CelticC

Sorry I took a while to get back, been a bit busy with all the X-mas stuff. The wifi has sped up significantly, but sometimes it will just go back to being quite slow again. The speed test always stays the same regardless. I'm not sure exactly why though. However, this happens so infrequently it is not a problem anymore. You have been a great help and thanks for giving up your time to help me out. I'd mark this as solved. I haven't got anything to donate at the moment because of buying all the Christmas gifts, but I'll be sure to give the forum a small donation when I do because you've been a very good help.

This has helped a lot. The connection has become much faster in general, although videos are still very slow. Videos are still slow, but they are a little faster than before, if I wait a few minutes,I can load a 360p video, whereas before that was not possible. Everything else loads in a couple of seconds though, like they're supposed to. Thanks so much, I'll give you an update tomorrow.

No, the other computers are fine. They have a wireless speed similar to this Ethernet speed. Videos load fine and pictures are instant as they should be.

I've tried turning off the router and turning it one again. On other computers in the house, the 37 mins file would take about 50mins on wireless. I've also tried disabling all of the other computer's wifi adapters, and turning them all off and nothing changes. The video plays, but it took about 30 - 45 seconds to buffer the first 5 seconds. About 30 seconds to load each next 5 seconds. Then it upwards of a minute to buffer the next couple of seconds, then suddenly in like 5 seconds it buffered around 20 seconds of the video. If I try moving the slider to an unloaded part of the video it doesn't load it at all. In the lower quality, it is better, if I leave it paused for a couple of minutes it loads the whole thing. The odd thing i that when I was doing the speed test, it was jumping all over the place. With the Ethernet it just stays within its range , not varying too much away from the 7-10 area.

Thanks, that lead me to the right place However, I do not have the option, to modify the settings. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=919n47&s=5 I'm not sure how to allow this. Sorry for all these additional problems.

I can't find that option sorry. I can go to: Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display, don't know if that is the same. Or there is Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Display. Neither have an advanced settings or troubleshooting? I tried hardware and device troubleshooter, that didn't do anything though.

URL to Image of all options: http://oi42.tinypic.com/1547s5e.jpg Update: Intel Centrino says it is up to date.

I get a whole bunch of options, wireless, bluetooth etc.. There are two wireless options: Microsoft Virtual Wifi Miniport Adaptor and Microsoft Virtual Wifi Miniport Adaptor 2. When trying to update them I get a security message : windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software. Is it safe to proceed? Thanks, CelticC

Wireless: Download Speed 7.16 Mb/s Upload Speed 0.39 Mb/s Wired: Download Speed 9.65 Mb/s Upload Speed 0.93 MB/s When I did the test for wired, it was pretty stable. When I did the tes for wireless, the download speed was jumping around everywhere from 1.4 to 9.2 Mb/s, with the number 2 appearing a lot. Thanks again for your ongoing help. Oh yeah, not sure if this helps but I tried downloading a file yesterday, just under 2 gb big. It was going to take over 24 hours to download, possibly more since it took 12 hours just to download (I did wait for the estimated time to be realistic) whereas it took 37 mins on Ethernet connection.

Sorry for the late reply. I was wrong about the warranty, I misread it. I tried to find the RAM as you suggested. I don't have much computer knowledge, but I found some helpful tutorials. I tried following them, but the interior of my computer looks very different to any of the tutorials. I couldn't find the RAM modules. I'm not really confident enough in my skills to try and take them out because it isn't as straightforward as I thought initially. I actually tried connecting the computer to my hub via an Ethernet cable and it worked fine, the connection was as fast as it should be. Does this mean that it isn't the RAM after all? The ehternet is approximately 10 - 12 times faster than wireless. Don't know if that info helps. Thanks, CelticC

Well, not exactly sure about warranty, but as far as I can tell because I have used the computer I won't be able to return it. Will try to remove the Ram modules as you suggested now.

Ok thanks, I'm not sure if the warranty would still apply because it says no modification. I'll look into this and contact the sellers as well. I'll post back within the next 20 minutes.

Thanks. I bought the laptop online. Everything seems fine and it seemed fine when buying it online, just super slow. 6GB RAM and Win7 64 bit like you said.

Hi all, I bought an ASUS N55S yesterday and have been very pleased with it overall. Whilst I had no problem connecting to my wireless connection, it is extremely slow. Youtube videos take a very long amount of time to load, even 240p resolution is barely watchable. Even small images take a long time to load and I am continuously havign to refresh pages because they time out. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, as I do not want to have to return it. I got it at a very good price and like the processor and graphics card. OS: Windows 7. Have not installed anything extra apart from Google Chrome, Microsoft Security Essential and Medieval 2: Total War Gold Edition. All were installed after I experienced the problem. (I originally thought internet explorer was the issue) Thanks, CelticC