Oh my 'G my hands shake, sweating, how silly,this is not brain surgery.
@Hatley (163776)
Garden Grove, California
December 10, 2011 10:44am CST
As I said in an earlier discussion I am having computer mouse trouble. yesterday I only spent half a day on mylot but just once
my mouse stopped running and I had to unplug and plug back in.sounds
so simple does it not? okay so this morning I have only been working for 20 minutes and it stopped. S o I just pulled the plug part way
out and this time it did not work . so I had to unplug it then in a small space just a few centimeters larger than the plug in place I just could not get the blasted plug back in. I was shaking with tension getting mad at myself. so I pull the computer on its cardboard box out further so I can actually see the back. I untangled
the cord of the mouse then tried one more time,voila it slid in. but
here I am , sweating , shaking like I had just completed some
really complicated brain surgery. And angry with myself for being like
that.Other people can do all these things with such ease but me I feel'like a ninny trying to do fairly simple computer maintenance.
Am I the only one who is electronically challenged? your take
mylotters. i need a drink of water after all this. lol
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27 responses
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
10 Dec 11
Ohhhh auntie you are feeling angry but I can imagine how will you see after angry haha...just telling morning joke. Why your mouse is doing this now my mouse is running good. Now winter season is started so my fingers not working properly. Hmmm you drink a glass of water but I am drinking a cup of tea...
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 11
hi fanta thanks you made me smile and laugh too.I think that
some tiny wire in my mouse is partly broken so it makes an]
intermittent connection. oh what i really need is a cup of
coffee. oh aha I do have a packet of raspberry tea and I
can run hot water in the bath room and make myself some
soothing tea. I have quit trembling but feel silly once
I got the darned thing plugged inl. hi 3 honor yes both kinds]are pesky I think we are rid of the rat problem as I ha ve not seen]it around now for a week. I think tru ly it ran o ut of here to someone
else[s room where maybe they have better snacks lol
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
10 Dec 11
Sounds to me like you need a wireless mouse. I love mine -- when it works, and it works most of the time unless it's batteries die. But I can still relate to your problem. I haven't touched my old computer at the other house very oftenfor over a year because I can't get anything to appear on the monitor and neither mouse nor keyboard will work. Because neither works, I can't install the software to make them work. I bought a brand new mouse and keyboard and neither will work on this. So it sits. I suspect maybe the monitor connection might have come loose, but I'm not about to crawl to the back of the computer, which is on a stand I can't move, with a mass of chords. I never thought of that when I put the computer there. I don't need it for anything but my wireless connection, if for that, since I do use my laptop over there now, and it needs to use the connection. I'm not sure the router will work if I get rid of the other computer that has the wired connection.
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@davaome (1826)
• Philippines
10 Dec 11
You seemed to be having a bad day Hatley,
I have experienced that a few times with usb chords, and i can't seem to stick it right everytime, because I'm to lazy to look closer that's why get a hard time plugging it in. And I think that it's normal :)
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 11
hi davaome well it started out bad but now the mouse is working I am now not trembling. I think I am electronically challenged.
My old computer was chugging along pretty
noisy and I am thinking what if I hit the wrong thing, then I had
to laugh at myself. I did untangle the mouse cord and that I guess
'made me hold the blade end just right as it slid right in.Now I
can laugh at getting so bent out of shape over it.
My old computer was chugging along pretty
noisy and I am thinking what if I hit the wrong thing, then I had
to laugh at myself. I did untangle the mouse cord and that I guess
'made me hold the blade end just right as it slid right in.Now I
can laugh at getting so bent out of shape over it.
@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Dec 11
wow! I bet you want a new workable mouse put on your Christmas list. I think you had a sort of panic attack when it wouldn't work and you were trying so hard to get it to. I am very electrically challenged! I come from electricy challenged descendants. My grandma was almost afraid of electricity. She told me she could feel the electrical current when she went to plug something in. Can you imagine?
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Dec 11
hi celticeagle well from whats happen today it looks like'I am getting a workout in plugging in the keyboard plug as well as
the mouse plug and doing it right. My son unfortuneately
cou ld not come to help me with a new mouse tonight as someone
stole a wheel off his bike and he has been looking all over
'to get a new wheel to repair his bike. he said he will either
email me or phone me when he can come. I just hate the way we'have so much thievery and most are from the Mexican youth gangs, they are all here illegally and people wonder why most Californians want them deported? because they kill people and steal all the time thats why.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
hi celtic you know I have Mexican friends who came here legally, and became citizens and there is a world of difference between them as proud American citizens and the illegals who cause so much grief'with their thievery and their drive by shootings.when we had our house our neignbors were Mexican american citizens and were such great 'neighbers. we were even invited to their daughters wedding and that fantastic as part of the ceremoney and the dance people pinned money on her gown.I really enjoyed being there and she was so sweet in her lovely bridal gown and veil.
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@celticeagle (166761)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Dec 11
is right. Sad that they have to give the country a bad name. Mexico that is.1 person likes this
@changjiangzhibin89 (16758)
• China
11 Dec 11
No ! you are not electronically challenged .I think your mouse is so old that it has to be scrapped.I often had problem with network speed last year.I change it from 2MB(megabyte) to 4MB this year.However these days it is normally at 360 kB/sec .I don't log in many web site including mylot.I have no choice but to restart computer again and again.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Dec 11
hi changjiangzhibin oh yes my mouse is acting like an elderly
spoiled brat. I called my son yesterday as he had said he would
come see me S aturday, thats yesterdcay, and bring me a new
mouse. I found out that he had left his bike outside padlocked
to the iron fence at his apartment complex. some horrid crook
came along and just calmly detached his front bike wheel and
stole it. oh my. He was so u pset as finding a new wheel was
taking forever and was costly so he could not come. He will'
call me when he gets his bike repaired then he can fix my
mouse. lolso I have to keep m y cool and hope it will keep
on doing its mousely duties. lol lol
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
no chang not just one day sob , one week as my son works all week'and by the time his work days over and he rides the buses home the sores are closed. so he said he can replace it this Saturday.so I am hanging in there trying to be calm, cool and collected.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16758)
• China
12 Dec 11
That damned crook!he is really an old hand at stealing bike .Who thought he could detach the front bike wheel?You had to deferred scrapping the old mouse for one day.
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@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
16 Dec 11
dear Hatley as I am born premature my fine motorics have always been a problem for me so I hate it when the computer or even better the printer at work stops doint what it is supposed to be and here I am trying to find out what to do next. Sigh.
So it would have been same challenge for me as it is for you and I am glad you found out how to fix the problem and hope no more upsets about your computer now any more.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Dec 11
hi rittersport I am sick with a nasty sore throat and that damned mouse keeps stopping. perhaps tomorrow I will jus stay in bed
all day but i hate that. well my son did not come so am not sure'
whats going on,I am sure he had a good reason not to come but it
would havehelped if he had just phoned me. lol good night.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Dec 11
hi rittersport I cannot either but usually whenI does not call he has some good re ason so I will wait and see before I lose my
temper. I just called him and he willstop by tomorrow after work.
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
18 Dec 11
oh no poor Hatley, sore throat and colds are no fun at all so I hope you get better really soon.
Cant understand that your son was not even calling, as I guess he knows you are waiting for him to come around and see you.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
10 Dec 11
Oh, That mouse again
Don't you worry, your nice son will be coming to give you the new mouse
In the meantime, try to relax and sip some tea
Don't you worry, your nice son will be coming to give you the new mouse
In the meantime, try to relax and sip some tea1 person likes this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
a quick note last Saturday my son had the front wheel of his bike
stolen so here went my mouse as it took all he had to get a new
front wheel and tire and get it put back together. so now its
on for this Saturday. meanwhile I am having all sorts of fun,not.
plug it in it goes out replug it. bang it and sometimes it works
sometimes it does n ot so pullit out andreplug it. grrrrrrrrrr.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Dec 11
hi eneelym001 Monday night my son brought me this lovely bigger new
mouse and it's working beautifully.So am hoping to shake this cold and make a lot more before the end of the month and shut off time. I aim for 25 dollars but do not always make it to the 25 dollar mark.
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
15 Dec 11
What a crook those guys are! Stealing someone's property. Again, you have to wait for some time, it's okay just keep playing with the mouse. But I do hope your mouse will cooperate with you until a new one comes.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
10 Dec 11
Hey there Hatley! Sorry you had such a tough time with plugging and unplugging the mouse :( I've had similar issues though it usually involves weirdly shaped or sized (small) plugs. I do often get very frustrated but it's directed at myself. Before my MS, I had fine motor control and computers never fazed me, but since being dx'd I've experienced a lot of frustration. Could be the reason I follow K.I.S.S.--Keep It Simple Stupid.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 11
like P urple saysdown below this slot is under the keyboard connection so even with a flashlight I can not see it but could feel it so was trying to slide the blade into the slot . I think I was
holding it at an angle . so I untangeled it, felt the slot with my right hand and just slid it in like I had never had a bit of trouble
in the first place. it fits into a slot just big enough for it so it has to be held a certain way .
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
11 Dec 11
I understand--I don't like the USB plugs in the back of my tower but I never had a problem with my laptop (other than remembering what plugs I couldn't use). But the weird space to plug in Jim's Black Berry is another matter entirely--I think it's just designed to aggravate me!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
its an oldercomputer desktop and at night I have to hold a flashlight in my teeth to find the slot once I unplug the mouse so I can replug it in the right spot. I am hanging in here til this coming
Saturday when my son can buy me a new mouse. so far so good. lol.
@sid556 (30960)
• United States
12 Dec 11
I don't think you are electronically challenged, Hatley. Hmm...not sure what the right word would be but I get the same way. There is almost no room for me to get behind MY computer when I need to do something like that. (Space challenged?) Also. I'm clumsy and have poor eyesight and the lighting in my living room is horrible at night. All those factors makes what should be a very simple job, turns into a very very frustrating adventure with me swearing at myself and my computer as well. Truth be known, I am electronically challenged also but if I can see what I'm doing and don't have all the other obsticles then I have a ton of patience and will play around with something until I get it up and running.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
15 Dec 11
I feel your pain, Hatley! I've been there...lots! Sometimes I get so frustrated that I swear and my daughter will come up and go, "Mom, are you ok?" I'll be like, "yes! I'm just very frustrated!!" It's always such a relief when I finally get everything up and running.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Dec 11
tonight its been really awful and to top things off I have a
very sore throat so its not much fun.glad its time for me to
sign off.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
hi sid thats also my problem and last night it was probably funny to see me with my small flashlight in my teeth, my left had holding
the keyboard plug so I will not dislodge it,while my right hand is
'trying to get the mouse blade plug back in its slot.I finally did
'it., the space is just wide enough for the plug, and the round pluf
for my keyboard is just a hairsbreadth above it. so I am having such
fun not.
@littleowl (7157)
•
10 Dec 11
Hi Hatley,
Having to do what you did would of annoyed me, you aren't the only one computer maintenance uninsured-lol-so am I. If anything goes wrong with mine then I am on the phone to someone who knows what to do-and that sometimes is Tamarafireheart's husband!
At the moment she is very ill and hasn't been on the computer for months, so she doesn't know the change in her payments here-when coming back I lost quite a bit so am now trying to be more active..
Hugs
LoLo
@littleowl (7157)
•
10 Dec 11
I will let Tamara know how you miss her-she is missed by a lot of people online too, but earlier in the year she had Glandular Fever which is very much like Pneumonia which I had at the beginning of the year-since Tamara has had the Glandular Fever which she has recovered from she is now getting a lot of other physical problems of which she is seeing her Doctor for and the hospital. So at the moment she just hasn't felt like coming on the computer at all. I will let her know you are praying for her too..
Hugs
LoLo
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 11
hi little owl so I am glad I am not alone. Oh my I did not know
Tamara fireheart is so ill. I have missed her for months.
I think when I untangled it from all the other cords I
must have held it in just the right position as it slid
right in. when my mouse works then I can be active again.
Tamara was one of my first mylot friends when I first
came on mylot. I do hope she gets better and will send some
prayers for her to get well quickly and come on back to mylot.
thanks for telling me about tamara. 
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 11
thanks so much littleowl I have heard that Glandular Fever makes yo very ill. I have been great since I found out that a lot of pancake syrup can kill me. No some things like the shingles I had one summer mylotting actually helped me forget the pain but other illness the last thing you want to do is be on the net at all.I hope a lot of mylotters join me in praying for Tamara as shes a great mylotter.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Dec 11
I know exactly what you mean. for years ive been stressing when something is wrong with my pc. but worse then that is i get mad at myself for having emphezema and arthritis so bad that i can barely stand up or walk very far and can no longer do things like clean and cook that used to be so easy for me 10yrs ago. 
my daughter kept hinting for me to make a cake last night but i just didnt have it in me and she had worked long hours but had to make it herself and thats what i get so mad about.
my daughter kept hinting for me to make a cake last night but i just didnt have it in me and she had worked long hours but had to make it herself and thats what i get so mad about. @Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 11
hi bunnybon I think in some ways I know how you feel as since last February when I had that bad fall i have used a walker and am shocked at how hard it is for me to walk just a few feet across the room.I
'get scared I will lose my balance.,I should use my quad cane in my room more. I do so want to move out of here one day into an apt with
my son but can I walk around like I used and once again cook for myself? I think I can but really can I?.,
anyway I just did a bit of a miracle here. my mouse went o ut for the third time and I finally got the mouse blade back in its slot only to have the keyboard round plug come out.but this time I pushed it back in and twisted it a bit and it stayed as the keyboard is'now
working. I also have severe arthritis in my knees and my ultram keeps the pain down most of the time but since that fall my right knee still hurts usually at night. I have tried to the exercises I was told to do and they help some.
the silly thing is I get tense and am still trembling , why its not that hard but yes it is for me.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
yes it really does as I see others my age without having to use
a cane or walker going out for the walks I used to take.
I know my son is the same way too as he keeps telling me I need'more exericise but I panic when I get too far from the building as my'knee could give out on me. I guess I am sort of a sissy. I think in some way tthe walker makes me too dependent of it. I need to be able to walk across a room without the walker. darn.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Dec 11
you know it just breaks our hearts when we find we just cant do what we used to. i dont know why but i see others my age still doing so much and think i will never be the same. and my kids cant see it so they dont understand because i dont show it and so many others my age still do so much
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
11 Dec 11
Hi Hatley,
Sorry to hear you got so stressed with your mouse. I know when I am trying to do some maintenance, etc., with my computer, I too get stressed. I think it is because the cost so much and plus I have no idea if what I am going to do will put my computer out of commission or not.
Take it easy, enjoy your evening.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
I am just hanging in there now til Saturday when myson said he'can buy me a new mouse.So I am keeping 3 cs , meaning calm.cool, and
collected. lol I have found today that if I just wiggle it a bit
in the slot the mouse will come back on. I think its got
a shorting problem.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Dec 11
hi this past Monday night my son came by after work and brought me
a new mouse and even put it in for me. its a bit bigger, easier to handle3 and works just beautifully too.It is very sensitive to the
touch so you just barely touch it and it does just what you wish it to do,Merry Christmas and a most Jpyous New Year
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@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
14 Dec 11
Glad to hear that you are staying calm, cool and collected. Sorry to hear you are still having problems with your mouse. Well it is Wednesday today, so you probably have gotten your new mouse by now.
Have a wonderful day Hatley.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
21 Dec 11
happy to know that your mouse problem has been sorted out nicely. I am sure you will be stronger now mentally and physically and do a lot of mylotting.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
23 Dec 11
hi ravisivan I have always been a wit overawed with the computer bu t having to live here as made me have to learn a few basics on computer
repair. not anything big as that I leave to my son but basics like when the power goes off I must reset the cable so I know just how to do it.Before when I and my son shared an apt. I called him to do everything but now I do know some computer basics Merry Christmas
and a very Happy New Year.
@chicksdigscars (5483)
•
10 Dec 11
lol this made me laugh. i'm actually quite good with computers, and i don't really mind doing anything to fix something. i think some people are a fixer and some people are a smasher lol! i don't really care about breaking anything, it doesn't cross my mind. but i think it crossed yours and that is probably why you got so worked up because you were thinking things like, oh what if it doesn't work, and what if i break it further etc.. whereas i'm like YOU STUPID PIECE OF CRAP! lol!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Dec 11
hi chicksdigscars oh I was thinking stupid piece of junk but also
you are right I get afraid I will make things worse but really after
I untangled it from the other wires I must have lined it up right with its slot so it slid in perfectly.then i was thinking you
damned old thing why did you not do that for me the first time I
tried. 
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
hi chicksdigscars yes but the thing is if I actually threw
the mouse across the room like I want to them I cannot
mylot boo hoo lol lol grrrrrrrrrrr. I have banged it a
few times and once it came back on.lol.
@chicksdigscars (5483)
•
11 Dec 11
nothing better than taking your aggression out on an inanimate object lol!!
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@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
18 Dec 11
Hi Hatley, you are old school so I know that you have heard the
saying...Haste makes waste...Its not that you are electronically
chellenged its jus that it was something that you had tried and
when it didn't work for you this time you bacame flustered instantly..
But once you did what you needed to do to get to the area properly.
like you said...voila.. at least it didn't drive you to drink so
how bad could it have been...
YOU DID IT!!!!!!!LOL
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
18 Dec 11
hi bjc66bjc Yes when I finally accomplished it I did sort of give
nmyself a big pat on the back. Yes haste does make waste and with the myraid of plug ins back of my computer I c an see you have to be
squared with the opening in order to plug in anything. so next time I willknow just what to do. live and learn is a good policy.
@derek_a (10874)
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11 Dec 11
You are certainly having a lot of problems with your mouse. Yes, I can know what you feel when I get computer trouble and I sit with bated breath hoping that it will all work OK... Computers are challenging things at times, and I could swear that mine deliberately gets awkward like a young child that doesn't want to do what you tell it to, just be be awkward! No, you are not alone my friend! _Derek
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Dec 11
hi Derek yep my mouse is again acting like a brat this morning so unplugged it replugged going well now for awhile.I called my son to see if he was coming to see me yesterday and leanred some bad
man had stolen the front tire from his chained down bike,. oh my g the thievery around here now is just terrible. so he has to 
repair his bike first before he can come help me out so am
just trying to make it and not get rattled.
repair his bike first before he can come help me out so am
just trying to make it and not get rattled.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
11 Dec 11
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Hatley. U are not alone when it comes to doing anything electronically. I'm a #1 dunce, believe me. My sons were quite shocked when i got a computer to start with. To be honest i shocked myself, lol.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
myson gave me a free computer back when I was in my midfifties and I said oh I dont need the net but when he got me on the net I was gone'it was just fantastic and I could get information on'
anything I wished. I was hooked and he was surprised but
then when I like something I get passionate about it.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
hi bhanusb yes really I need a new mouse so am trying to
hang in until Saturday when my son promised he would buy
me a new mouse. replugging just turns it on for as long
as it does for anywhere from five minutes to three hours
so you can imagine my frustration money is the reason I
did not call a computer doctor 75 dollars I dont have
that kind of money so am doing best I can til Saturday
again. lolem]thumbdown[/em]
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Dec 11
hi pahak yes thats the ticket as Its hard to do anything'whem you
are shaking and sweating.lol. I an having to hang on as my son
cannot buy a mouse til this Saturday. so must keep cool and
self confident. loll
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
11 Dec 11
hi devi ha ha no hardly I am just learning how to unmplug and replug some parts of my computer but other than that I know nothing about its innards at all.now I have got a set back a s my son had the front wheel of his bike stolen yesterday so he was looking all over the county trying to find a wheel to replace the missing front wheel.
I guess the scoundrel thief was angry cause the bike was securely
padlocked to the railing around my son's apartment so he just took
the front wheel instead.so now my son has to get a new wheel for his bike then attach it. So he said he would call me or email me when he could come with my new mouse and install it.so once again I just wait and when it quits unplug it and replug it. lol lol
