What NOT to do when cleaning a mouse...

Logitech wireless mouse started producing double-clicks with a single
press, so I took out the batteries, and gave it a good shake and a lot
of "grit" fell out.

That didn't totally cure the intermittent "click", so I gave it a good
flush with denatured alcohol.

Two hours of drying later, it wouldn't come alive.

Four hours later it's now working, but wants to turn itself off at
random :-(

Oh, well.

...Jim Thompson
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:26:42 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

What NOT to do when cleaning a mouse...

Logitech wireless mouse started producing double-clicks with a single
press, so I took out the batteries, and gave it a good shake and a lot
of "grit" fell out.

That didn't totally cure the intermittent "click", so I gave it a good
flush with denatured alcohol.

Two hours of drying later, it wouldn't come alive.

Four hours later it's now working, but wants to turn itself off at
random :-(

Oh, well.

...Jim Thompson

Jim, it takes a while for a mouse to sober up... And it will have one
hell of a headache in the morning, too.


Maybe blow it out with compressed air?

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:03:19 -0500, PeterD wrote:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:26:42 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

What NOT to do when cleaning a mouse...

Logitech wireless mouse started producing double-clicks with a single
press, so I took out the batteries, and gave it a good shake and a lot
of "grit" fell out.

That didn't totally cure the intermittent "click", so I gave it a good
flush with denatured alcohol.

Two hours of drying later, it wouldn't come alive.

Four hours later it's now working, but wants to turn itself off at
random :-(

Oh, well.

...Jim Thompson

Jim, it takes a while for a mouse to sober up... And it will have one
hell of a headache in the morning, too.


Maybe blow it out with compressed air?

Seems to be working now.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
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On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:26:42 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

What NOT to do when cleaning a mouse...

Logitech wireless mouse started producing double-clicks with a single
press, so I took out the batteries, and gave it a good shake and a
lot of "grit" fell out.

Probably mouse droppings... :-)

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:53:19 GMT, Ross Herbert
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:26:42 -0700, Jim Thompson
wrote:

What NOT to do when cleaning a mouse...

Logitech wireless mouse started producing double-clicks with a single
press, so I took out the batteries, and gave it a good shake and a
lot of "grit" fell out.

Probably mouse droppings... :-)

Probably ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
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"Jim Thompson" wrote in
message ...
... gave it a good shake and a lot of "grit" fell out.

http://xkcd.com/237/

Tim

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Jim Thompson wrote:
What NOT to do when cleaning a mouse...

Logitech wireless mouse started producing double-clicks with a single
press, so I took out the batteries, and gave it a good shake and a lot
of "grit" fell out.

That didn't totally cure the intermittent "click", so I gave it a good
flush with denatured alcohol.

Two hours of drying later, it wouldn't come alive.

Four hours later it's now working, but wants to turn itself off at
random :-(

Oh, well.

...Jim Thompson
The service call read 'System Down And Smells Funny', as a computer
tech you are thinking blown fuses in the PS and somehow the wires
are smoked. Find out a mouse is living in the CPU, old days file
cabinet sized cpu, and has chewed through the wrong wire, killing it
The inside needed to go back to shop, taken apart and powerwashed to
get the mouse **** out of it,

And because no alcohol made is purely without water, no matter how high the
proof, it will slowly (perhaps 8 hours, perhaps a day depending on the water
content) come back to life.

You can hasten the process by a slightly elevated temperature, but I'm
loathe to go above 80F on drying any electronic component for fear of
shortening the x axis of the bathtub curve.

Jim

--
"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right."
--Henry Ford




That didn't totally cure the intermittent "click", so I gave it a good
flush with denatured alcohol.

Two hours of drying later, it wouldn't come alive.

Four hours later it's now working, but wants to turn itself off at
random :-(

Oh, well.

...Jim Thompson

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:48:36 -0800, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
wrote:

And because no alcohol made is purely without water, no matter how high the
proof, it will slowly (perhaps 8 hours, perhaps a day depending on the water
content) come back to life.

You can hasten the process by a slightly elevated temperature, but I'm
loathe to go above 80F on drying any electronic component for fear of
shortening the x axis of the bathtub curve.

Jim

The mouse is behaving quite well now. Since I always have a spare
on-hand I'll think I'll make that a regular cleaning procedure ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
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| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
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Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:48:36 -0800, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
wrote:

And because no alcohol made is purely without water, no matter how high the
proof, it will slowly (perhaps 8 hours, perhaps a day depending on the water
content) come back to life.

You can hasten the process by a slightly elevated temperature, but I'm
loathe to go above 80F on drying any electronic component for fear of
shortening the x axis of the bathtub curve.

Jim

The mouse is behaving quite well now. Since I always have a spare
on-hand I'll think I'll make that a regular cleaning procedure ;-)


The first part of the thread doesn't show on my server. What did you do?
Dunk it in twelve year old Scotch?

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:43:00 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:48:36 -0800, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
wrote:

And because no alcohol made is purely without water, no matter how high the
proof, it will slowly (perhaps 8 hours, perhaps a day depending on the water
content) come back to life.

You can hasten the process by a slightly elevated temperature, but I'm
loathe to go above 80F on drying any electronic component for fear of
shortening the x axis of the bathtub curve.

Jim

The mouse is behaving quite well now. Since I always have a spare
on-hand I'll think I'll make that a regular cleaning procedure ;-)


The first part of the thread doesn't show on my server. What did you do?
Dunk it in twelve year old Scotch?

I poured denatured alcohol into the battery compartment and it ran out
around the buttons.

After around 8 hours of drying it's working like new.

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:43:00 -0800, Joerg
wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:48:36 -0800, "RST Engineering \(jw\)"
wrote:

And because no alcohol made is purely without water, no matter how high the
proof, it will slowly (perhaps 8 hours, perhaps a day depending on the water
content) come back to life.

You can hasten the process by a slightly elevated temperature, but I'm
loathe to go above 80F on drying any electronic component for fear of
shortening the x axis of the bathtub curve.

Jim
The mouse is behaving quite well now. Since I always have a spare
on-hand I'll think I'll make that a regular cleaning procedure ;-)

The first part of the thread doesn't show on my server. What did you do?
Dunk it in twelve year old Scotch?

I poured denatured alcohol into the battery compartment and it ran out
around the buttons.

After around 8 hours of drying it's working like new.


Hopefully it didn't carry any essential stuff out with it. If it's the
Logitech that I have then at least it doesn't have bearings with grease
in them.

How do you get so much crud into it anyhow? Eating chips while doing CAD?

One thing I did find is that it pays to install better contact switches
into a lot of stuff. I always keep a bunch that have good tactile feel
and are nicely sealed.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/