What did I do to deserve this?

2008-12-18 04:47 pm
mdlbear: "Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness" - Terry Pratchett (flamethrower)
[personal profile] mdlbear

My trackball is going Republican -- it keeps dashing off to the far right. Where did I go wrong?

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Date: 2008-12-19 01:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ravan.livejournal.com
Does it's ball need cleaning, or does it have weird drive(r)s?

Seriously, maybe a connection is loose.

Date: 2008-12-19 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acelightning.livejournal.com
I'd suspect that the ball, and/or the rotors it rolls on, need cleaning. (That's why I'm so partial to optical rodents.)

Date: 2008-12-19 04:07 am (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
It is optical; cleaning the sensor seems to help a little.

Date: 2008-12-19 09:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] acelightning.livejournal.com
Cleaning the ball might not be a bad idea as well. If there's any kind of cruft on the ball, the optical sensor will "see" it, and probably misinterpret it.

Date: 2008-12-19 03:04 pm (UTC)
mdlbear: blue fractal bear with text "since 2002" (Default)
From: [personal profile] mdlbear
Probably an excellent idea. And since it's all done with IR, it could mean that whatever's doing it isn't even visible.

Date: 2008-12-19 02:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] carmiel.livejournal.com
Maybe you let it visit too many political sites? :D

Date: 2008-12-19 02:52 am (UTC)
ext_12246: (melonhead)
From: [identity profile] thnidu.livejournal.com
What ravan and acelightning said. With mine, I take out the ball and see accumulated lint; blow it out and/or wipe it out, with a tissue or bandana, slightly moistened if necessary, and put the ball in. That fixes it. It also makes it roll easier (less resistance).
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