Weird internet issue, but only when running games

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Badgeronpc

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For some reason whenever i run a game, no matter what game or launcher, if it has any sort of online connection at all, my connection completely dies. I have good internet, usually around 500mbs down, but whenever i open a game its plummets down to 5 or so, and after just a few moments it completely dies. However my pc is saying it is still connected to the router, just not receiving internet. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling game services, manually starting WLAN and WWAN services, multiple router, pc and adapter restarts, even a full adapter reset and it has done nothing to fix this. I had a single day on Thursday where it was fine again randomly and since then its been like this.

Specs are as follows, taken straight from my PCS order.
Case
COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 16-Core Processor i7-13700KF (3.4GHz) 30MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® PRIME Z790-P (DDR5, LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR5 5600MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
16GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 1000W RMx SERIES™ - MODULAR 80 PLUS GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 240 Series ARGB High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
 
ubuysa

ubuysa

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First try powering your wireless router off and back on.

Next, see whether connecting to the router via a cable instead of WiFi is any better. Do this even if you have to temporarily move the PC.

Then let us know what happens.
 
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Badgeronpc

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ubuysa said:
First try powering your wireless router off and back on.

Next, see whether connecting to the router via a cable instead of WiFi is any better. Do this even if you have to temporarily move the PC.

Then let us know what happens.
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I have already restarted my router multiple times

I just moved my pc down next to the router so i could use a cable, i don't have one long enough currently to reach its usual spot... while it was there i tested over wifi and over ethernet and with wifi i had the same problem, but ethernet was completely fine, sitting happily at 800 down with a game running. Second i swapped back to wifi i had nothing
 
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ubuysa

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That's very useful information because now we can be sure the problem is with your WiFi and not the network stack or Windows.

Let's do the obvious first: you have attached the antenna to the wireless card I assume? It will be in the welcome box if not.
 
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Badgeronpc

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ubuysa said:
That's very useful information because now we can be sure the problem is with your WiFi and not the network stack or Windows.

Let's do the obvious first: you have attached the antenna to the wireless card I assume? It will be in the welcome box if not.
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Yes. I should say, this isnt a new pc, its about a year old and its only the last week or so ive had this issue. As ive said, my connection is rock solid, until the very second i launch a game, and then it dies.
 
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Badgeronpc said:
Yes. I should say, this isnt a new pc, its about a year old and its only the last week or so ive had this issue. As ive said, my connection is rock solid, until the very second i launch a game, and then it dies.
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This isn’t a new issue though is it according to this:

Post in thread 'High Temps'
https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/threads/high-temps.94521/post-720712

Are you still running Norton? If you’ve uninstalled it did you use the official uninstalled tool?
 
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I don't actually remember, but I'm pretty sure I just used the official tool, by the sound of that, that's wrong... but again, Norton had never affected my Internet at all, and I haven't had a problem with Internet until this last week, and my RMA, and that thread, was when I got rid of Norton.
 
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Badgeronpc said:
I don't actually remember, but I'm pretty sure I just used the official tool, by the sound of that, that's wrong... but again, Norton had never affected my Internet at all, and I haven't had a problem with Internet until this last week, and my RMA, and that thread, was when I got rid of Norton.
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The official tool is the only way to uninstall an anti virus, otherwise it's still actively working away if you try to remove it from the standard windows add remove programs.

The symptoms you're having are known behaviours for Norton firewall running awry, that's why I asked specifically.

Are you using any kind of VPN? Can you take a screenshot of your network adapters page?
 
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Ah, apologies, I'd missed this is only happening on the wifi

Easy fix (hopefully) first connect to the LAN so you've got a connection without wifi, go into device manager, right click on the wifi adapter under Network adapters and select uninstall, then reboot and go to optional updates and make sure all those and windows updates are installed.

Then try reconnecting the wifi and retesting.
 
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Badgeronpc

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SpyderTracks said:
Ah, apologies, I'd missed this is only happening on the wifi

Easy fix (hopefully) first connect to the LAN so you've got a connection without wifi, go into device manager, right click on the wifi adapter under Network adapters and select uninstall, then reboot and go to optional updates and make sure all those and windows updates are installed.

Then try reconnecting the wifi and retesting.
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I will try that and come back to the thread, I've already moved my pc back away from the router.
 
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SpyderTracks said:
if you can also upload a screenshot of your network adapters, that would be handy
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I deleted and rebooted and downloaded all of the optional updates i have available to me and im still getting the same error.
 

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It would be useful to have more data, so even though this isn't a BSOD could you please download and run the SysnativeBSODCollectionApp and upload the resultant zip file to a cloud service with a link to it here. Be sure to make it public (so we don't have to login to download the zip file).

The SysnativeBSODCollectionApp does not collect any personally identifying information, it's perfectly safe, and it#s used by several respected Windows help forums. You can look at the files in the zip file, mostly they are txt files, but please don't change or delete anything. If you want to know what data these files contain there are full details here.
 
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Yes, you did that right.

There are many errors and warnings in your System log for your AX200 wireless adapter...
Code: 
Log Name:      System
Source:        Netwtw10
Date:          12/05/2024 17:04:22
Event ID:      5005
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      LiamsPC
Description:
The description for Event ID 5005 from source Netwtw10 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\Device\NDMP5
Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table
Looking at the wireless drivers you have installed you appear to have two wireless drivers installed. One is the netwtw10.sys driver that (AFAIK) is the driver you need for that AX200, and it's up to date...
Code: 
Netwtw10     ___ Intel(R) Wireless  ___ Intel(R) Wireless  Kernel   Running  22/02/2024 10:13:16    C:\windows\system32\drivers\Netwtw10.sys
However, you also have the netwtw08.sys driver installed and that's well out of date. It's not actually running but there could still be a module overlap between the two drivers...
Code: 
Netwtw08     ___ Intel(R) Wireless  ___ Intel(R) Wireless  Kernel  Stopped  16/10/2019 13:42:02    C:\windows\system32\drivers\Netwtw08.sys
If this were mine, I would download the WiFi driver from your PCS account, because that should be fully compatible with your build. Then open Device Manager, right-click on your AX200 adapter and select Uninstall. When you see the uninstall warning dialog box check (select) the 'Delete device driver software for this device' checkbox and click the Uninstall button. Then uninstall the Intel Pro/Set software via Programs & Features, if you have it. Then, reboot to ensure all wireless drivers are unloaded. Finally install the driver you downloaded from PCS but DO NOT install the Pro/Set software, just the driver.

See whether that helps.
 
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Badgeronpc

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ubuysa said:
Yes, you did that right.

There are many errors and warnings in your System log for your AX200 wireless adapter...
Code: 
Log Name:      System
Source:        Netwtw10
Date:          12/05/2024 17:04:22
Event ID:      5005
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      LiamsPC
Description:
The description for Event ID 5005 from source Netwtw10 cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

\Device\NDMP5
Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz

The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table
Looking at the wireless drivers you have installed you appear to have two wireless drivers installed. One is the netwtw10.sys driver that (AFAIK) is the driver you need for that AX200, and it's up to date...
Code: 
Netwtw10     ___ Intel(R) Wireless  ___ Intel(R) Wireless  Kernel   Running  22/02/2024 10:13:16    C:\windows\system32\drivers\Netwtw10.sys
However, you also have the netwtw08.sys driver installed and that's well out of date. It's not actually running but there could still be a module overlap between the two drivers...
Code: 
Netwtw08     ___ Intel(R) Wireless  ___ Intel(R) Wireless  Kernel  Stopped  16/10/2019 13:42:02    C:\windows\system32\drivers\Netwtw08.sys
If this were mine, I would download the WiFi driver from your PCS account, because that should be fully compatible with your build. Then open Device Manager, right-click on your AX200 adapter and select Uninstall. When you see the uninstall warning dialog box check (select) the 'Delete device driver software for this device' checkbox and click the Uninstall button. Then uninstall the Intel Pro/Set software via Programs & Features, if you have it. Then, reboot to ensure all wireless drivers are unloaded. Finally install the driver you downloaded from PCS but DO NOT install the Pro/Set software, just the driver.

See whether that helps.
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Unless i am doing something wrong, there are no drivers for my order. I went to the downloads tab, it shows my order and i click on win11 and it loads an empty table. I've also already uninstalled my adapter as per another suggestion and reinstalled it and the driver over ethernet so i don't really understand why there are two there

edit, i just realized i didn't delete the driver when i did that reset, i didn't see the checkbox for it. i guess try that again but click the checkbox?
 
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Badgeronpc said:
Unless i am doing something wrong, there are no drivers for my order. I went to the downloads tab, it shows my order and i click on win11 and it loads an empty table. I've also already uninstalled my adapter as per another suggestion and reinstalled it and the driver over ethernet so i don't really understand why there are two there

edit, i just realized i didn't delete the driver when i did that reset, i didn't see the checkbox for it. i guess try that again but click the checkbox?
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They don't list drivers for PC's only laptops, for PC's you always use windows update, and then use the manufacturer website drivers if Windows doesn't account for them.

Yes, you will have just overlayed the driver which won't correct anything. It needs to be fully deleted.

Can you also upload a screenshot of your optional updates page once you've rebooted?
 
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Badgeronpc said:
Nothing there, ive also found out i can use USB tethering through my phone to use my internet upstairs when deleting my adapter so i don't need to move every time, which is nice. Speaking of, i have done that again, this time making sure to hit that check mark and still no avail
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You may want to delete that image as it has personal information on it

Just to check, did you search for updates before looking at optional updates?

Can you upload a screenshot of your device manager network section?
 
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