Windows 10: Odd Disconnections
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Odd Disconnections
For the past few months I have been having odd disconnections where there appears to be no pattern or cause to it.
Some days I can go without getting a single disconnection while other days I can get them every minute for a while. Sometimes the computer will regain connection just afterwards while other times it can take 30 seconds to recover or I have to re-plug my powerline adapter.
I have tried various diagnostics like changing the powerline adapter to another plug or another wall socket. I have tried changing cables from cat 6 to 5. I have swapped between my onboard nic connector and a dedicated nic card with the same result. I have even got an electrician out to swap out the wall socket's face plate.
I am beginning to think that it is the motherboard at the route of all this and some aspect of it is on its way out.
I am currently saving for a new computer (because of this issue) but I would like to resolve it. I do understand though that some problems can't be resolved and the only solution is new hardware.
This is the second time I've had to write this post due to a disconnection.
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Hi,
I have tried various diagnostics like changing the powerline adapter to another plug or another wall socket. I have tried changing cables from cat 6 to 5. I have swapped between my onboard nic connector and a dedicated nic card with the same result. I have even got an electrician out to swap out the wall socket's face plate.
I doubt it's any of the above and not the MB either.
Could you have your provider check your connection ?
Cheers,
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Thing is that none of the other computers in the house have this problem. I check them while I'm disconnected.
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Sounds like a tricky one.
Long shot, but under Device Manager, check under Power Management that the "Allow the comp to turn off this device...." is unchecked.
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Hi,
OK. That rules out the network provider.
I suspect it's either a NIC driver problem or a network protocol problem. What's odd is that you have this problem on both onboard NIC and NIC card.
So I suspect it's a configuration problem on both.
Cheers,
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What aspects would be common to both of them?
I've just updated the driver to the nic card going from version 9 to 10 (published this year) but it still disconnects.
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Did you check the power management? The default setting would probably be common to both. Only takes a second to check.
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Hi,
Did you check the power management? The default setting would probably be common to both. Only takes a second to check.
You beat me to that one.... 
Cheers,
Yes I've disabled the power management on the nic card.
EDIT: I've just switched from 1gb full duplex to 100mb full duplex testing to see if it gets overloaded.
Hi,
Can you set it to half duplex ?
Either 100Mb or 1Gb, doesn't matter.
Cheers,