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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Wierd mouse behavior
Message-ID: <16818@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 29 May 90 03:17:31 GMT
References: <16316@smunews.UUCP>
Reply-To: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
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In article <16316@smunews.UUCP> blh@.seas.smu.edu (blh) writes:
>I have a friend who is having some wierd problems with the mouse on his
>Mac IIcx.  The mouse just "jumps" around when you are moving it.  It is
>strange.  The mouse is just a plain ole Apple mouse.  The machine has
>4 megs of RAM, and is running a varied selection of inits.  

>I seem to recall some discussion several weeks (months?) ago on          
>comp.sys.mac regarding similar problems, but for the life of me I 
>cannot remember what the cause was (hardware, software, virus, or
>evil spirits..).      

  ... dirt?  (Although the evil spirits bit sounds awfully good to me.)

If you haven't already, try cleaning out the inside of the mouse.  The
ball is held in by a ring; turning this ring counterclockwise a little
bit should allow you to take it off and tip the ball out.  (Don't drop
the ball -- you'll never find it again!)  Then, with your fingernail
or with a Q-tip or knife if you're squeamish, scrape the residue off
the metal or white plastic rollers (there are three).  Carefully put
the ball back in, and remember to twist the ring until it snaps back
into place...

This should have your mouse running smoothly again.  If this was
indeed the problem, you might want to invest in a mousepad -- they're
great for this sort of thing.

     << Brian >>
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