Wireless Mighty Mouse scroll ball problem

Wed 10th January, 2007 13:42

Wireless Mighty Mouse, originally uploaded by Lazyllama.

I’ve got a wireless Mighty Mouse for use with my Macs. Very nice it is too.

After 3 months of use the scroll ball on top stopped detecting upward movements so I could scroll down pages but not scroll back up.

Blowing in to the hole didn’t fix it, but pushing hard on the ball while rolling the ball around fixed it.

4 Responses to “Wireless Mighty Mouse scroll ball problem”

  1. David Says:

    Use kitchen towel. Push the ball in with the towel and roll it around in all directions for a couple of minutes. Works like a charm :-)

  2. tonik Says:

    i concur. thanks!

  3. Olavi Solano Says:

    Thank You.Now works like new.

  4. Nigel Says:

    For detailed instructions on opening up a Mighty Mouse in order to give the ball a thorough cleaning, try http://web.mac.com/karelgil/iWeb/MacWebSite/MightyMEng.html

    It does involve some fiddly operations and you then have to super glue your mouse back together.

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