion here).
You can understand my reluctance to raise the issue with PCS then, when shortly after Xmas I discovered that my aforementioned slow internet actually worked absolutely fine on other people's devices and it was just my computer that has problems. Since with a bit of patience I could still use the internet to suit my needs I decided to struggle along with it. Until this week. We've just got ourselves a new ISP and now I find that my problems have been exacerbated to the point that the internet is almost unusable from my PC. Should I have raised the issue sooner? Probably.
PROBLEM:
At regular intervals the computer decides it can't find any wireless networks, and even in the lucky periods where I do get bars from my one, most websites sit there thinking about loading for a few minutes before telling me that the website (which opens with no problem on the non-PCS laptop I write to you from) isn't available, or giving me a lite-version of the site.
I have an 802.11n wireless card and I'm trying to connect to an 802.11n network, and as far as I can tell all the drivers and settings on the card are correct.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Other system info in case it helps:
CPU: i5-4690k
RAM: 8GB
OS: Windows 8.1 x64