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Mainboard/Hardware issue or not?
Up until a month or so ago, everything was running smoothly. Now I am having issues with web browsing, its actually very very slow. I have a fast fibre connection may I add. Slow browsing is the same whatever browser I use.
I'm beginning to wonder if the problem lies with either the mainboard of some other hardware.
Hardware setup.
I have a cat5 cable connected to the onboard NIC of the Asus Maximus VII Impact mainboard (latest BIOS installed). The other end of the cat5 cable is connected to a FritzBox 7390 router.
The pc has two identical Cruicial MX200 500Gb internal SSD drives.
2 x 8Gb stick of Crucial DDR3 memmory.
The graphics is driven by the onboard Intel chip. I did have a Sapphire R9 graphics card installed, but have since removed it, as I was still having the same issue.
Power wise, there is a 750w BeQuiet PSU.
All of this is connected to a 24" Dell Monitor.
What I have done so far:
If I connect the cat5 cable to the only onboard NIC connector, web browsing is very very slow.
If I plug in a PCi-E NIC and connect the cat5 cable to that, web browsing is still very very slow.
If I connect the same cat5 cable to a laptop, then web browsing is perfect.
If I now run the latest Ubuntu from a USB stick on the PC, then web browsing is again perfect.
Any one have any idea(s) as to what maybe the issue, or have any other ideas as to what to do next?
TIA