Messed up Mighty Mouse

[toxthexnines]

I've heard several reports about the scroll ball on the mighty mouse stop working. So mine stopped working, im thinking probably because of dirt build up. So my question is can i take it apart and clean it off in hopes that it will work again Has anybody done this before? i would like to try to fix it before i spend more money on another mouse.

 

[flopticalcube]

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302417

Don't even think about taking it apart. It will be nigh impossible to reassemble without crazy glue.

 

[toxthexnines]

Its clean on the outside, but the scroll ball is most likely dead from too much dirt collecting in it. So i guess im going to have to buy a new mouse

 

[Belly-laughs]

how old is it? i´m on my third mm, i´ve had two replaced for free within the first year – same issue as yours.

 

[flopticalcube]

Did you do this:

If the scrolling feels rough or if the scroll ball isn't scrolling up, down, or side-to-side, hold the mouse upside-down and roll the ball vigorously while cleaning it to help dislodge any particles that may have collected on the internal hardware.

I find that with enough upside down scrolling, particles do fall out and everything returns to normal. Having said that, I replaced my MM after about 5 months of use because of a dead scroll ball. If its less than a year old, get Apple to replace it if the upside down scrolling doesn't do it.

I use a piece of paper and scroll the ball directly on that vigorously.

 

[toxthexnines]

Dang, im just a little over one year. Im going to try the upside down cleaning, i hope it works

 

[MattJessop]

For me whenever it messes up, just getting a very small piece of paper (long but thin, usually just teared off something) fixes it for quite some while.

On an interesting note, I havn't had to change my batteries yet since I bought the mouse. Which was well over 2 months ago. I am quite impressed.