- May 19, 2014
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I recently got a second monitor, and ever since then my PC randomly (but often) loses pings to the router and is just generally very slow and basically unuseable. All other PCs in the house are still connecting fine and when I unplug the second monitor from the graphics card, my connection returns to normal.
My boyfriend thinks I need a wireless repeater (I'm on a different floor and across the house from the router) but if the monitor is causing some sort of interference affecting the signal, I'd rather fix that problem than bandaid it with a repeater.
I thought maybe the power supply was overtaxed somehow with the second monitor, but using this calculator, it looks like I'm well above the required wattage. (it says 560, I have a 750 watt power supply).
Sometimes I can wiggle the wireless antenna and make my connection sort of come back, but it's just never stable with the second monitor plugged in.
specs:
Hughesnet satellite
router: WL ROUTER LINKSYS|WRT54GL 4P RETAIL, connected wirelessly. 2 computers, 2 smartphones, and a tablet able to connect
wireless card: Linksys WMP54G
motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
graphics card: HIS IceQ Boost Clock H795QC3G2M Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
power supply: Corsair RM Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supply - CP-9020055-NA RM750
monitors: Acer S220HQL Abd 21.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor, primary connected via DVI with a converter to VGA, secondary connected via mini display port, also with a converter. I have never been able to get the second monitor to work at all with the hdmi port - I don't know if that's important.
windows 7
I just don't really know what to replace or troubleshoot! I could probably use a wireless card upgrade but I'd like to know what the problem is first so I know if the new one would fix it. Thank you for reading!
My boyfriend thinks I need a wireless repeater (I'm on a different floor and across the house from the router) but if the monitor is causing some sort of interference affecting the signal, I'd rather fix that problem than bandaid it with a repeater.
I thought maybe the power supply was overtaxed somehow with the second monitor, but using this calculator, it looks like I'm well above the required wattage. (it says 560, I have a 750 watt power supply).
Sometimes I can wiggle the wireless antenna and make my connection sort of come back, but it's just never stable with the second monitor plugged in.
specs:
Hughesnet satellite
router: WL ROUTER LINKSYS|WRT54GL 4P RETAIL, connected wirelessly. 2 computers, 2 smartphones, and a tablet able to connect
wireless card: Linksys WMP54G
motherboard: ASRock 970 PRO3 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
graphics card: HIS IceQ Boost Clock H795QC3G2M Radeon HD 7950 3GB 384-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card
power supply: Corsair RM Series 750 Watt ATX/EPS 80PLUS Gold-Certified Power Supply - CP-9020055-NA RM750
monitors: Acer S220HQL Abd 21.5-Inch Widescreen LCD Monitor, primary connected via DVI with a converter to VGA, secondary connected via mini display port, also with a converter. I have never been able to get the second monitor to work at all with the hdmi port - I don't know if that's important.
windows 7
I just don't really know what to replace or troubleshoot! I could probably use a wireless card upgrade but I'd like to know what the problem is first so I know if the new one would fix it. Thank you for reading!
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