Why does my internet die? Comcast?

Question

i have comcast internet and for 3 months the internet would cut out up to 3 times a day. no virus stuff was ruing or updating. i was going hardwired into the modem (no wireless or router). i had a tech come out and tell me it was my comp. so i called them and had them install a new modem. the internet hasn't cut out for a week but today my router shut off? w/e reset and worked. also sometimes when i close Counter strike source it dies. it seems to only be this comp i have my laptop next to me and it still was working. the router was sending signal but the internet wouldn't work. its not the cables or anything they were tested and i tried 3 different ones.

so what im asking is what in my comp would cut the internet only on this comp.

i just reformatted and have the latest drivers?

ever sine the new modem it works fine on the internet but counter strike made it die today? is the game to much for my PC

Pentium 4 3ghz 512ram 6600 g force nvidia graphics card asus p5wd2 premium board

if anyone knows it would help? Thanks

Answer 1

first thing you can do is that go in your msconfig settings and disable all startup programs maybe there's program that is running on the background that is using up all of your ram ..... to do that.... if you have windwos xp.....start/ run/ type msconfig and click ok/ then click on the tab startup .....click on disable all at the bottom of that screen......then restart the computer and see if works

sometime the ram memory gets used and there is no room for any other applications to run so it shut down the chipset which will disable your ethernet cable.....

so if the disabling startup programs wont work try upgrading your ram to atleast 1GB more the better.....

Answer 2

That's a very common thing for comcast.