Mighty Mouse won't scroll down with ball

Hi there, having an annoying problem with my mighty mouse (bluetooth). Using the scroll ball it won't scroll down. I was told in my apple reseller where I bought the mighty mouse and macbook recently, that i should be able to just move the mouse upside down on its ball every now and then, which up til now, has worked. Though now, it will not work at all. I have disconnected it and reconnected via bluetooth and nothing seems to work.

Any help will be grately appreciated.
Stef

qtip and rubbing alcohol

It's a known issue with the mighty mouse design.

If you still have warranty call AppleCare for a replacement.

Ok, thanks a lot. It's only a month old so I'll go to the reseller I bought it from

I have tried many MANY things, and it does seem to work now . What did it was a combination of holding the mouse upside-down and using one of those microfiber cloths with a little rubbing alcohol on it and moving it on the scroll wheel for about a minute. Then I used pressurized air. then the cloth again. Whacked it once or twice and it works like new!

Easy huh?

Green Thunder, thanks for your reply. The old "whack it" theory, works all the time! I think as its only a month old I'm just going to go to the reseller I bought it from. It's only 5 minutes walk.

Cheers

Sometimes a low battery will cause odd behavior on a MM.

To the OP:

Feed your "Mighty Mouse" to a big cat. In other words, get your money back from the reseller. Mighty Mouse in my opinion is a dud. Poor design.

I long ago switched to a cheap Logitech which was on sale at Wal-Mart. Have had no problems whatsoever with it and it works just as well or better than MM.

Regards.

I'll give the rubbing alcohol soon and whacking it. My girlfriend thought it was funny that I was trying to fix my mouses ball by rubbing and whacking it! lol!

Alcohol dries out the rubbery material of the MM scroll ball so it gets dirty quicker and it also gets hard and less tactile.
Get a damp microfiber cloth, turn MM upside down and roll around firmly on cloth.
Rolling upside down on clean white paper also works, but please no Alcohol.
MM is a teetotaler