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Re: mouse scroller repair

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John Doe wrote:
> GlowingBlueMist <GlowingBlueMist truly.invalid> wrote: 
> 
>> B. P. TBC wrote: 
> 
>>> Hi all I have a mouse (A4tech X-710F), it works, but the 
>>> scroller works bad. (When I try to scroll, it trembles.) Can 
>>> anyone help me, how can I repair it? I tried to clean it, but 
>>> it still works bad. Thanks! 
> 
>> Did you take the mouse apart to clean the wheel sensor holes 
>> around the wheel?  Just trying to clean the mouse with out 
>> taking things apart usually fails to properly clean the sensors 
>> and the wheel. 
> 
> I have been using compressed air on the sensor hole area to clear 
> up a regular stoppage of pointer movement. A few weeks ago, began 
> experiencing a double-click instead of the correct single click. 
> Just last week, the mouse was not being recognized properly on 
> startup. I thought the thing was failing. Took the vacuum cleaner
> to that same sensor hole (briefly). That seems to solved those
> problems. If that sounds horribly wrong, feel free to ask a week
> or so from now. About the last two days, it does appear to be 
> working perfectly. I suppose weird software issues could have been 
> involved. It's complex stuff. 
> 

You can do a better job, cleaning the mouse by hand. If the warranty
is up on the thing, just break the seal over the screw and open it up.
There can be debris all over the place in there, including
interfering with the microswitches. A vacuum might not get it all.

While you're in there, you can check for wear, on the contact surface
on the bottom of the mouse buttons, where they strike the microswitches.
Noting the degree of wear, gives you some idea how long the mouse
will last (as eventually, the "feel" of the buttons is ruined by
the travel of the button being affected by the plastic being worn
off). While you can replace a bad microswitch, it's pretty hard
to fix the plastic used in the buttons, which presses on the microswitch.
I've lost a few mice, due to wear like that.

   Paul

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mouse scroller repair "B. P. TBC" <tbc_z87@mailbox.hu> - 2012-04-27 22:14 +0200
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