#Mouse "jitters"…
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My mouse has started to develop an annoying "jitter" when I move it slowly
upward. I'm using ClockDJ to speed up the mouse movements, so I can see
that it's actually "backstepping" occassionally. I've done the usual
cleaning (usual means when it starts to act funny…8^), but the jitter is
still there.
Does anyone know what's going wrong? Has this happened to anyone else? The
worst thought is that the poor thing will bite it entirely, and… I don't
really want to have to use the keyboard for all my mouse moves and
clicks…
-Andrew
I will bet that the mouse is dirty. Clean it out well with a small brush.
Remember to that mice do die. Mine went sick in the left button, which
made it hard to select things. I got a Marconi RB2 track ball to replace
it, which seems to work well.
Thanx for the tip Bill…I'm hoping it's just some hard to reach dirt on
one of the rollers inside the mouse. I tried cleaning it with a cotton
swab and some high-test alcohol, but using a brush is probably better. I
was considering just taking the whole thing apart to completely clean it
up.
My main worry was that the jitter is only in the upward direction…I'm
always suspicious of non-symmetrical problems.
How do you like using the RB2 track ball instead of a mouse? Is it as easy
to do things with, or do you end up contorting your hand to roll the ball
while holding down a menu button?
BTW – I have a file of that gives some sources for replacement mouse button
micro-switches. I think I may have gotten it from this forum someplace,
but if not I can always upload it here. Just let me know.
-Andrew
It is also possible to have a broken wire in the mouse cable. I recently
had problems with my old mouse (4.5 years). It would occaisionally not move
properly, I eventually found if you held the cable a certain way it would
work ok. I had to chop out the last five inches of cable as it goes into
the mouse and reterminate the cable to the P.C. board in the mouse. The
cable and switches on a mouse are most likely to wear out.
John Lemoine 75320,143