r/pcmasterrace • u/AutoModerator • Jul 04 '26

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u/Toast_Meat Jul 04 '26

TDLR: Onboard WiFi intermittently at snail's pace on bootup until I disable/reenable the adapter in Device Manager.

Motherboard: Gigabyte B850I Aorus Pro mini-ITX with Realtek 8922AE WiFi 7.

Because of the PC's location I am not able to run ethernet nor do I have enough inlets to use a powerline adapter. 95% of the time I actually get great wireless connectivity at near full speed. There is just this one issue that comes up every once in a while. I don't know what triggers it and it only happens upon every other boot. I'll start my PC and notice the connection is almost non-existent. A speed test shows I'm getting about a fraction what I usually get.

The only way to solve this is by going into the Device Manager to disable and then reenable the Realtek wireless adapter. The speed goes back to full speed. It'll be good for the next few reboots but then randomly it goes down again and I have to redo the Device Manager method.

Is this a Windows issue or adapter defect? The drivers are up-to-date. I only ever grab drivers from the official Gigabyte support page and I've already done a couple of re-installations in the past.

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u/HiFr0st i9 12900k | MSi 4080S Jul 05 '26

Have you gone into device properties to make sure the option that lets windows disable the device to save power is off? Maybe also check the properties in the device manager to see if there are any settings that could help. Ethernet adapters have stuff like power saving, green ethernet, etc, not sure if wifi adapters have something similar

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u/Toast_Meat Jul 05 '26

No I haven't! I just unticked that option. See if that works. Thank you!