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  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    I think I have now solved this problem.


    I dismantled the mouse and found some hairs had got in around the wheel and left button after cleaning all seems ok.


    Thank you everyone
  • Gravedigger
    Gravedigger Posts: 159 Forumite
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    Aah! Somehow the cross hairs have reconfigured themselves and now identify as right clicks. Problem solved. :-)
  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,562 Forumite
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    Were they aardvark hairs?
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    I didn't realise anybody still used mice with balls and certainly can't figure out just how a buildup of gunk could case problems with the buttons causing them to reverse.
  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,847 Forumite
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    aardvaak wrote: »
    I think I have now solved this problem.
    I dismantled the mouse and found some hairs had got in around the wheel and left button after cleaning all seems ok.
    Hair today, gone tomorrow?! :rotfl:
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    I didn't realise anybody still used mice with balls and certainly can't figure out just how a buildup of gunk could case problems with the buttons causing them to reverse.


    What else could I use?
  • DoaM
    DoaM Posts: 11,863 Forumite
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    aardvaak wrote: »
    What else could I use?

    A mouse which uses LED or LASER rather than a ball to track movement? You know, the design of mouse which has been around for 10+ years at least.
  • Neil_Jones
    Neil_Jones Posts: 9,733 Forumite
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    Optical mice (with the laser) are the common type, ball mice are a bit old hat now.

    Ball mice work only on one surface typically one provided by a mouse mat but optical mice will work on any surface (providing it isn't reflective). The presence of dust build-up on the mouse rollers of a ball mouse is eliminated on an optical mouse and it would take a large collection of dust bunnies to disrupt an optical mouse.

    TL;DR - when your ball mouse needs replacing get an optical one.
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    DoaM wrote: »
    A mouse which uses LED or LASER rather than a ball to track movement? You know, the design of mouse which has been around for 10+ years at least.


    This mouse uses LED or LASER - red light under and censer
  • John_Gray
    John_Gray Posts: 5,847 Forumite
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    aardvaak wrote: »
    red light under and censer
    Eh? Should that be "centre"?
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