Introduction
Before taking any more drastic measures, you should try simply cleaning a misbehaving scrollball from outside the mouse.
What you need
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Before disassembling the mouse, first try scrubbing the mouse ball with a toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol. Be sure to get the bristles between the ball and the housing as this will help remove dirt and dust that is clogging the rollers inside.
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You can also try blowing into the "ball hole" with a can of compressed air.
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Allow the mouse to dry for a few minutes before turning it back on to test it.
Allow the mouse to dry for a few minutes before turning it back on to test it.
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In order to clean perfectly the scrollball, you can hold the mouse upside down, and roll very quickly the scrollball on a white A4 papersheet (As if you wanted to colour the papersheet with the scrollball). Normally, you'll see some grey stripe of dust on the paper sheet!
Wow - Ludal's advice actually worked! I'm amazed. Paper -- just a plain sheet of paper.
I can't believe I just found this post in 2015, gotta say thank you for saving $53 bucks!
I actually did both things but I used one of those wipes for eyeglasses which have alcohol in them after rubbing it on paper. Worked great.
Thanks a loit. Even in 2020 it helped ;-)
