MS Trackball Optical

[Guest]

I've been using the Trackball Optical as a USB device for a long time and my
hand is used to it. Bought a second computer and another TO. The ball drags
and rolls in spurts, as though it was dirty. I feel a slight resistance to my
thumb's motion to move the ball. Tried cleaning it, but no solution.

There are three (3) little ball-bearings in the ball-holder and it's hard to
tell if they are rolling OK. They are extremely small! Gave up and bought
another one from the same store). Same problem! Returned it. Both of the
"sticky" TO's are shown as made in China.

Bought an equivalent Logitech, but it drove my hand crazy. Can't have two
different mice on two computers sitting side by side. No complaint against
LT, but I don't want to retrain my mouse hand (at age 83 and 40 years as a
code banger, it may not be possible!).

Has anyone found oiut how to clean the TO so that it doesn't have this
draggy/intermittent kind of operation right out of the box? Is it acutally a
hardware defect you know about? Could it be a "breaking in problem"? That
sounds silly for a mouse! But...

 

[Jim Macklin]

I have two computers and two TrackBall Optical, both made in
China. I pop the ball out about once a week and use a pair
of tweezers to remove dead skin cells and other dirt from
the stationary metal contact points and the other areas in
the socket. I also wipe the ball down before I pop it back
in..
Suggest that the problem may be your drivers on the second
computer or the priority setting the trackball has. You
could also have a whole s*load of programs running in the
background [services] that are causing you to have issues
[key loggers being a possibility].

The only improvement in the TO would be a glove mode, so you
could "put it on" and not need a desk. They should also
make a left-hand version.

Try setting your services, reinstall the IntelliPoint
software and see how it works.


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| I've been using the Trackball Optical as a USB device for
a long time and my
| hand is used to it. Bought a second computer and another
TO. The ball drags
| and rolls in spurts, as though it was dirty. I feel a
slight resistance to my
| thumb's motion to move the ball. Tried cleaning it, but no
solution.
|
| There are three (3) little ball-bearings in the
ball-holder and it's hard to
| tell if they are rolling OK. They are extremely small!
Gave up and bought
| another one from the same store). Same problem! Returned
it. Both of the
| "sticky" TO's are shown as made in China.
|
| Bought an equivalent Logitech, but it drove my hand crazy.
Can't have two
| different mice on two computers sitting side by side. No
complaint against
| LT, but I don't want to retrain my mouse hand (at age 83
and 40 years as a
| code banger, it may not be possible!).
|
| Has anyone found oiut how to clean the TO so that it
doesn't have this
| draggy/intermittent kind of operation right out of the
box? Is it acutally a
| hardware defect you know about? Could it be a "breaking in
problem"? That
| sounds silly for a mouse! But...
|