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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (3342)11/2/1998 12:12:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14778
 
Cleaning the ball and its compartment doesn't cure the problem. Any suggestions?

I have had good luck with a good pencil eraser (ticonderoga) on track ball wheels..also on the feeder wheels on my printer when they become slick and stop grabbing paper. The eraser is effective on a build up of glaze.

I have tried to use other serial mice on a PS/2 mouse port. But none of other serial mice I have tried will work on a PS/2 mouse port.

Could it be a software/driver issue? Are you using the drivers for the older serial mouse or the PS2 mouse?

Zeuspaul



To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (3342)11/2/1998 8:52:00 AM
From: pae  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14778
 
Howard,

re: 1-axis mice. Been there; think I fixed it by using a q-tip soaked in isopropol alcohol to clean the roller bars. Also have read about but haven't tried boiling the mouse ball to restore tackiness.

One other time I was using a no-name mouse in direct sunlight. The plastic case was not fully opaque: on a sunny day the light would swamp out the optical signal used to detect roller bar movement. That took a while to figure out! <g>

Paul


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