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From: leavens@aludra.usc.edu (Justin Leavens)
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Subject: Re: The Saga of the Jerky Mouse
Summary: Jerky mouse on a fairly new machine? Replace it.
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Date: 24 Jun 91 22:41:39 GMT
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Well, my mouse wasn't dirty, it didn't have any problems with going one
way or the other, and it had a heavy ball. The problem was simply that
the mouse was bad. 

If you've been having the problem that we've been posting about, where your
mouse jerks back and forth, often negating any forward motion and making
it nearly possible to move your mouse from one side of the screen, make
sure that you try everything that everyone else has suggested (clean it, make
sure your table surface is flat, etc)... And if that doesn't work and it's
under warranty (which most of the mice which have had this problem are) 
take it to your friendly Authorized Apple Repair center and get a new one.

I had almost forgotten what it was like to have a working mouse!