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#1
Mar 16, 2005, 07:38 PM
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Do mouses/mice wear out? Mine has virtually quit working. It takes all the patience that I can muster to get the cursor where I want it. HELP ME, PLEASE!!! PAT
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#2
Mar 16, 2005, 07:54 PM
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How old is your mouse/mice, sure they wear out.
Angie
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Mar 16, 2005, 08:16 PM
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Is it a rollerball one? If it is, take out the rollerball and clean all the rollers with rubbing alcohol and q-tip. If that doesn't work, you're right, your mouse may be worn out.
If you get a new one, let me reccommend an optical mouse. No rollerball cleaning. 
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#4
Mar 16, 2005, 10:25 PM
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Yah I agree with 1 day if it's a roller ball there are these slits in the bottom there should be 4 indents two inside of the circle and two outside, line them up till there are only two and that opens the bottom. It's basically the size of one of those super bouncy balls you'd get from those machines. Make sure to blow inside the compartment it can collect a TON of dust and gunk and clean the ball as 1 day said. And I did think you were talking about a REAL mouse! If all else fails I say slam it on your desk a couple times that usually works wonders for me! Good luck! (sorry, I'm a computer geek)
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#5
Mar 16, 2005, 11:36 PM
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oh, you people, i laughed so hard i almost fell out of the chair.......picture me banging this real little mouse on the desk because it won't work.......then i'm going to take it apart and clean it's ball........oh, no........this is way too funny for an old lady like me.......love, pat p.s. seriously, it is a rollerball one and i'm going to dissect it and we'll just see what transpires.......thank you so much.
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#6
Mar 16, 2005, 11:40 PM
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Confidentially...I was giggling at Katt's "bang it on the desk" followed by, "I'm a computer geek". Just struck me funny,
 
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#7
Mar 17, 2005, 03:27 AM
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Hee hee! Yah sometimes you just need to knock some sense into things
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#8
Mar 17, 2005, 12:27 PM
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<font color="red"> </font> When that happened to me it turned out the mouse just needed new batteries.
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#9
Mar 17, 2005, 01:56 PM
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so.........this morning i dissected my mouse and cleaned it up and dusted it and gave it two good bangs on the table and put it back together...it's working much better but i'm thinking that it's probably on it's last legs. it is a fully mature mouse. born in 2002....of the grey species.....doesn't eat much...
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#10
Mar 17, 2005, 02:23 PM
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OMG fay you're too funny! Mine is a 2003 of the blue species
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#11
Mar 17, 2005, 10:48 PM
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well, this will teach the grey plain mouse a thing or two.....i went to Big Lots and got a two=toned grey and black one.....the optical kind........grooooooooooooooovy........it's wonderful.
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#12
Mar 17, 2005, 11:08 PM
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Yay! I
 my optical mouse. No cleaning! No need to bang it on the desk. Though some days I do, just for the heck of it!
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#13
Mar 18, 2005, 08:31 PM
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Whoa Ms. High Tech! You'll LOVE the optical due to the pet hair factor alone. I learned this first hand when I finally trashed the ol' rollerball and went optical.
I'm happy you have the computer up and running at home with a working two toned mouse. Mine is silver and blue very stylish compared to the basic grey of a few years back. Grooooooooooooooooovy indeed! keep the kitties from cord chewing the new mouse! and yes Spazz's comments on clean it out and then whack it....I'm a computer geek? Hysterical and accurate!! *lol* |
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#14
Mar 19, 2005, 11:28 AM
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Even an optical mouse can get full of cat fur, mine does. It (the mouse) is of the navy & silver variety, breeder hp.
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Mar 19, 2005, 11:37 AM
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turns over blue/grey logitech bred mouse to see loads of dog hair sticking out of optical port.
Unplugged mouse (safety when working with a directed light) and pulled out hair with pocketknife tweezers. Before this thread I would have never known that the logitech breed needed more care than I was giving it! Who knew?! *LOL* |
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#16
Mar 19, 2005, 11:43 AM
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lol....I just pulled 2 cat hairs out of mine. Goodness knows how long they've been there.
I have a Logitech too. How old is yours? Aren't they just adorable? Oh wait...I think I've gone too far. lol
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#17
Mar 19, 2005, 11:54 AM
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omg I'm laughing so hard at this! I can't find pic of mine so I've put a pic of a littermate (what are mouse litters called anyway??) in my photo gallery. My mouse's sib is a black limited edition. I think mousie is now three years old or so. ( I don't think any of this makes me a geek but rather a weirdo!
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#18
Mar 19, 2005, 02:09 PM
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i've been bonding with my new mouse....so far we're getting along fine....you should have seen the cat hairs in the old one!!!i worked and worked to clean it but it was too far gone.......glad this got everyone loving on their mice.....
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Mar 20, 2005, 07:26 PM
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hmm microsoft breed of mouse does not attract hair... it's too far up there with no hole...
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#20
Mar 20, 2005, 07:26 PM
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LMAO... I just re-read that tee hee
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#21
Mar 30, 2005, 02:27 AM
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I love my 2004 logitech optical mouse. it let's me point and click my day away, and it doesn't get kittie or puppy dog fur in it.......
I think I just found something else to covet (besides my current lapse of sanity)......  Jenn
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#22
Apr 04, 2005, 07:58 PM
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OK. there might be another solution eh? If you have recently changed or added a program ... well anyway, you might try going into your SETTINGS and reducing your expectations of your mouse activity. Lower the speed or whatever. Sometimes incapatibility of programs etc can cause the poor thing to become confused... heheheh
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