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How to disassemble Wired "Mighty Mouse" and clean it
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<blockquote data-quote="unlokia" data-source="post: 344286" data-attributes="member: 23955"><p>Been there, done that. Got to the end of my tether. I can tell you without any doubt, that all these little "tips and tricks" are simply stop-gaps to get you working, but nothing on earth can do the job as well as pulling the thing apart, and cleaning the rollers _thoroughly_. Having spent many years in electronic and electromechanical service and manufacturing industries, I have learnt that you have to do the job properly; a VHS cleaning cassette is no substitute for actually removing the lid of the VCR, and cleaning the head drum/tape guide/pinch roller & capstan assembley, using alcohol and chamois leather swabs.</p><p></p><p>These cleaning "tips"?. Tried em all - they all work, to a greater or lesser degree... for about 2 days!. This video was created for those of us who don't mind pulling things apart - the results are better than any "strip of paper, threaded through the gap" or "cotton bud soaked in meths, rolled about on the scroll ball, whilst holding the mouse upside down". It doesn't remove the gunk from the rollers - it simply displaces it temporarily, leading you into a false sense of the mouse regaining full functionality. When I pulled mine apart, I had cleaned it 3 days previous to making the video, and I *always* have spotless hands, when using my Apple iMac. The gunk was well encrusted around the miniature rollers - no doubt about it - the cleaning "tips" just _DON'T_ cut the mustard.</p><p></p><p>Do the job properly - after all, it's just a mouse. I hope Apple re-design the scroll mechanism properly next time, and remove ball-mouse technology from the equation; it limits the reliability, and to some, their reputation (not me, by the way). Some kind of capacitive touchpad type area, to replace the ball mech, would seem like a great idea to me - how about you guys?. Synaptics-type touchpad scroll area, which would need no cleaning, apart from a quick wipe over, once every few months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unlokia, post: 344286, member: 23955"] Been there, done that. Got to the end of my tether. I can tell you without any doubt, that all these little "tips and tricks" are simply stop-gaps to get you working, but nothing on earth can do the job as well as pulling the thing apart, and cleaning the rollers _thoroughly_. Having spent many years in electronic and electromechanical service and manufacturing industries, I have learnt that you have to do the job properly; a VHS cleaning cassette is no substitute for actually removing the lid of the VCR, and cleaning the head drum/tape guide/pinch roller & capstan assembley, using alcohol and chamois leather swabs. These cleaning "tips"?. Tried em all - they all work, to a greater or lesser degree... for about 2 days!. This video was created for those of us who don't mind pulling things apart - the results are better than any "strip of paper, threaded through the gap" or "cotton bud soaked in meths, rolled about on the scroll ball, whilst holding the mouse upside down". It doesn't remove the gunk from the rollers - it simply displaces it temporarily, leading you into a false sense of the mouse regaining full functionality. When I pulled mine apart, I had cleaned it 3 days previous to making the video, and I *always* have spotless hands, when using my Apple iMac. The gunk was well encrusted around the miniature rollers - no doubt about it - the cleaning "tips" just _DON'T_ cut the mustard. Do the job properly - after all, it's just a mouse. I hope Apple re-design the scroll mechanism properly next time, and remove ball-mouse technology from the equation; it limits the reliability, and to some, their reputation (not me, by the way). Some kind of capacitive touchpad type area, to replace the ball mech, would seem like a great idea to me - how about you guys?. Synaptics-type touchpad scroll area, which would need no cleaning, apart from a quick wipe over, once every few months. [/QUOTE]
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