Steam Cannot Download Game Connection Timeout

Surface Pro 3 i5 4GB RAM, Windows 8.1

Jun 24, 2015 - If this doesn't help, I will update my answer with more solutions.

  • Dec 18, 2013 - This led to all my games being deleted and now I am unable to install any. Timed out regardless of download region and I flushed steam twice.
  • Steam will examine the game’s files and – if any problems are detected – will re-download the corrupted files from Steam’s servers. To validate a game’s cache, right-click the game in your Steam library and select Properties.

I cannot update steam or any installed games. They all download very slowly (<10kb/s) and then fail and reset.

Attached is the log from the C:Program Files (x86)Steamlogscontent_log.txt

I've tried ping-ing and tracert-ing various valvexxx.cs.steampowered.com servers and it appears that there doesn't seem to be any packet loss.

Stuff I've tried doing to fix it:

  • Reset computer
  • Switch off firewall
  • Change DNS to GoogleDNS
  • ipconfig /flushdns
  • Turn off 'automatically detect settings' in internet Options
  • netsh winsock reset

I can install games on other networks, and installing/downloading games on a Macbook works. So it appears to be a problem with my computer only.

Derek ChanDerek Chan

1 Answer

It might be something trivial.

First I would like you to check if the download speed isn't limited:

Than, check the download speed of other programs as well.

If this doesn't help, I will update my answer with more solutions.

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