The internet is really not great right now.
The internet is really not great right now.
I don’t need the fastest internet, but among the three we have, only the one I built is experiencing issues. It uses an ASRock B660M Pro RX motherboard and an Intel AX200 Wi-Fi card. The connection is consistently slower compared to the others, and whenever they try to use the internet it becomes unstable. Recently, the connection drops every ten minutes or so. I’ve adjusted the antennas and placed the PC nearer to the router, but it doesn’t help much. The other devices—an HP office PC and an Acer Nitro 5 laptop—are working fine.
As a check, did you attempt to link using Ethernet to determine if it resolves the problem?
The HP is currently connected via Ethernet, though it previously worked over Wi-Fi with better speeds. I used an old laptop Wi-Fi card before; it helped with disconnections but isn’t as fast as the HP. The HP uses a Realtek Wi-Fi chip, while the Nitro 5 features a 1650i chip.
The built-in WiFi is usually just a M.2 slot. Refer to your motherboard manual for its exact position—often under the I/O shield on your board. You might want to locate it, remove it, and reinsert it carefully to ensure it’s correctly seated. Verify that the antennas are securely fastened on both the back of the board and the card. Consider using a Live CD of Linux that runs from a bootable USB to test; if this works, it suggests a Windows issue.