That's weird...

[conuly]

My mouse's scrollwheel has stopped working. I mean, it rolls, but it rolls too smoothly, without the feel of a gear turning like it's supposed to, and it doesn't make the page scroll. Does anybody know why that happened or how to fix it?

Comments

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Weird. At a guess, I'd say something's come loose in there. You know how to open them up, right?

[webgenie.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good guess. We had trouble with ours not wanting to move; the ball wouldn't roll because it was dirty inside. How it gets dirty in there is beyond me, but we had to take it apart and clean it.

[conuly]

No. Figured it probably was dirty, but I can't open it up to check.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Ours did that too--it turned out there was a wad of dust, lint, and cat hair wedged halfway underneath the wheel, preventing it from contacting the little gears.

I didn't know how to take it apart, so I unplugged it and (carefully!) used a fine sewing needle to coax the mat of stuff from under the wheel.

And before anyone says anything, yes, I know how to take out the ball and clean THAT.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

I've had that before. I fixed my mouse, and things didn't go right. It was because I hadn't put the spring for that part in right. Probably the same thing. Spring just came loose ;O

[mhari.livejournal.com]

Weird. At a guess, I'd say something's come loose in there. You know how to open them up, right?

[webgenie.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good guess. We had trouble with ours not wanting to move; the ball wouldn't roll because it was dirty inside. How it gets dirty in there is beyond me, but we had to take it apart and clean it.

[conuly]

No. Figured it probably was dirty, but I can't open it up to check.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Ours did that too--it turned out there was a wad of dust, lint, and cat hair wedged halfway underneath the wheel, preventing it from contacting the little gears.

I didn't know how to take it apart, so I unplugged it and (carefully!) used a fine sewing needle to coax the mat of stuff from under the wheel.

And before anyone says anything, yes, I know how to take out the ball and clean THAT.

[demonkoala.livejournal.com]

I've had that before. I fixed my mouse, and things didn't go right. It was because I hadn't put the spring for that part in right. Probably the same thing. Spring just came loose ;O