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simple trouble shooting
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HFCG
, Jun 15 2008 01:39 PM
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Posted 15 June 2008 - 01:39 PM
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Computer CPUs are designed so that the address of any piece of data in virtual memory is tracked by a single integer register. So the total amount of data the computer can keep in its working field depends on the width of these registers. A 32 bit register size enables 232 addresses (4 GB) to be referenced. Switching to a 64 bit register increases the available address space to (approximately) 16 TB. This is why 32 bit operating systems can only use up to 4 GB of RAM, and 64 bit operating systems can use much more. (I have a 32 bit system)
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 12:20 PM
I don't want to try to make you look dumb or anything:) But maybe the base to the mouse, it can't see. This happened to me, and it so happened the base fell down below my desk.
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 12:50 PM
It is the left click button.
The mouse moves fine, and the right click button works.
It is most likely a carbon build up, but I have had the mouse for a couple of years so I bought a new one rather than spend my energy cleaning the old one.
The point was not the mouse, rather that one of the easyest, and best, ways to trouble shoot is to simply exchange a known good part for the suspect part before you spend hours looking for software (driver) issues.
The mouse moves fine, and the right click button works.
It is most likely a carbon build up, but I have had the mouse for a couple of years so I bought a new one rather than spend my energy cleaning the old one.
The point was not the mouse, rather that one of the easyest, and best, ways to trouble shoot is to simply exchange a known good part for the suspect part before you spend hours looking for software (driver) issues.
Deo gratiam habeamus
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The purple text in my post are links for you to click on
Computer CPUs are designed so that the address of any piece of data in virtual memory is tracked by a single integer register. So the total amount of data the computer can keep in its working field depends on the width of these registers. A 32 bit register size enables 232 addresses (4 GB) to be referenced. Switching to a 64 bit register increases the available address space to (approximately) 16 TB. This is why 32 bit operating systems can only use up to 4 GB of RAM, and 64 bit operating systems can use much more. (I have a 32 bit system)
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 12:52 PM
Ah!! great lesson:) Learn from others experiences instead of your own:)
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