Problem with normal mouse with a ball

Fure6 · 07-09-2004, 12:28 AM

ndnchico gave me the idea of asking you guys this question because of his mouse thread.

I have a pretty old mouse and it seems like the ball has a couple lumps becuase it will bump all over the place. Well, i looked at the ball and there was nothing so i looked at the inside and there are rubber things on the cylinders that spin around. Those rubber peices have a bunch of dust covering them and i don't know how to get the dust off. i tried blowing and it didn't help.

any experience out there?

**Praetor** · 07-09-2004, 01:03 AM

Use a very small screewdriver or knife or something to scrape it off

Sophocles · 07-09-2004, 03:16 AM

It's been a long time since I've used a mouse that wasn't optical. I think my old mouse used to nit sweaters because it collected so many bits of lint fibers that used clog the inside of it to a point where it had to be cleaned with tweezers. Get an optical mouse.

ndnchico · 07-09-2004, 07:22 PM

use tweezers

SENSEIS · 08-02-2004, 04:33 AM

Ball mouse are veryyy cheap these days, if really bother you jus buy a new one or jus steal your friends balls

**Praetor** · 08-02-2004, 12:30 PM

Hell optical mice are cheap

About 5 minutes of looking around gave me an Acer wireless keyboard + optical mouse setup for $15.

kharmini91 · 08-02-2004, 01:38 PM

has anyone seen those mini optical mice that you plug into the USB port and it's like 1/3 the size of a full one.

**Praetor** · 08-02-2004, 03:54 PM

Yes. You'll find them mostly in the notebook section of a store

07-09-2004, 12:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Fure6 Gold Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: look at my website up above Age: 20 Posts: 312	Problem with normal mouse with a ball ndnchico gave me the idea of asking you guys this question because of his mouse thread. I have a pretty old mouse and it seems like the ball has a couple lumps becuase it will bump all over the place. Well, i looked at the ball and there was nothing so i looked at the inside and there are rubber things on the cylinders that spin around. Those rubber peices have a bunch of dust covering them and i don't know how to get the dust off. i tried blowing and it didn't help. any experience out there? __________________ I have a dell: Number of CPUs-1 Name-Intel Pentium III EB Code name-Coppermine Specification-Intel Pentium III EB 800 MHz Memory Size-512 MBytes Windows Version-Microsoft Windows 2000 Workstation (Build 2195) DirectX Version-9.0a I got a new hard drive! It's a 120GB Seagate

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07-09-2004, 03:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sophocles VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 162	It's been a long time since I've used a mouse that wasn't optical. I think my old mouse used to nit sweaters because it collected so many bits of lint fibers that used clog the inside of it to a point where it had to be cleaned with tweezers. Get an optical mouse.

07-09-2004, 07:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
ndnchico Bronze Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 29	use tweezers

08-02-2004, 04:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
SENSEIS New Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 14	Ball mouse are veryyy cheap these days, if really bother you jus buy a new one or jus steal your friends balls

08-02-2004, 01:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
kharmini91 Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 117	has anyone seen those mini optical mice that you plug into the USB port and it's like 1/3 the size of a full one.