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- From: holmes@cheshire.oxy.edu (Mark Holmes)
- Subject: Re: Mouse Ball problems
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.013117.7440@cheshire.oxy.edu>
- Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA.
- References: <Bu8I4p.10z@andy.bgsu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 01:31:17 GMT
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- In article <Bu8I4p.10z@andy.bgsu.edu> rlee@bgsu.edu (Bob Lee) writes:
- >My mouse has been seving me fine for the past year. Then recently I've
- >been using it a lot and now the ball inside the mouse is losing its
- >ability to couteract friction. Now when I move it across the pad the
- >ball refuses to roll and so it does not spin the contacts in the mouse.
- >
- >Did anyone else run into this problem? Is there an easy way to fix it?
- >Does the temperature/humidity have an effect on the ball?
- >
- >Any answers would be greatly appreciated!
- >
- >Thanks!
- >-BOB
- >
-
- I certainly hope you've thought of cleaning the thing. The very first
- mouse I had ran into the same problem in a few months. It 'stuck' at points
- and jumped around. I looked inside it and found the rollers covered with a
- black substance that was so thick I actually thought it was a rubber surface
- for the ball to grab onto. My friend quickly ocrrected me, ungooked it, and
- it ran perfectly.
- Mouse cleaning is something so trivial, obvious, and easy that many people
- tend to ignore it. BTW, if you've considered this, please excuse any
- unintentional insult to your intelligence.
- --MJH
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