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From: jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Shaky Mouse
Message-ID: <23825@oolong.la.locus.com>
Date: 26 Apr 91 01:15:05 GMT
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In article <1991Apr24.230313.18807@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> rsvp@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (R. Scott V. Paterson) writes:
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>My mouse has suddenly become rather shaky.  I notice when I track
>downward, my mouse will jump up about 1/4" at irregular intervals.
>Anyone seen such behaviour?
>-scott


If you have a regular ball-type mouse:

Sounds like a dirty mouse (:-)) to me... Have you cleaned the ball and
the rollers lately?  Be careful to really clean off all the gunk on 
the rollers (if you have that type of mouse)... Also, if there is a
steel roller shaft with a line of gray around the middle, make sure
you use alcohol and a Q-tip to remove the line of gray... Some people
think that line of grey is supposed to be on the mouse... it ain't!
Its is the waxy grey buildup from moving it around and around all
the time...
 
If you have an optical mouse (MouseSystems type), you might check the
orientation of your mouse pad... otherwise, you may need a new one...
 
Jon Rosen
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