yay! problem fixed!
i said that i would wait till school reopens to fix the problem with the icon thing.
but i couldn't wait till school starts, which is like next year.
so i went to school just now to see whether my laptop has a problem or not.
and once i reached there, i explained what happened and everything to the guy. and i turned on my laptop. and i waited for the icon to show the problem, which is supposed to happen in 5 minutes.
but after 15 minutes, nothing happened!!! everything was still fine.
and so, i realised that my laptop was working perfectly fine the whole time.
the problem lies with the modem! i kinda wasted a trip to school, and returned home only to know that my modem is the one causing the problem.
i called starhub in the end. and the problem was solved. as the person on the line was giving me instructions, he analysed the problem and in the end, his solution was to use a pin/pen to press the reset button.
and it worked! thank goodness. and now everything is back to normal.
