Crippled Mouse? I have a Logitech M705 wireless mouse, three years old. The right button takes two or three clicks to get it to work. Most clicking is done with the left button, so I...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I have a Logitech M705 wireless mouse, three years old. The right button takes two or three clicks to get it to work. Most clicking is done with the left button, so I was surprised to see the right one start to fail. Have any of you had mouse buttons go bad? I don't feel like taking it apart, although the link below should help. I have other mice to cannibalize for a switch.

http://www.kaibader.de/logitech-m705-how-to-fix-a-defective-mouse-button/

nicksr1125 Loc: Mesa, AZ

Try blowing it out with canned air first. It may just be a little dust/dirt built up in the switch. I still have the 1st Logitech mouse I bought in 1988 ($199.00) connected to an old Tandy 286 computer and it still works. About 10 years ago, I had a Logitech mouse drop dead. Called their customer service, gave them the serial number, they replaced it under warranty.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

nicksr1125 wrote:

Try blowing it out with canned air first. It may just be a little dust/dirt built up in the switch. I still have the 1st Logitech mouse I bought in 1988 ($199.00) connected to an old Tandy 286 computer and it still works. About 10 years ago, I had a Logitech mouse drop dead. Called their customer service, gave them the serial number, they replaced it under warranty.

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

Bobbee

jerryc41 wrote:

I have a Logitech M705 wireless mouse, three years old. The right button takes two or three clicks to get it to work. Most clicking is done with the left button, so I was surprised to see the right one start to fail. Have any of you had mouse buttons go bad? I don't feel like taking it apart, although the link below should help. I have other mice to cannibalize for a switch.

http://www.kaibader.de/logitech-m705-how-to-fix-a-defective-mouse-button/

Yes, buy a new one. Nothing last forever!!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bobbee wrote:

Yes, buy a new one. Nothing last forever!!

I don't think I've ever had a mouse fail. I'd like to nurse this little guy back to health. :D

Bobbee

jerryc41 wrote:

I don't think I've ever had a mouse fail. I'd like to nurse this little guy back to health. :D

what I tend to find is that the mice start to 'over' communicate with the computer. I had an issue where the focused frame was jumping on the monitor. Was a wonderful feature when I was in front of 300 people doing a presentation. After a long time of swapping things in and out I trace it to my LogiTech Roller Ball mouse. Replace it with a newer one and issue went away. Other times the mouse, when the system was patched, stopped working. Again, not worth my time. Get a new one. Anything on Amazon is two clicks away from my mailbox.

Dale40203 Loc: Louisville, KY

I recently had my Logitech Performance MX exhibit some strange behavior. The Cursor just started sliding horizontally to the left until it hit the edge of the screen. I could intercept it and get some clicks in to restart the computer, but the sliding returned.
I contacted Logitech and they told me to remove the battery and spend a minute clicking both sides of the mouse. When I replaced the battery, the sliding had stopped. Not sure this will help you, but I thought it was a good example of how weird some remedies can be.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bobbee wrote:

Was a wonderful feature when I was in front of 300 people doing a presentation. After a long time of swapping things in and out I trace it to my LogiTech Roller Ball mouse.

Very few public presentations go as planned. Even Apple and MS have had their share of problems doing presentations.

louparker Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

jerryc41 wrote:

I have a Logitech M705 wireless mouse, three years old. The right button takes two or three clicks to get it to work. Most clicking is done with the left button, so I was surprised to see the right one start to fail. Have any of you had mouse buttons go bad? I don't feel like taking it apart, although the link below should help. I have other mice to cannibalize for a switch.

http://www.kaibader.de/logitech-m705-how-to-fix-a-defective-mouse-button/

Actually, it is very simple and easy to at least take the cover off, and besides just using canned air to blow out dust, you probably have some lint that has balled up inside and you can pick that out with tweezers. I've had to do that several times to get both a trackball and BT mouse working properly again and you can save yourself 20 bucks or more.

SmittyOne Loc: California

louparker wrote:

Actually, it is very simple and easy to at least take the cover off, and besides just using canned air to blow out dust, you probably have some lint that has balled up inside and you can pick that out with tweezers. I've had to do that several times to get both a trackball and BT mouse working properly again and you can save yourself 20 bucks or more.

I use Q-tips and denatured alcohol to clean my Logitech Trackman Marble wheel. Lint builds up on the contact points where the ball rotates, and the ball get gunk from the grease from human skin. This thing is 15 years old.

railfab Loc: Aberdeen, WA

jerryc41 wrote:

I have a Logitech M705 wireless mouse, three years old. The right button takes two or three clicks to get it to work. Most clicking is done with the left button, so I was surprised to see the right one start to fail. Have any of you had mouse buttons go bad? I don't feel like taking it apart, although the link below should help. I have other mice to cannibalize for a switch.

http://www.kaibader.de/logitech-m705-how-to-fix-a-defective-mouse-button/

Go to an electronics store and buy a spray can of contact cleaner. Open up the mouse and find the switches and spray the cleaner into the small spaces of the covers of the switches and click them several times. I did this several years ago on my Logitech trackball and haven't had any trouble since.

louparker Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

SmittyOne wrote:

I use Q-tips and denatured alcohol to clean my Logitech Trackman Marble wheel. Lint builds up on the contact points where the ball rotates, and the ball get gunk from the grease from human skin. This thing is 15 years old.

I, too, use Q-tips but with 91% alcohol, which sanitizes everything, too. I also sometimes use tuner cleaner, but the 91% alcohol doesn't have such an offensive (and dangerous) odor.

Earworms Loc: Sacramento, California

jerryc41 wrote:

I have a Logitech M705 wireless mouse, three years old. The right button takes two or three clicks to get it to work. Most clicking is done with the left button, so I was surprised to see the right one start to fail. Have any of you had mouse buttons go bad? I don't feel like taking it apart, although the link below should help. I have other mice to cannibalize for a switch.

http://www.kaibader.de/logitech-m705-how-to-fix-a-defective-mouse-button/

Back in the day when mice still had a roller ball and a mechanical encoder, I repaired them several times. I usually obtained spare parts from other mice, cannibalized broken ones as necessary. What was usually needed though, was a breakdown and thorough cleaning.