Ronni's method usually works well. Turn over the mouse a rub vigourously on the paper.
The January edition of MacFormat showed you how to pull apart the mouse. Here is a video that goes through the process <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9174598924624947207&hl=en-GB#> Hope you don't need to do it. Regards, Eugene -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
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On 01/03/2010, at 7:42 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > > On 01/03/2010, at 7:32 AM, John Thompson wrote: > >> >> Hi List, >> Myt Mighty Mouse (I know, yuck!) has developed a problem with the >> little scroll ball. It will scroll UP, LEFT & RIGHT but not DOWN. Any >> ideas, or is it time for an upgrade? It would be a pity to trash the thing >> as it has worked very well for me apart from some Bluetooth problems I had a >> while back but that turned out to be a Parallells/Windows caused fault; both >> since trashed. > > Hi John, > > Have you tried cleaning the Mighty Mouse? Even though it is only causing a > problem with down scrolling, try this: > > Take a thick piece of paper on a table and roll the mouse button back and > forth, up and down and side to side, to dislodge the gunk that collects after > time. You should see a little black splotch of dirt stick to the paper after > a few seconds of vigorous rubbing. > It's just the natural skin oil and sweat and dust that collects after time. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >
