chenj@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Sandman) (07/06/89)
I'm experiencing trouble with my mouse. It's the original mouse that came with my three-year-old Mac Plus. Sometimes when I slide it, the cursor does not track as it should. I have to repeat the move several times. It happens more when I slide it to the right than the left. I know one other person who also experience a similar problem, but they don't know what's wrong either. So, it isn't just my machine. Also cleaning the mouse doesn't help. Does anyone know what's wrong and how to cure it? -Jimmy Chen (chenj@acf2.nyu.edu)
Jim.Dynes@f2811.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Dynes) (07/09/89)
I had the same problem a while back. I tried cleaning the mouse also until a friend scrapec the rollers inside the mouse with a knife. After that all was well. -- Jim Dynes via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!206!2811!Jim.Dynes INET: Jim.Dynes@f2811.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG
paul@steven.COM (paul) (07/11/89)
In article <40782@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, chenj@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Sandman) writes: > > I'm experiencing trouble with my mouse. It's the original > ... Also cleaning the mouse doesn't help. I know you cleaned it, but check the little wheels in the mouse ball hole. Lint and stuff will stick to these and it takes something like a knife to scrape it off. Rotate them around to make sure they are totally clean. That fixed my problem.
earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) (07/12/89)
In article <47@steven.COM> paul@steven.COM (paul) writes: >In article <40782@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, chenj@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Sandman) writes: >> >> I'm experiencing trouble with my mouse. It's the original >> ... Also cleaning the mouse doesn't help. > >I know you cleaned it, but check the little wheels in the mouse ball hole. >Lint and stuff will stick to these and it takes something like a knife to >scrape it off. Rotate them around to make sure they are totally clean. >That fixed my problem. DO NOT USE A KNIFE FOR THIS PURPOSE. YOU WILL SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE LITTLE WHEELS, THUS CAUSING THE BUILDUP PROCESS TO OCCUR AT A MUCH GREATER RATE IN THE FUTURE. Use a Q-tip or other cotton swab, soaked in alcohol, to loosen up the buildup on the wheels. Then, if especially hard to remove, use some non-scratching material like wood or plastic to gently dislodge the deposits. Earle R. Horton "People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it." Salada Tag Lines
amanda@intercon.UUCP (07/12/89)
In article <14353@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes: > Use a Q-tip or other cotton swab, soaked in alcohol, to loosen up > the buildup on the wheels. Then, if especially hard to remove, use > some non-scratching material like wood or plastic to gently dislodge > the deposits. The little clips on the caps of cheap ballpoint pens are good for this. So are long fingernails, but then you get mouse goppo under them, which is icky :-). --
denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) (07/13/89)
In article <40782@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, chenj@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Sandman) writes: > I'm experiencing trouble with my mouse. It's the original > ... Also cleaning the mouse doesn't help. In article <47@steven.COM> paul@steven.COM (paul) writes: > I know you cleaned it, but check the little wheels in the mouse ball hole. > Lint and stuff will stick to these and it takes something like a knife to > scrape it off. Rotate them around to make sure they are totally clean. From article <14353@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, by earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton): > DO NOT USE A KNIFE FOR THIS PURPOSE. YOU WILL SCRATCH THE > SURFACE OF THE LITTLE WHEELS, THUS CAUSING THE BUILDUP PROCESS TO > OCCUR AT A MUCH GREATER RATE IN THE FUTURE. > > Use a Q-tip or other cotton swab, soaked in alcohol, to loosen up > the buildup on the wheels. Then, if especially hard to remove, use > some non-scratching material like wood or plastic to gently dislodge > the deposits. I have used my finger-nail with great success and no damage to the mouse. Some classic and ADB mice have metal rollers, so they won't be damaged. Others have plastic rollers that are more easily damaged. -- William C. DenBesten denbeste@bgsu.edu denbesten@bgsuopie.bitnet
omh@brunix (Owen M. Hartnett) (07/13/89)
Although I didn't see the original "Trouble" with the mouse, I did repair a MacPlus mouse once where the wires had become intermittent right where they entered the (alleged) strain relief. Simply pulling the mouse cable through the strain relief, desoldering the old wires (while remembering where they came from!), clipping off a small (4") length, restripping new ends and resoldering saved me a $96.00 mouse replacement fee. -Owen Owen Hartnett Brown University Computer Science omh@cs.brown.edu.CSNET
av@tolsun.oulu.fi (Ari Vaulo) (07/15/89)
In article <40782@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, chenj@cmcl2.NYU.EDU (Sandman) writes: > > I'm experiencing trouble with my mouse. It's the original > ... Also cleaning the mouse doesn't help. I have same kind of problem with my original MacPlus mouse. I tried several times cleaning the mouse, but that does not help anything. First I believed that dirty rollers were the main reason for jamming the ball and then that there is bad mouse cable, but after a while I found the real reason. There is two little pins (or tabs) in the bottom of mouse (outside). Or there was two little pins when my mouse was new. Nowadays there is only the places of pins. The pins itself have gone. (I think, they are somewhere around my table surface) And how did I repair this problem. I simply take a little piece of Scotch tape and 5 pennies coin (the smallest finnish coin) and glued it between the pin places on the bottom of the mouse. And my cursor was happy again... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ari Vaulo University of Oulu Dept of Information Pocessing Science Linnamaa SF-90570 Oulu Finland eMail: av@tolsun.oulu.fi ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Impossibles have two weeks delivery ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------
sklein@cdp.UUCP (07/15/89)
Cc: conf:comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Trouble with Mouse Actually, Jimmy Chen, cleaning the mouse will help IF you know which parts need cleaning. Remove the mouse ball and examine the socket. You will notice two rollers--one for tracking horizontal movement, one for vertical. The rollers may be either shiny metal or black plastic (I've seen both). If your mouse is typical, there is probably a thing buildup of gunk on the rollers. You'll have to scrape it off. I usually just use my fingernail, but depending on how short your nails are, this may not be practical for you. After you scrape that crud off, things should work fine. -shabtai