Weird problem

Slickster34

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I have this problem with my wireless internet, it only happens on 1 pc and all the other ones are perfect.
Basically what happens is the internet will work absolutely fine for weeks and weeks but then suddenly it will slow to a crawl.
It persists being incredibly slow and will never return to normal, it is not slow in safe mode or (this part I don't understand at all) when I uninstall my GFX driver. The only thing I found that restores it's normal functionality for a while is (this part also makes absolutely no sense to me) unplugging my HDD, plugging in another one I have and then plugging back in the original. Things that I have have ruled out include, virus, heat, services on start up (I eliminated all possibilities), my graphics card. Doesn't matter which HDD I use, the problem will arise again on either one eventually. Also I don't think it's my ISP because the internet works fine on all other machines. Any thoughts or suggestions on the matter would be very much appreciated.
 

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can anyone even suggest what might be going on? How does swithiching around hard drives fix the problem? It's so annoying coz it don't make no sense...
 

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also switching around graphics cards seems to work, i have to take the installed one out, then put in the new one which does not make internet work normally. Only when I reinsert the original does the internet operate normally again. This is ridiculous and I have never heard of a similar problem on any forum ever. Just happens 2 me. Sweet!