I connected my laptop to my Asus monitor via hdmi cable and it works but for some reason my internet gets really bad. When I do a speed test on my laptop without the external monitor I get around 10 down and 3 up but as soon as I connect it to the external monitor i drop to less than 3 down and almost 1 up. I dont understand how connecting to an external monitor can mess with internet connection. Can someone explain this and can it be fixed?
I am on a wireless connection if that makes an difference.
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I connected my laptop to my Asus monitor via hdmi cable and it works but for some reason my internet gets really bad. When I do a speed test on my laptop without the external monitor I get around 10 down and 3 up but as soon as I connect it to the external monitor i drop to less than 3 down and almost 1 up. I dont understand how connecting to an external monitor can mess with internet connection. Can someone explain this and can it be fixed?
I am on a wireless connection if that makes an difference.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2660544392.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2660558653.png
there is literally no possibility that i am aware of that your monitor could be affecting your net
there is literally no possibility that i am aware of that your monitor could be affecting your net
Maybe the laptop is working too hard?
Maybe the laptop is working too hard?
Are you closing your laptop when you connect to to the monitor so it acts as just the computer and not the monitor+keyboard? When I used to do this and I closed my laptop to save processor power the wifi card would lose signal and be unpredictable
Are you closing your laptop when you connect to to the monitor so it acts as just the computer and not the monitor+keyboard? When I used to do this and I closed my laptop to save processor power the wifi card would lose signal and be unpredictable
Yea, I close it. I use a wireless mouse + keyboard. Its so weird that it does this. Oh well.
Yea, I close it. I use a wireless mouse + keyboard. Its so weird that it does this. Oh well.
shut down your display when you open it up (specify just your external monitor) if you're having bad fps (which I assume you do since its a laptop) so that your GPU has less work to do rendering wise when you play.
shut down your display when you open it up (specify just your external monitor) if you're having bad fps (which I assume you do since its a laptop) so that your GPU has less work to do rendering wise when you play.
Try verifying this:
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Sounds like a classic case of EMI. Make sure no external cables are draped near/over your laptop and move the monitor further away from the laptop. Also, leave the laptop lid open as someone else suggested and migrate your monitor's power cable to a different outlet if possible.
See if things improve that way...
Sounds like a classic case of EMI. Make sure no external cables are draped near/over your laptop and move the monitor further away from the laptop. Also, leave the laptop lid open as someone else suggested and migrate your monitor's power cable to a different outlet if possible.
See if things improve that way...
Laptop antennas run up the sides of the notebook lid and typically terminate on metal pads in the upper third of the screen. When your notebook lid is closed, you're likely orienting the antenna pads perpendicular to the router's antennas instead of parallel, and that likely dramatically reduces the effective surface area of the antennas. I'm not an antenna engineer by any means, but this seems to be the most logical reasoning for your issue.
Leave the laptop open and the back of the lid oriented towards your router, and use the display toggle key combination (usually the function key + one of the F keys that has two boxes or CRT/LCD printed on it) until your external display is enabled but your notebook display is disabled.
Laptop antennas run up the sides of the notebook lid and typically terminate on metal pads in the upper third of the screen. When your notebook lid is closed, you're likely orienting the antenna pads perpendicular to the router's antennas instead of parallel, and that likely dramatically reduces the effective surface area of the antennas. I'm not an antenna engineer by any means, but this seems to be the most logical reasoning for your issue.
Leave the laptop open and the back of the lid oriented towards your router, and use the display toggle key combination (usually the function key + one of the F keys that has two boxes or CRT/LCD printed on it) until your external display is enabled but your notebook display is disabled.