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How to clean the Mighty Mouse's scroll ball
Hi I just wanted to say that I have also had success with cleaning my Mighty Mouse's scrollball.
I bought one off of ebay (the guy sent it from the US to England, thanks very much) I guess he sold it 'cos the mouse didn't work properly, although he didn't say this in the listing! Anyway, needless to say the scrollball wasn't working, and now after about 4 months I decided to fix it. I tried the blow down the hole and wipe with strong alcohol methods, but these were to no avail. I then tried the dig out the dirt with a knife approach, but the result was the same. After this, I decided that destruction was the only way ahead. I managed to take off the inner rim with no problem, and the outer rim also came off without snapping (I was able to stick it back on using Airfix glue at the re-assemly stage). The whole reason that I'm writing this to you all however, was that once I had got down to the bare bones of the scroll wheel, I was truly disgusted at the amount of grime I discovered. This photo shows exactly what I mean. It's no wonder it wasn't working. The little black magnets are pretty cool, but you should take care not to drop them, as if you do I'm pretty sure that they'll find their way into the nearest crack. Anyway - I just wanted to encourage those people who were considering the destruction method to go ahead - I found it to be wholly successful, and I'm hoping that it will continue to work for longer than it would if I'd just brushed it out (if that had have worked...). Regards, Mark.
How to clean the Mighty Mouse's scroll ball
YES. It worked! I could scroll up but not down.. of course. Apple's instructions didn't work too well, so out came the Q-Tips, alchohol, toothbrush, and a stack of clean paper. Thanks for all the hints, they worked. |
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