sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) (04/05/91)
Friend has an older Logitech c7 mouse that doesnt track well when used on a mouse pad. Moving the mouse doesnt motivate continued motion of the mouse cursor - it just stops or slows to a crawl. Seems to work OK on a rather rough table top but kind of hard on the hand and mouse. Putting ordinary xerox paper on the pad under the mouse seems to improve things somewhat. It seems fairly obvious to be a rolling frition problem but not sure what/why. The mouse ball/assembly has been cleaned several times without an improvement in this problem.
ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Nur Iskandar Taib) (04/09/91)
> Friend has an older Logitech c7 mouse that doesnt track well when >used on a mouse pad. Moving the mouse doesnt motivate continued >motion of the mouse cursor - it just stops or slows to a crawl. Try cleaning it. You can get a mouse cleaning kit from most computer stores that consist of velcro balls, a velcro mouse pad and a bottle of solution. These will clean deposits off the rollers and get hair out from the bearings (which is whats probably gumming up your mouse). I remember having to clean a mouse for 15 minutes continuously before all the crud was gone. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iskandar Taib | The only thing worse than Peach ala Internet: NTAIB@AQUA.UCS.INDIANA.EDU | Frog is Frog ala Peach Bitnet: NTAIB@IUBACS ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------