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I first noticed this when I tried to transfer a file over my small home LAN about a week ago. The issue became a problem 2 days ago when I tried to download a file over a cable connection. I have been trying to fix it since then. The problem is I get insanely slow speeds when downloading files over my network or downloading through my A7N8X Deluxe's onboard NICs. Over the network, it took roughly two minutes to transfer a 200k file. Trying to d/l from the internet, it would start at 18k/s and decrease rapidly to 1k/s while the other computers on the network were downloading from the exact url at 250k/s-300k/s. I'm completely stumped. Here are things I have tried:
-Reinstalling nForce drivers w/ Asus 1.16, nVidia 2.45, and new nVidia 3.13s
-Tried antivirus software and Spybot (a program to get rid of spyware)
-Reinstalling 3Com NIC drivers with the diagnostic program. With the diagnostic program, it was unable to complete the "Network Test"
-Tried switching LAN ports...both nVidia and 3Com NICs did the same
-Disabled all firewalls
-Uninstalled my existing Service Pack 1 (didn't change anything) then reinstalled Service Pack 1
-Tried transferring files in safe mode-same results
The fact that it did the same thing in safe mode rules out that it could be a virus or spy ware, right? I don't know exactly when this happened, but I haven't changed anything significant in my computer in the past few months. Note that this did work flawlessly for months prior to this and the last time I know it worked for sure was probably 3 weeks ago. I'm completely baffled on this one and was hoping somebody would catch something I overlooked or fixed a problem similar to this before. Thanks.
My Specs are below
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Athlon XP 2100+
Asus A7N8X Deluxe (2 onboard NICs)
512 MB PC2100 Crucial DDR
160 GB WD HD w/ 8 MB cache
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
Antec TrueBlue 480w PSU
Windows XP Pro SP 1

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