I came home today to find my PC not displaying anything. After trying to restart it with no luck, I had to turn it off from the back. This happened after a lightning storm. When I powered it back on, everything seemed fine, except my AMD software reset to default due to an unexpected system failure. However, my computer connects to the WiFi but shows no internet access, and it's the only device with this issue. I've restarted my PC, toggled the drivers, and reconnected with no success.
I opened the command prompt and ran 'ipconfig', but it showed all media as disconnected, with no DNS or default gateway listed. I also attempted to ping various websites and got 100% packet loss. I'm at a loss here. The only other solution I see is completely powering off the PC, unplugging everything, removing the GPU, and taking out the motherboard battery for a BIOS reset. Not sure what's going on.
1 Answer
You could try deleting and reinstalling your network drivers. That might help reset the connection. After a storm, some settings can get buggy. Just make sure you have the driver files ready if you need to reinstall them afterward!
How am I supposed to do that without an internet connection?