I'm sure someone has posted something similar before, but everything I've searched on here doesn't help my issue, or I can't find the right thread.
Now that that's out of the way.
I recently had a horrible power supply surge that destroyed my old power supply, hard drive, and USB Wifi adapter. After buying all new parts, I was told by a friend to upgrade to the Windows 10 beta because it's great. So I did. Before I was on Windows 7, and the WiFi adapter I had was a netgear N600 (I know I should just get a PCI card but regardless) So when I upgraded to windows 10 I installed the EXACT same drivers I had before (version was the same, everything) and to my surprise I keep getting random disconnects! The computer will make the notification noise as if I physically disconnected the USB from the port. But the USB device is still in there. I've gone through all of the device manager tabs, made sure it didn't go into sleep mode, made sure it was getting enough power, etc. The problem persists. I've tried rolling back drivers, updating them, tried different USB ports, installs and removals of software constantly, and yet the problem persists still. But here's the kicker. Sometimes once in a blue moon if I restart, it will work for hours without fail, and even more strangely, if I play any game that requires some sort of internet connection, it will stay connected, and not only that, it stays really fast and really consistent.
If anyone has any solutions or suggestions I'm open to them. I'll leave my technical specs below, as well as any other information I deem useful. Thanks again in advance.
Specs:
Windows 10 Beta OS (build 9841)
AMD Fx-8350 @4.1
GTX-670
Corsair 750M
G-skill 2x8gb
2TB seagate 7200rpm
ASUS M5A97 motherboard
WiFi Card info
Netgear N600 USB adapter card
model no. WNDA3100
Standard USB 2.0 port
CD software version 2.3
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3886900987
Summary: WiFi N600 card disconnects randomly, and occasionally reconnects, but the computer views it as a standard USB device, not the WiFi adapter, so it doesn't reconnect. Occasionally after restarts it will work fine for hours on end. Whenever I play a game that requires a consistent internet connection it stays on and works fine.
Thanks a thousand, hope I provided enough backround info.
Now that that's out of the way.
I recently had a horrible power supply surge that destroyed my old power supply, hard drive, and USB Wifi adapter. After buying all new parts, I was told by a friend to upgrade to the Windows 10 beta because it's great. So I did. Before I was on Windows 7, and the WiFi adapter I had was a netgear N600 (I know I should just get a PCI card but regardless) So when I upgraded to windows 10 I installed the EXACT same drivers I had before (version was the same, everything) and to my surprise I keep getting random disconnects! The computer will make the notification noise as if I physically disconnected the USB from the port. But the USB device is still in there. I've gone through all of the device manager tabs, made sure it didn't go into sleep mode, made sure it was getting enough power, etc. The problem persists. I've tried rolling back drivers, updating them, tried different USB ports, installs and removals of software constantly, and yet the problem persists still. But here's the kicker. Sometimes once in a blue moon if I restart, it will work for hours without fail, and even more strangely, if I play any game that requires some sort of internet connection, it will stay connected, and not only that, it stays really fast and really consistent.
If anyone has any solutions or suggestions I'm open to them. I'll leave my technical specs below, as well as any other information I deem useful. Thanks again in advance.
Specs:
Windows 10 Beta OS (build 9841)
AMD Fx-8350 @4.1
GTX-670
Corsair 750M
G-skill 2x8gb
2TB seagate 7200rpm
ASUS M5A97 motherboard
WiFi Card info
Netgear N600 USB adapter card
model no. WNDA3100
Standard USB 2.0 port
CD software version 2.3
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3886900987
Summary: WiFi N600 card disconnects randomly, and occasionally reconnects, but the computer views it as a standard USB device, not the WiFi adapter, so it doesn't reconnect. Occasionally after restarts it will work fine for hours on end. Whenever I play a game that requires a consistent internet connection it stays on and works fine.
Thanks a thousand, hope I provided enough backround info.
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