comp.sys.mac.advocacy

C Lund wrote:
> In article
> ,
> Tim Smith wrote:
>
>
>>In article ,
>> C Lund wrote:
>>
>>>But there is no simple way to open the mouse so it can be cleaned.
>>>There's a fairly large clot of gunk floating around in my mouse that
>>>has to be dislodged every two minutes or so - or so it seems. Looks
>>>like I'm going to have to open the mouse in order to clean it. Bp
>>
>>The procedure described at Apple seems to work quite well--way better
>>than I would have expected it to work.
>>
>>
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>
> "If the scrolling feels rough or if the scroll ball isn't scrolling
> up, down, or side-to-side, hold the mouse upside-down and roll the
> ball vigorously while cleaning it to help dislodge any particles that
> may have collected on the internal hardware."
>
> The problem is that those particles that have been dislodged don't
> come out. They remain in the mouse. Eventually, they get so large /
> many that the above procedure has to be repeated every few minutes.
>

I had to crack open my old mighty mouse. All you need is a phillips
screwdriver and a blunt edged pocket knife to crack open the glued
bottom part. But you have to be very careful of the flex connector in
there. I never liked those types of connectors. The little white box
over the roller pops off but you have to again be careful in prying it
off. Then the 4 little magnetic rollers need tweezers to handle... but
these can be cleaned and put back the way they went in. I used super
glue spots around the bottom to put it back together again and after
that I clean my mouse every week like the above article suggests to do.
I really don't like the design of the mouse. You'd think they'd just
contract out to Logitech for a good mouse.