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Roger Gray8 said:Are you kidding me?
Look, he clearly meant MB (I'm assuming he means MEGAbyte), and while 1.5 Megabytes might be okay in some parts of the country, on a global scale? Not really.
That’s an ISP issue if I ever saw one. Just call Comcast or whoever your provider is.
Karen Morgan2, if we're actually talking about 1.5 megabits (which would be 150KB/s)—and honestly, that's what I suspect—then yeah, it totally makes sense why it's slow.
But hey, before you lose your mind, check if you have some random app running on your PC that's hogging the bandwidth—like, for instance, AMD has this AMD QuickStream thing that can sometimes throttle your speeds.
Also, check to see if there's some background sync happening; personally, I always recommend using Windows without being signed into a Microsoft account, and I definitely suggest setting your update settings so it doesn't just start downloading stuff automatically without asking.
It's super weird though, because on my Windows 8.1 setup, everything runs pretty smoothly even when I've got a torrent running at full throttle.
You're right—megabytes, just like I said. Everything was working perfectly until two or three days ago (and I haven't installed anything new). But then again, it might not be the computer; I was thinking maybe it's some settings on the router.
I noticed today that their cable TV is acting up too. Looks like I'm going to waste even more time calling customer support...
Anyway, thanks for the advice.
I've been dealing with some major browsing issues for a few days now.
Basically, if I start downloading a file, everything else just dies. No surfing, no YouTube, no simultaneous downloads—nothing. It doesn't matter if I'm on the same computer or any other device on my network; it just says there's no connection.
If I get aggressive about it and spam the refresh button on a page, the download will actually fail, but then the websites suddenly start working again.
For context, I'm running an H1. I'm on Windows 8.1 and I've cycled through every browser under the sun (IE, FF, Opera...), but obviously, it’s not a browser issue. For instance, YouTube videos constantly stutter or just freeze right in the middle of playback. It isn't a buffering problem or a speed issue either—I'm getting a steady 1.5 MB/s during downloads—the connection just snaps or whatever.
It's definitely not the hardware; I tested this with two other laptops. And no, it's not spyware, a virus, or anything like that.
I tried plugging directly into the Comcast router via Ethernet, disconnected every other wired and wireless device, messed with all the settings, played with QoS... nothing works.
Any ideas? Should I just call Comcast? Maybe it's something wrong with their configurations at the local hub?
Michael Lee said:Hello.
I recently picked up a 250GB external hard drive. When I first got it, it was formatted as NTFS. However, since I wanted to watch movies on my DVD player using the drive, I reformatted it to FAT32. Ever since then, the drive shows a capacity of only about 30+ GB. I tried switching it back to NTFS, but it doesn't seem to fix anything. I guess I'm stuck.😕
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OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit
MOTHERBOARD: ASRock 970 Extreme 3
CPU: AMD FX-4100, 3.6GHz (quad-core)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6850
RAM: Kingston 8GB (dual-channel)
PSU: 500W
The 32 GB limit is the standard ceiling for FAT32 on Windows. You can find third-party tools if you need an extended FAT32 option though.
Have you checked Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management? Or just hit Run and type in diskmgmt.msc.
Try using "delete volume" first, then try formatting it from scratch.