Wifi is not working properly with Win7

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    w143

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    I installed Windows 7 Pro in my AOA150, dual boot with WinXP or Win7.
    Everything still works good with XP. However, with Win7, my internet connection (wifi) is not stable, everything else is working:
    1. When browsing some websites (e.g: amazon.com, cnbc.com,etc), sometimes, it loads everything, sometimes it just stops loading after loaded partial page.
    2. When downloading big files, it stops or the speed becomes VERY slow like 1kb-3kb after initial normal speed for a few seconds. The normal speed is around 80-120kb/s as I have 1MB line. It usually starts with good speed like 80kb-120kb/s but then it drops to 50kb/s then 20kb/s then continues to drop until 1-2kb/s or stop downloading.
    3. When checking email, the email program downloads a few emails then hangs on 'downloading' and times out later.

    Tried the following methods with no improment:
    - Windows updated the Atheros driver to the latest version: 8.0.0.238
    - Disabled TCP Auto-Tuning: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
    - Use older Atheros drivers

    Is this a Win7 internet setting problem or the wifi driver? Do you guys experience the same thing with Win7?

    Thanks in advance for your helps.
     
    w143, Nov 14, 2009
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    im getting the same issue. if you do some searching in the forums you will find that quite a few people are.

    it appears to be a driver issue that atheros are yet to resolve, ive tested approx 10 different drivers and configs and havent found anything acceptable yet.

    Even if i could peg back the bandwidth to 1Mb p/s that would be fine.. bah.
     
    joners, Nov 17, 2009
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    Still no solution... have boot WinXP :(
     
    w143, Jan 6, 2010
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    AOA150 no other mods apart from 8gb SD card in expansion slot giving 4gb readyboost and Win 7 Home Premium installed.

    My installation is running on 512mb. My BIOS is v.3310

    Apart from disabling some non-essential services and adjusting the visual requirements to aid performance, no other tweaks.

    No problems with Wi-Fi on the Atheros AR5007EG adaptor, I am using the 8 0 0 238 driver with the power save option unchecked. No Wi-Fi drop-out experienced.

    Win 7 is running perfectly well on my little machine, although I am considering a 1gb addition to ny RAM.
     
    Nambleruk, Jan 6, 2010
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