To do that, you can follow the below steps: If the scenario applies, you can power cycle your router or modem to clear the router cache. The network problem might be caused due to corrupted or bad router cache which is slowing down download speed on Origin. In case all is good with your internet, try the next potential fix to resolve the problem.
Apart from that, you can also try disconnecting multiple other devices connected to the same network so that your primary device can utilize full bandwidth.
Test your internet speed and if it is slow, you will have to contact your ISP or upgrade your internet plan. Also, ensure that your internet’s speed is good enough to download content on Origin. If there are some WiFi connectivity issues, you can try troubleshooting them. So, do check your internet connection and make sure you are not dealing with an internet connectivity issue. It requires you to be connected to a stable internet to download games and content on the Origin client.
Make sure your network adapter driver is updated.Here are the methods that you can try to fix the problem of slow download speeds in Origin: We have discussed all these methods in detail so checkout below. You can even try starting Origin in R&D mode which reportedly provides better download speed.
Other than that, power cycle your networking device, run Origin with admin rights, update your network driver, etc. To increase Origin download speed, make sure you are connected to a good speed and stable internet connection. You can follow the fixes that we have mentioned here to get rid of the problem. Now, if you are one of those dealing with the same problem, this post is for you. It can be frustrating seeing your games download so slow. As reported by them, games and updates take forever to download. However, some users have reported experiencing slow download speed on Origin. The Origin desktop client allows Windows users to download games and other game-related content from Electronic Arts. Here is a full guide on how you can fix the slow download speed problem on Origin. before i go make sure you are not using WiFi and/or 3g. *edit going to sleep now midnight in UK so CS will take over for me i hope is your ISP having problems? my mate on virgin media in UK pays for a 100 mb download at the moment he is getting 0.4kb down and 0.04 up (on a fiber optic connection) is this what you have paid your ISP to supply you with? if not the next step is to complain to your isp, or have they capped your speed because you have downloaded to much.Īnother question would be. Now we have the troubleshooting stage, there is a question to be asked. If you are getting a 1mb download this could be what your problem is (1mb is not low compared to what i have seen but it is on low end of the scale) (you are downloading from a server you will not need to worry about your upload) This will tell you the performance of your internet speed.
(pause for 10 seconds to a minute?) restart router. I'm starting to think you guys should put up a disclaimer to warn off the faint of heart.įirst of all how many tips have you tried? At this rate it will be another two to three days. I have exhausted the troubleshooting tips and am currently on day two of trying to download this game. I am continuing to have the same issues listed above. I'm getting no higher than 50kb/s and have done much better tech troubleshooting, related to the problem at hand, than provided here and no better results. Anyways.this seems to be utterly a fail to request help here. Wonder if the internal tech support answering calls will ask you to unplug your ethernet cable and turn it around. Because resolving host names was our problem.yes? WoW!!! I'm impressed with the whitty saviness of the support staff monitoring the boards. When you have done this correctly they should see the message "Successfully flushed the DNS resolver cache".įlush your DNS he says.right on. When the CMD window opens type ipconfig /flushdns. When the run window appears type CMD into the box and hold Ctrl+Shift and press enter to run an elevated command prompt. To do this please follow the instructions below: First hold the windows key on your keyboard and press the R key. Apart from that you can also try and flush your dns cache and then restart the launcher. You can try the tip mentioned by warriorcat pause the download for a few minutes and then start again.
I can assure you that we are not throttling the download speed of our patch servers, more likely this is affected by the connection to a specific server or other restrictions applied by ISPs. I'm sorry to hear that you encounter download speed issues and that you are not pleased with the previous response from my colleague in this thread.