My Life With IT

I am totally stumped. My Asus A8J has stopped being able to use the Bluetooth totally. I am not sure when it stopped working. The hardware devices shows the following.

The driver seems perfectly fine.

Attempts to set the Bluetooth to be discovered led to the following error.

Apparently, the discoverability and connection settings were not saved since the bluetooth seems to be unplugged. Now, the thing is that in Bluetooth Devices, the hardare isn’t even there.

Seriously, I don’t know what happened to the hardware. How can there be a missing bluetooth hardware when it’s all in the devices? Attempts to reinstall the driver has failed due to the system being unable to detect any bluetooth being plugged in. It’s a built-in device, so I am not sure how it can get loose from the system itself.

When recovery doesn’t work, how can this problem to resolved? Anyone has this problem before?

With the rising number of people being retrenched, I can see that there is no security in any job. Even with recession proof jobs like teaching, nursing or food industry, it all boils down to a matter of choice for the customers or consumers. There has been quite a number of businesses that are started by those who have been affected by various reasons to start working from home.

Most people think that working from home means waking up at a comfortable time and having more flexibility in the working hours. For those who are freelancing, you may want to check 0ut how to simplify your life. It is so easy to get distracted by the Internet clutter: comic strips like Dilbert, emails, MSN, Twitter, Plurk, Tumblr, Posterous, and many new social media sites springing up are being reported by technology blogs or sites.

If freelancing at home means a lot of discipline, it is no different from working in the office. Just that no one will look at you to make you feel guilty. Personally, I prefer working from home in a truly comfortable manner. Meaning, despite the distractions, I am still being productive and earning a decent amount of money to pay the bills and enjoying trips around the world.

Working from home should be simple; that’s why I chose to work from home instead of spending 3 hours of travelling time just to get to the office and back home. That’s why my internet access should be free from worrying about some boss checking if I am surfing non-official sites during office hours. That’s why my lunch time can be as long as I want it to be.

That’s why I shouldn’t have to worry about my business even if I’m on vacation for more than a month. It should be a happy choice that I can still enjoy life and really be able to enjoy the fruits of labour that I have been working so hard for. Teachers taught us to work hard and have a high paying job. But we were never taught how to have something that will give us income security even when we are unable to work due to medical reasons.

While it’s well known that some companies recycle mobile phones and computers, it’s rare for a company in Singapore to have an IT solution and able to help us recycle at the same time. C.Cenex Private Limited is a company that provides IT solutions and takes part in being green at the same time.

The recycling programme helps us in getting rid of spoilt laptops, computers, gadgets, etc and even pays us for the remaining resale value. I don’t know what other recycling programme does that. It also provides the assurance that our data will be wiped out before being recycled.

Time to collect the unwanted or spoilt IT gadgets for recycling!

Having sent in two different brands of laptops for repair, I must admit that I am rather surprised at the different ways the repairs are being handled. My experience with Asus and Lenovo has a vast difference. I’m not even sure where to begin.

Let me start off with Asus, I had to send in the laptop for repair as the screen showed only half of what it supposed to show. I had to travel to The Adelphi in order to send in for servicing as there isn’t a collection by the service centre itself.

For Lenovo, I had to call the service centre and wait for them to arrange a collection. They were supposed to give me a case number so that I would be able to collect it later. A call on Monday ended without any reply from them. Thus, I had to call on Tuesday to check. Apparently, my call didn’t seem to be registered with them since the pick up department or section didn’t even receive my request.

Therefore, I’m wondering if the guy even acknowledge the issues for the IdeaPad Y430 at all. Does that mean that the intermitant sounds and USB problem weren’t that major enough to warrant a service? Fortunately, the guy in charge of the pick up was very helpful and helped me arrange a pick up on Wednesday. I must say that I am rather shocked at the difference in the service attitude between two employees in the same company.

Although individuals have different temperaments, it would serve to know that they are working in the same company and representing the reputation and image of Lenovo. If one keeps one’s individual image of self instead of remembering that one is working for a company and representing the company’s image instead of self, one isn’t fit to work anywhere at all.