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From: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Trouble with Mouse
Keywords: mouse
Message-ID: <14353@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Date: 12 Jul 89 03:14:24 GMT
References: <40782@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> <47@steven.COM>
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Reply-To: earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton)
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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
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