I'm about ready to order my computer.

Question for probably Bob.

Do you happen to have Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit that I could partake from you?

X

The 32 bit edition is what it's labeled.

X

Computer question!

My buddy has two computers in his house, one of them was acting up so he called me to come take a look at it in my free time.

Here's the issue.  One computer works perfectly fine, and the internet loads up at a normal speed.  A run of Internet Speed test shows it downloading at about 5.7mbps and uploading at a littler over 1mbps.

His second computer (which is newer), is running ok, however the internet is damn near dial-up speeds.  The same test at Internet Speed test shows he's barely breaking 0.1mbps and uploading at an incredibly slow 0.01mbps.

Now I've tried all the basic stuff, ran some virus scans and adware scans, tried switching out the cable to his computer, tried using a different jack on the back of his router, I even tried plugging the modem directly into the computer.  Still the internet is lagged.

Now I'm not computer expert anymore, but I can't find a damn thing wrong with this computer.  Any ideas?

X wrote on Jul 6^th, 2010 at 4:38pm:


Stewie, for your lack of reading comprehension, I sentence you to 27 consecutive pictures of failure:



























Sorry, Stewie.  ;p

Typically, this type of horrible throughput is caused by one of two issues.  First, and probably somewhat unlikely in your situation, is an issue with speed and/or duplex auto-negotiation.  If the router port is constantly flopping between 10/100 or 100/1000 or even half-duplex/full-duplex, your throughput will be virtually non-existent. 

The more likely issue is either b0rked hardware (e.g. the NIC) or crufty drivers.  I've seen the exact same throughput issues before that occurred immediately after a driver upgrade.

Here are a couple of things to try that will help with the troubleshooting process:

• Try pinging the good workstation from the bad workstation.  What is the average latency?  It should be <1ms over the LAN.
• Try pinging the router's internal interface.  Again, the average latency should be <1ms.
• Try pinging the router's external interface.  Latency should be around 1-2ms at the most.
• After an extended ping (ping -t IP), are you experiencing any packet loss?  Any unusual swings in latency?  You should see minimal latency (<1ms) and virtually no packet loss for devices on the LAN.

If you see high latency or packet loss between the busted PC and anything else on the LAN, you can pretty much discount the Internet connection as the problem.  Try throwing another known-good NIC into the rig and see if that eliminates the problem.  If that doesn't fix it, boot off any Linux "live CD" (I recommend Knoppix) and fire up the web browser to see if that eliminates the problem.  Between those two tests, you should be able to definitively determine whether or not you have a hardware problem or a software problem.

The parts for Cezar 3.0 have been ordered!

ASUS Rampage III Extreme LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

SAMSUNG 24x DVD Burner - Bulk SATA Model SH-S243N/BEBE - OEM
   
Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601960

Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
   
CORSAIR DOMINATOR-GT 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMT6GX3M3A1866C9
   
EVGA 015-P3-1485-AR GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) SuperClocked+ 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ...

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Blue RC-932-KKN3-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
   
KINGWIN Mach 1 ABT-1000MA1S 1000W ATX / BTX SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power

Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC128MAG-1G1 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

I stayed pretty well under my budget but it still hurts to see all that work $$ go bye bye.  But I don't have a life so it'll stop me from buying drugs...just the legal ones you can do through an ethernet connection.

And Bob's helping out by letting grab the Windows 7 64bit Ultimate edition.  I'll give you a call sometime this week when I find when my stuff will be shipped to grab that from you, sir.  Thanks again!

I have the ability to upgrade later when the high end prices drop with the release of the new stuff coming out now...and I've got a Raptor in the wings for a couple paychecks down the road for a game drive.  Overall I'm pretty happy and Jon has been an awesome help.  I promise to hold a couple LAN parties here shortly.  I kept saying it but with all the comp. problems I could never synch it all up.

X

That is hilarious! Ha ha.  Well great minds and all that.

I will get with you soon about the disk.  Is there a day you can't do it?  I'll also return the hard drives to you then too.

X

How does Thurs. look for ya?

X

See ya then!