[ILUG] Cleaning mouse balls

[kevin]

Traditional roller ball mice seem to have a limited lifespan. Bite the bullet 
and get yourself an optical mouse... runs smoothly for years.

On Friday 13 August 2004 15:07, Laurent Coudeur wrote:
 Logitech usually are (you get a spare receiver anyway)

I got a keyboard+mouse bundle
and a trackball and switched them no problem.



-----Original Message-----
From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf Of
Sean O Sullivan
Sent: 13 August 2004 15:03
To: tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
Cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Cleaning mouse balls

> Is there some secret to cleaning the ball in a mouse?
> I find children playing on the computer makes the mouse more or less
> unusable, and cleaning it with a tissue is only a half-solution.

Way I've usually read of is to put mouse ball in warm water, [washing-up
liquid in water], and leave there for few mins, give quick clean in
water, and let it dry naturally.

> Incidentally, are wireless mice interchangable?
> And if so, where is a good place to get a replacement?

Well the same model/make, yes.

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