Futile Technologies

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I do have to agree with this "buy now" philosophy that is so misguided sometimes. 

E.g) you purchased a PS3 console, full well knowing that the firmware was going to be greater than 20gb. Thus, what do you get in terms of pre-purchasing a PS3 20gb hard drive console?

Answer? The Lemon Law should apply....

Problem: if you noticed that you PS/2 Mouse rarely works or loads up on your Desktop Computer then the most sneaky solution is find a "Generic Mouse Driver" from any of the Support homepages of a Mice Company and install it. Most Generic PS/2 drivers are all the same (e.g. Lenavo, Logitech, LG, and etc).

The Problem is what happens when you seem to unable to work the wheel feature on your mouse for everything BUT on the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Cause: It seems that a combination of settings not being "Turned on" from not a proper installation can result in no wheel scrolling feature.

Solution: Find the "Mouse" icon from the Control Panel and check the Global settings to make sure Mozilla Firefox is not an "Exception" for Global settings.

If you grab one of these errors "Hardware acceleration is either disabled or not supported by your video driver, driver needs updated. No driver for vga video card that works with windows 7"

and you can no longer get Solitaire or other Microsoft games working such as spider, chess and etc, then there can be some series of problems:

  1.) The most common is that you do not have either a graphic card installed, not the latest graphics card driver installed, etc. Solution: Get it fixed from the main supplier or manufacturer website on their support page.

  2.) It is possible that you did not connect your Graphics card properly... just check under the hood and see if it is okay.

  3.) This WAS MY PROBLEM! .... Direct X -11 32 bit (DxDiag.exe) diagnosed that my Windows 7 64 Bit OS WAS working with Direct X 3D on 32-bit but not on 64-bit (when checking on 64 bit diagnostics)...

  I thought that my chipset driver was incorrect, that the Nvidia Driver was incorrect, my graphics card was not installed, that I needed a VIA Chrome 9 HC Family IGP VGA driver which all drove me MAD.

Your next day of Boot problems is "Boot Failed... Your system may be overclocked, check your settings and set to default..." which has almost driven me mad, because the result is that OS does not load and freezes on the BIOS load up:

Causes and Problems:

1.) The BIOS fails to load and thus the OS (e.g. Windows) fails to load as a result of the warning of Overclocking.

2.) The CAUSE of the problem seems to vary from machine to machine. In the best case scenario, your Motherboard's main bus seemed to have build a some residue current and thus creates a overclocking mechanism. The worst case scenario, is that your CPU (processor) seems to be degrading and needs to be replaced because of ware and tear.

Solutions:

Some of these solutions may not work, but COULD possible work to fixed the overclocking errors:

1.) The simplest solution is to Shut down your computer and leave the computer to discharge the current away from the Main Cooling Fan. If you want to be sure, disconnect the main power cord and start pressing the power on button to fail initiating the desktop computer. Between 45 minutes to 3 hours the current should have dissipated.

2.) This one is more complicated... you need to disconnect the power from your computer. Open the Fan side hood of your desktop computer. Find the heat sink area of your Processor (not the motherboard). The microprocessor should be attached to the motherboard. Clean it with either some Coolant liquid or with an anti-static brush. This should clean the clocking problems with the fan.

My pet peeve for the day: If you ever received a "CMOS clock failed" error from the startup bootup of your desktop computer (during the BIOS startup), then you probably have no idea what the problem is?

Causes of Problems:

1.) You Get C&** blocked from automatically loading your OS (e.g. Windows 7) because of the error. You need to either Press DEL to enter the 'Setup' BIOS or Press F1 to continue, to continue to the OS load.

2.) At some certain point, either after installation of a new battery or just when it is drained, you will start getting Browser errors (Internet Explorer and Firefox) about SSL "This is an Untrusted Website" error for all website addresses. And you do not want to disable SSL config settings...

Answers:

1.) The most likely problem is your Motherboard's Battery is drained for years; because we had NO idea it even had a battery!!!

Explanation: With the upgrade of DDR3 Motherboards, 'BIOS,' which is like the driver software for the CPU motherboard utilises a "CR2032 (3V) toy battery" to store the internal clock time, Boot Order, Master Passwords, CPU and PCI settings, etc. This is quite important if you consider powering down your desktop computer from the power port all the time. 

The problem lies with the fact that this battery rarely gets replaced and thus it drains eventually.

2.) The battery that needs to be replaced is located on the motherboard itself... if you see the Big Semiconductor board where the RAM Modules, PCI ports, the standard VGA outputs, backside USB ports are connected to, then you should find a small Penny Sized coin battery.

Solution:

1.) Turn off the power from the computer. Leave it discharged any residue current in the electronics.

Open up your Desktop Computer by drilling the Fan Side hood with a Screw driver.

2.) Perch your Desktop to the side so that you can locate the motherboard and where the CR2032 battery is located.

3.) After finding the battery, remove it with either a Pen Lid or something not too conductive.

4.) Replace it with either a CR 2032 3V battery or the cheaper CR 2025 3V lithium battery. Most 2$ stores sell them more cheaply than the other one.

5.) ... And you are done!!! (Fix the lid and turn on the Computer).

6.) Just remember that you will need to update the Time on the BIOS time and the OS Calendar Clock; otherwise you get the above mentioned "Untrusted Website" error which is the result of not synchronizing together. 

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