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I noticed that my mouse wheel when scrolling up would sometimes scroll down instead (and vice versa). I figured it's probably because there is some dirt and grime inside the mouse wheel casing that's somehow interfering with the sensor.

How can I clean it without taking the mouse apart? I guess I could fill it with some isopropyl alcohol and wait a bit to shake it out or something but I don't know how well that would work and I don't want to make it worse obviously.

Does anyone have a better idea maybe? It's a Logitech G703 Lightspeed

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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

~~I didn't know you could still get mice with wheels. I've only seen optical ones in the past decade or two. I don't miss the mechanical ones.~~ Oh wait, you mean the scroll wheel. In the old days there were mice with wheels on the bottom to sense the mouse positioning.

For your mouse, I'd just take it apart if it is possible to do, and clean everything.

[–] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I'm old enough to have used these mice and they were balls not wheels underneath.

[–] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

The mouse had wheels which sat on the balls. It was sometimes necessary to clean those as well. Though, I suspect that the person you responded to wasn't thinking about those wheels.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Technically, the ball moved 2 wheels around and the wheels were what would get clogged with lint and stuff, not the ball.

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago

Not old enough, apparently. They originally were two wheels, and even when they switched to the ball, there was actually still two smaller wheels inside which were turned by the ball.

[–] OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Giggity. I still have one in my junk drawer, although I tossed the mouse it belonged to years ago.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I can't find a pic, but I'm sure-ish (like 70-80%) that I once used a mouse that had 2 wheels on the underside, one rolling vertical and one horizontal. I don't think it was very good.