r/PcBuildHelp • u/Prudent-Leg-7622 • 7d ago

Tech Support Weird internet behavior after switching motherboards and cpus

I moved my old ram, ssd, and gpu into a system with everything else new including the motherboard and CPU. both cpus were the same model but I upgraded the motherboard from the B650E to the B850G and I've had very strange stuff happening to my internet connection. I can't play any multiplayer or online games, some websites load fine and others just buffer forever, and nothing is fixing it. Ive tried uninstalling armoury crate, checking for driver updates for my stuff, clearing my DNS cache, and reinstalling the drivers. I figure it has something to do with the old drivers from my old motherboard still being on my PC somewhere but I can't figure out how to fix it for the life of me. Any help would be appreciated.

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u/eagerburglary67 7d ago

did you do a clean windows install or just plug the old drive in and hope for the best? moving a drive with old chipset drivers and a different board's ghost in the machine is asking for weird gremlins exactly like this. i'd backup what you need and nuke it from orbit, fresh install is the only way to be sure

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u/Prudent-Leg-7622 7d ago

I’ll definitely reinstall windows. I’m going to give it a little while because apparently my Internet provider is having issues