I bought a mouse for $9.00 for my "new" system but it failed
after a few weeks so I took it back and bought instead an optical
mouse for $20.00.  So far so good - but it has only been a few
months,  Any thoughts on an optical mouse?  Mine also has
the "roller wheel" (I can't think of the proper name) which I
have never had before and would not to be without now.

I read a tip once that the best way to clean the ball and rollers
of a traditional mouse is to use Q-tips (cotton on a stick) and
Windex window cleaner (with ammonia).  I found that this
method worked better than any other thing I had ever used.
I do basically agree that a mouse is so inexpensive now
that it is not worthwhile spending much time to try to fix
one.  Throw it away and get a new one.

Don Elias

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 10:41:18 -0400 joseph marty
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I don't know what your hourly charge is, but since you can get a
> working mouse for under $10 (at least here in the U.S.), it would be
> very cost effective not to worry about it.  Keep a supply of cheap
> mice around just for that purpose.  Let her think you're brilliant
> because as far as she's concerned you are.
>
> >Anyone know why mice go bad?
> >I don't mean dirt in the mechanism, I mean the jerky, patchy
> behaviours that
> >some mice begin to exhibit after varying periods of time.
> >Sure, I know that a busy CPU can affect them too, but I've seen this
> >flakiness occur when nothing has been running, background or
> otherwise.
> >Like yesterday.  Went to fix an email problem for a customer and
> she had a
> >crazy mouse. Looked inside - no dirt.  Checked the connection - no
> probs.
> >But the mouse still wouldn't behave.
> >Sold her a new mouse - voila!  No problems - customer over the
> moon.  Thinks
> >I'm brilliant.
> >Well....I can't be.  Cos I can't tell her why the first one crapped
> out.
> >
> >
> >Ian Porter
> >Computer Guys
> >Arrowtown
> >New Zealand
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