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Old July 23rd, 2020, 06:47 AM
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Win 7 64 bit slow modem speed.

I recently installed win 10 on my desktop computer,it did not install properly so I went back to win 7 64 bit. Now with win7 64 bit my modem speed is reduced to .01 from 50. I went back to win 10 64 and got it up and running fine with normal internet speed. After a couple weeks use I found I hated win 10. Re installed win7 64 bit and same issue, super slow internet speed. I did 6 installs all with same results. I'm running an MSI motherboard Z170A. Could this be the issue that the M/B is screwed up. I tried to see if MSI has a new driver upgrade but the support was so bad I did not get any where. I tried bypassing the onboard ethernet card with a wifi connection, with no luck. Then I installed an ethernet card on motherboard with no luck. My service provided sent me a new modem and still no speed on my comp with win 7. Can anybody tell my why I can't run win 7 on this comp anymore?
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Old July 25th, 2020, 03:09 PM
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Welcome to CTH kellyxxx,

Can't be problems with your network adapter since it works in Windows 10. What you really need to run Is the Windows 7 update, which will probably provide the right driver for the network adapter. It may actually take it a day at slow speeds, but will probably solve your problem.
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Old July 25th, 2020, 06:00 PM
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After I install win 7 I have to run the M/B cd which has all the drivers for the onboard hardware. Internet sound and 3.0 usb slots. would the download have something that could resolve my issue? I can only go online after the cd install.
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Old July 25th, 2020, 08:38 PM
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your win7 is still out of date unless you ran all the updates.
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Old July 25th, 2020, 10:44 PM
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Ya there is no way I can update over 300 meg at dial up speed. This never happened before, everything ran 100%. Now there is no way to use win 7 again. For 3 years everything was fine then out of the blue win 7 won't work anymore. Has to be a motherboard issue, when I replace the drive with the drive with win 10 everything work fine.
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Old July 26th, 2020, 12:30 AM
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If it were a motherboard issue then it would probably affect Win 10 also.
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Old July 26th, 2020, 12:54 AM
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Yes I was thinking the same thing. No idea where to go from here.
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Old July 26th, 2020, 01:14 AM
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I’m not near my computer right now, but later tonight I’ll boot into Win 7, and try to figure out what could be causing your problem.
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Old July 26th, 2020, 01:42 AM
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long shot, any chance you hit a data cap by your isp? anyway, you can manually download the updates on another computer and install later.

https://www.howtogeek.com/255435/how...nience-rollup/
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Old July 26th, 2020, 02:27 AM
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You might want to boot into Win 10, and then download the drivers for your motherboard from here. Make sure you choose either Win 7 64 bit or Win 7 32 bit. You can then copy the drivers to a flash drive, and then boot into Win to install them.
https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z170A-GAMING-PRO
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Old July 26th, 2020, 04:17 AM
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I got the new drivers from there already. I asked them for help and was told your win 10 works fine forget win 7. I will never buy another product from them.

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Old July 26th, 2020, 10:19 AM
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Did you try the LAN drivers from MSI's website?
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Old July 26th, 2020, 04:00 PM
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Yes I did. All the drivers that came on disk I upgraded from that site. What I don't understand is the drivers that came on the M/B cd worked fine for years. I could understand new drivers not working, but not the original drivers.
Now here is an odd thing, sometimes when I boot up the win 7 drive I may get a bit faster download. I can go from .05 to speed 16 and back to super slow next time I try that drive. Never noticed that before. This is with the old drivers.
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Old July 26th, 2020, 07:59 PM
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I would suggest keep doing Windows updates until they give you the right driver.
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Old July 28th, 2020, 04:00 PM
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1. The drivers on the CD are OLD and outdated
2. Win 10 is so much better than Win 7, it is more secure
3. Win 7 is no longer supported, although one of the best O/S MS put out, you can no longer get security updates
4. What was it about Win 10 you didn't like? You can make Win 10 look just like Win 7

https://winaero.com/blog/get-windows...or-windows-10/

5. Internet speed has nothing to due with the motherboard, as said a motherboard issue would be the same in Win 10 as Win 7

6. Internet speed is dependent on several factors;
  • Hardware- Modem, Router, Cable
  • Viruses
  • Software you run
  • Number of Users
  • WiFi vs Lan

MSI site list the latest Lan driver as version 1.1.65.1138 2017-01-03 for Windows 10

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/suppo...ver&Win10%2064


It also list the same driver for Windows 7

Have you tried this driver? You indicated you got the latest drivers from MSI?
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