mouse accel rate issue -- resolved

[Bruce Marshall]

On Wednesday 26 February 2003 13:06 pm, dep wrote:
> begin  Bruce Marshall's  quote:
> | Unless the connector itself is worn, I would think it
> | would be a mechanical problem (loose solder joint) more than
> | anything.
>
> just took it apart and wiggled the connector while looking at it under
> a 10x loupe and sure enough, all eight of the solder joints are
> cracked. so i shall be doing some very delicate soldering just as
> soon as the morning coffee wears off.

Good to know in case it happens to me.  My wife was using one at school 
and some kid tripped on the cord and knocked it off the desk..  and then 
he must have stepped on it, because he broke the mini-switch for the 
lower LMB...  I was able to steal the upper RMB switch to fix it....  
Arrrggg.


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+ Bruce S. Marshall  bmarsh at bmarsh.com  Bellaire, MI         02/26/03 
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"What happened to the first 6 "ups"?"