Crazy ping spikes on new laptop

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Does anyone know why this happens on a new laptop? I have it alot, and it's really annoying, sometimes it spikes to 4000 ping...
I don't think its a network issue because I never had it on my old laptop..
I asked for help on some forums but I dont get a clear answer.. some say its because HP send a lot of info to them... idk...

[video=youtube;gZdvGQ3xDJ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZdvGQ3xDJ4[/video]
 

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Check your windows power setttings.
Default settings can be very "cottonwool" with things like HD, network card, screen etc, to all go into powersave mode, especially if its running in battery mode.
Just the HD going to power save can cause contstant lag issues in gameplay.

Antivirus protection can also be a cause. If set to real time protection, it could be checking evey file used all the time.
 

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Have a look on task manager see what else is running. Took a while to sort mine out
 

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Right click the battery on your taskbar (near date&time) and click power options, make sure it's set @high performance if it's not that it could be your internet speed, in the video you've 1.4k ping which is quite a bit
 

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Check your windows power setttings.
Default settings can be very "cottonwool" with things like HD, network card, screen etc, to all go into powersave mode, especially if its running in battery mode.
Just the HD going to power save can cause contstant lag issues in gameplay.

Antivirus protection can also be a cause. If set to real time protection, it could be checking evey file used all the time.

Disabled a few AV settings that have to do with network, didnt have 2K spikes but spiked to 200 tho, Ill have to play a bit longer and see if it comes back.

Have a look on task manager see what else is running. Took a while to sort mine out

Yeh done that, but almost nothing is running lol.

Right click the battery on your taskbar (near date&time) and click power options, make sure it's set @high performance if it's not that it could be your internet speed, in the video you've 1.4k ping which is quite a bit

It was on recommended by HP, changed it to high performance now.

Are you on wireless or Wired connection?

Wireless but so was my old laptop and never had issues.


Thanks for the suggestions, did a few tweaks and I'll see if it helps :)

NVM, just spiked to 4117 ping lol
 
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Unplug it and blow on it


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Yeh I rebooted internet and my laptop lol, gonna try in a bit Jamie
 

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Take ur laptop battery out n run off the socket, 0 need for it to be in.

Also screen dump your task manager
 

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Still having this issue, just pinged my own IP and this are the results...
Sometime I get a message from my AV that an IP is scanning my ports, I thougt it could have to do with that but I blocked all incoming connections from that IP and the problem is still not gone.
Could it be my network card or something? I doubt it because it is a new laptop...



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Ping 8.8.8.8 and see what the result is.
Have you tried running a tracert to track the packages you're sending?


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Ping 8.8.8.8 and see what the result is.
Have you tried running a tracert to track the packages you're sending?


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Tracing route to google.com [172.217.17.46]
over a maximum of 30 hops:


1 388 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 431 ms 14 ms 15 ms 10.55.192.1
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 483 ms 12 ms 12 ms dD5E0FA75.access.telenet.be [ ]
5 497 ms 12 ms 15 ms brx-b1-link.telia.net [62.115.14.81]
6 151 ms 15 ms 15 ms adm-bb4-link.telia.net [62.115.140.46]
7 134 ms 17 ms 15 ms adm-b2-link.telia.net [62.115.141.23]
8 19 ms 17 ms 16 ms google-ic-316747-adm-b2.c.telia.net [62.115.145.177]
9 17 ms 21 ms 15 ms 108.170.241.225
10 19 ms 37 ms 17 ms 108.170.236.137
11 19 ms 16 ms 18 ms ams16s29-in-f46.1e100.net [172.217.17.46]
 

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I get something really weird on this server, If i'm logged on for 4-5 hours without relogging my ping will sit at 1,000 pretty much and i can't do nothing 3-4 step lag, i restart client it's perfectly fine running off wireless but this does not happen on any other game, like 50 Down, 13 upload, 5 ping no way i should be getting this high ping. like i said i don't even reset my wifi just relog it goes back to 7-15
 

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Who is your ISP? (Please be someone with a good support team)
You will need to contact them with the results of your ping test and tracert to show that you are getting intermittent issues.
They will contact BT/PlusNet in the first instance to run a few line tests see if that's causing any issues.

Who's the top talkers on your network? What activities are they all doing, anything automated/periodic?


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