seekermeister
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- May 29, 2009
Not going to happen.If you don't find a good alternative, maybe time to change desk and for a mouse pad with wrist support.
There are cheap desk "mat" in Staples (the big rectangular ones). That will solve the glass problem if you go back to conventional mouse. Just saying. Because I don't see a potential replacement for your trackball.Not going to happen.
I have no idea of what you think that W8 has to do with this problem?See...this is what's wrong with the world today...nobody is willing or wanting to except change....Change is inevitable! Perfect example: Windows 8....lol.
Interesting video, but it seems to have far less to do with cleaning than it does with replacing a switch. I guess he used the forward switch as the replacement, since it probably isn't possible or feasible to buy a new one. I may tinker with this later, but I can still use the mouse in a limited fashion for less important functions, and I'm not anxious to cripple that with an inept repair attempt.Seekermeister, How easy is that trackball mouse to tear down and clean....properly clean it. This is the closest thing I could find on a tear down....
... nothing in there describes your issue or problem your having with your mouse. If you asking for suggestion...I don't have any except for you to get another M570.I applied for an RMA on my M570 on 2-21-14, and received 4 responses spread out during this interval, the last of which I just read, and it said that my case was resolved, but if I hadn't received a reply to call them. I never received anything from them to resolve this one way or another, but at this point I'm not inclined to pay the cost of a long distance call, or waste any more time, when it is obvious to me that they are simply stonewalling me.
I think that you hit it on the head with the video about chatter. Not exactly sure what that means, but it sounds like the problem I'm having. The left button is erratic, sometimes a single click will cause multiple clicks to be registered by the OS or software, at a speed faster than anyone could click, if they wanted to. Other times, one must click multiple times to get the OS/software to register one click. Considering the fact that this is the second M570 I've had with this problem, and this last one only lasted 6 months, and with Logitech's stonewalling, I'm not going to buy another.
I can understand your dislike of the mice, because it does take some getting used to, and they are never as good for gaming. However gaming is a second priority for me, and the simple games I play don't require a higher performance.
Seeker, are you using the logitech driver or the generic driver for that trackball? I have an issue with my graphic tablet but it's no big deal. What happens is sometimes the driver just seem to disappear and the tablet automatically switches to the generic driver which is causing the stylus pen to be erratic. Whenever I have that "erratic problem", I just install again the driver and the problem goes away. I'm thinking maybe you also have driver issue.
This is the graphic tablet I am talking about:
I've taken plenty of mice apart and gave them a going blowing out and use a excellent quality horse hair paint brush to physically clean the PCB in the mouse (great for no static build up). I've not had the chance to take apart a track ball mouse. I would use that torx #6 screw driver and take it apart, blow it out, brush off any lent/dust that may be left behind. If that track ball is anything like the old mice with the ball in the bottom and had those wheels inside...the gunk build up was terrible in about 3 months...I was for ever taking those apart and cleaning them.
I decided to go ahead and attempt the disassembly and repair of this mouse, but wish I hadn't. None of the drivers in my Torx set will fit the screws holding the internal PCB and switch. Even if one did, I still wouldn't have accomplished anything, because I still don't understand how he used the forward switch as the original replacement, because it's dimensions are very different than the switch for the left button. It doesn't surprise me that a repair using it failed, and I have no idea of where to acquire a new Omron switch to use. Since my repair attempt failed, there was no reason to clean anything, but then again, as far as I can see, nothing needs cleaning. I guess this M570 is headed for the mouse mortuary.See...this is what's wrong with the world today...nobody is willing or wanting to except change....Change is inevitable! Perfect example: Windows 8....lol.
Seekermeister, How easy is that trackball mouse to tear down and clean....properly clean it. This is the closest thing I could find on a tear down....
Thanks, but that is a regular optical mouse that has to be shoved around, which is definitely not what I want. The M570 uses a trackball, which permits the mouse to remain stationary. Any alternative would have to operate in this fashion.