Issues with Streaming and Starting Games

[Wyrmclan]

Hello,

I recently received my desktop in the mail, and I have owned it for less than 48 hours at this point. My issue is that my computer appears to have an issue with streaming any videos or music from online. I have tried Youtube, Twitch, Google Play Music, and even audiocheck.net. The webpage loads fine, but the stream buffers infinitely. In the case of live streams (such as Twitch) the stream will eventually begin playing at 1 frame every few seconds with no audio.

This problem appears to extend to my videogames, where when I open something from Steam either the game application shows a black screen, or no game application appears in the task bar. 

I have had had success removing this problem by restarting my computer, but that has proven to be an unreliable fix. 

Here is my product info:

Product name: OMEN by HP Obeslisk Desktop 875-0xxx

Product number: 4WP44AV

Processor: Intel(R) Core i9-9900 CPU @ 3.10GHz

[WAWood]

@Wyrmclan 

This could be a Browser issue -- at least, let's hope it's that simple.

MS just RETIRED their old Internet Explorer browser, so if you are using that, it is a major issue.

What I would do is try using ookla speedtest using each of the different Browsers (i.e., FireFox, Opera, New Edge) and seeing which one performs better -- and seeing if that addresses the buffering issue.

Even if that works, You should not be having problems like this with a new PC!

You paid for free HP Tech Support as part of the warranty coverage, so you might as well make use of it.

Unfortunately, we are NOT HP Tech Support and we have no way to diagnose or repair your PC, so while this PC is still under warranty, you should contact HP Customer Support directly to have them put you in touch with HP Technical Support to see what they can do about troubleshooting and repairing your machine remotely.

I did this recently and the HP Tech was able to remotely access my PC from the Internet to check out the problems.

If they are unable to fix your PC, then you need to explore what options you have to get it replaced under the warranty.

To contact HP Support Goto this page https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp

[Wyrmclan · Accepted solution]

I was able to resolve my issue with the help of a HP Support representative over the phone. I did a factory reset of my computer and was sure to install updates from the HP Support Assistant prior to any windows updates. The phone technician said I may have had a generic driver installed somewhere that was causing necessary services to crash on my computer.

Thanks for the help!