ok it hasent ever FROZE agen sence the chipset driver install ,but it still keeps crashing from time to time , it seems to be doing it onley when im on the internet. also my internet connection seems to "degrade" or "die" over time ...like its still connected at 48kbps but in the task manager's networking chart its onley using no more than 12% of the BW after its been connected more than an hour or 2. whats going on?? are the 2 problems connected to eachother??? could it be bad modem drivers??

its one of the EL CHEEPO modems...i onley payed 8$ for it , could this be the problem?