Posted: 5/21/2009 6:21:48 AM EDT
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Does anyone else's mouse wheel (or buttons) ever become impacted with a generous amount of sticky shit? No, I do not eat in front of my computer! I generally like to keep it clean. I work with my computer(s) far too often to let them go down to something as silly as getting dirty. However, I apparently use my main computer so often that my sweat drips into the mouse wheel. Dust then seems to be attracted to it. After a few months it becomes noticeable. By six months I can no longer move the wheel at all! I just got done doing a complete detail strip of my mouse to clean out the crud. It was pretty bad.  MAX |
my mouse wheel is NASTY!!
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Quoted: I wash my hands constantly. Never had that problem. I have also used my stuff so much now that I have started to wear the plastic off the surface of the mouse and keyboard. It might be getting time for a new one. The trouble is that I really like my present setup but it is no longer made! I guess when I really need a new mouse I could always just have a new one fabricated to meet the exact specs as my old one.  |
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Quoted: Try rubbing alcohol on it. I have to drip some on my mini roller ball every now and then to get it to work right. No, I tried that but it didn't help. You really just need to take the thing apart and clean it properly. Computer hardware behaves more like a 1911 than a Glock. You cannot just wipe it down and put it away. You've got to take it apart and really clean it well. Otherwise it will cease to function properly! MAX |