Why is it taking much longer for an old modem to start working when the air outside feels chilly?
Why is it taking much longer for an old modem to start working when the air outside feels chilly?
I bought an old modem in 2011 that has been running for 11 years now. When the fourth light turns on, it means my internet is working. Before 2020, the light came on right after I turned it on. After 2020, when the room was cold, it took longer to come on. For instance, on December 23, 2022 (yesterday), in the morning at a temperature of 20.9 degrees, my old modem waited up to 9 minutes and 23 seconds just to light up. But today, when I got a new modem from the ISP, it finished way faster—only taking 18 seconds at a similar temperature of 20.6 degrees. Why does my old modem take so long in the cold? The colder it gets, the longer it waits. In summer, when it's hot, my old modem wakes up fast.
Which parts should you buy first: a better CPU, more RAM, or faster storage?
The guy is asking about the stuff inside his modem, not your computer. The brand new model is going to be quicker because it has better parts.
I began using the old model in 2011. For a few years, it was super fast, taking just over twenty seconds to work as good as the new one did. But yesterday, when the air temperature hit 20.9 degrees Celsius, it took almost ten minutes and twenty-three seconds to run. Even back early this year at about ten degrees Celsius, it took longer than half an hour just to start working.
It's been a while since I bought this. How would you guess what happens if something stays on all the time? Does anything break after a long time like that? Maybe it gets too hot or cold and stops working. I had a Comcast modem for several years before I needed to swap it out.
Do you mean parts inside your modem broke because of cold weather, making your internet slow? You don't have to fix it forever. The ISP can give me a fresh one for free if I ask. It never worked 24 hours a day anyway. I always turned the modem off when I didn't need the connection.