Posts by brightviper12

My modem is upstairs and the repeater is downstairs—not directly underneath, but off to the side—about 15 feet away, separated by a thick 12-inch concrete wall. I need a decent repeater to actually get a signal in the rest of the first floor. I'm using a Netgear WN623 right now, but the speed is garbage and totally unstable. It keeps bouncing between 0.5 and 7 Mbps during tests...

Anyone here running a Linksys RE6500?

Just wondering how they hold up and if the speed drop is actually noticeable...

I'm currently stuck using a Netgear WN623, but the performance is garbage. I’m dropping from 17 Mbps down to like 3 or 4...

Here’s a shot of my CrystalDiskInfo.

I forgot to mention yesterday that sometimes, even when everything seems fine and I shut it down normally, it just hangs on the "Windows is shutting down" screen... It never actually turns off, so I have to just hold the power button down to force it.

shadowlynx102 - aside from what I listed, I've got other stuff installed too. I just mentioned those because they seem more relevant to fixing this mess. I also have Microsoft Office, iTunes, Corel, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Chrome, and K-Lite...
I need those programs from time to time, and I basically only use this laptop for work involving them. I used CCleaner because the thing was painfully slow, and disabling all those background processes helped speed things up. It works okay for now, provided it actually stays running
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Got this old HP Compaq nx6110 laptop acting up. Sometimes it just hangs right at the HP logo (with the F10 BIOS prompt showing), and it won't even let me hit F8 to try Safe Mode or anything else. If I force it off and try a few times, I might get lucky and boot, but then it’ll just freeze up randomly and I’m stuck in the same loop again... Even when it does work, the USB ports are useless. A mouse will light up but won't track, thumb drives aren't recognized, and my phone charges but the computer doesn't see it. I tried formatting the partition and doing a fresh install of Windows, but no luck. Weirdly enough, everything runs perfectly after I run a defrag, but the problem comes back after two or three boots.
Can't find any fixes online that actually help.
Current setup: Windows XP SP3, AVG antivirus free, CCleaner, and the official drivers from the HP site for this model.

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