Mouse balls

Message

Mr. Invisible · Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:02 pm

So who around here has been trained to remove, replace and clean mouse balls?

#12 Unread post by **Skier** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 9:10 pm

Optical mice rather enjoy a small piece of duct tape placed over the "eye."

Okay so it's the reaction of the user that provides the entertainment, but sure is funny to do to friends at LAN parties.

Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:13 pm

Mr. Invisible wrote:So who around here has been trained to remove, replace and clean mouse balls?

me. I can even open them up and clean the little holes next to the ball.

ofblong · #14 Unread post by **ofblong** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:41 am

Mr. Invisible wrote:So who around here has been trained to remove, replace and clean mouse balls?

uhh there is actual training on how to take out the balls and clean them???????? I am sorry but whomever thought that up must be on crack but hey there are all kinds out there. Some people would actually need that training.

Johnj · #15 Unread post by **Johnj** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:46 am

Mr. Invisible wrote:So who around here has been trained to remove, replace and clean mouse balls?

Don't you mean remove, clean, and then replace. My DI always impressed upon us the importance of doing things in the proper order. He'd say "Ladies it's rape, pillage, and burn. If you get the order wrong, it's no fun at all".
It was a long time ago.

Mr. Invisible · Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:53 pm

Actually the Memo that SV-Wolf posted was taken from an actual memo that was passed around to IBM service personnel.

Back then the mouse was a huge rectangular thing with one or two buttons on top.

There was nothing in the original memo about foreign balls, but I think I remember something about tweezers and cleaning, and also something about scrubbing.