mart360

To open up and rob for parts.....

my old hp mouse has developed a duff scroll wheel, so i went to buy a new one,

typically loads of mice, but all for people with huge hands or long fingers!!!

i coulnt reach the scrollwheel..

so i paid for a new scrollmouse and robbed it of components, one scrollwhell and its carrier, a quick unsolder and resolder and bobs your, and ive got some spare microswitches, an usb converter and an ir reciever to play around with..

and no i wont be taking the new one back honest


anyone else done this rather than junk old stuff

Mart

NotoriousREV

So, exactly how small and girl-like are your hands? Even my arthritic mother-in-law can easliy use a £5 Microsoft Intellimouse. Not worth the hassle of taking one apart for that money.

dpb

Apart from a slight dyspepsia in your writing style i think youve done marvelously to hide the fact your only 8...


In answer - yes i tried it - only cos i couldnt find a black one to match Dell setup . Didnt w**k tho , cant actually remember why...

kammy

Whoops!

mart360

neither, but when your hand sits on a scroll mouse, you need your finger to reach the scrollw wheel!!!

they make them with such a hump that my fingers dont reach, yet the packard bell one i have works a treat, hence the reason i robbed the other one for parts

Mart

mart360

oh look another failed teacher,

wie du peple get so pissed of wiv spellin erruz

ffs the odd dispaced letter never hurt anybody and given that english grammer rules are stupid eg. I before E except after C hmmm forgot about 'being' didnt they and there and their (i before again!!!)

so hey ho my grammer isnt the best of it, but given that we live in the 21st century and we have technology, i blame the webby for not implementing spell checking

Mart

NotoriousREV

I still don't get it, surely the scroll wheel sits between the mouse buttons? Surely you hold your mouse by poising your fingers over said buttons and resting your palm on the hump, therefore the scroll wheel is easliy reachable? My entire mouse is only about 3/4 of the length of my hand and I don't consider myself to have freakishly large hands. Or are talking at cross purposes here?

mart360

your on the right lines.

however i keep my wrist on the mouse mat (less stress) and the mouse sits comfortably in my palm.

but if the mouse has a high hump or curved shape, then my fingers dont reach the scroll wheel, or ar able to press the buttons its not large hands either is finger length as well i only have short fingers..

Mart

dpb

Mart your a freak

Well you bought a Packard Bell afterall........

mart360

only the ir mouse, (£2 in a car boot)

Mart

GaryCat

Come on. first you say it's an HP then you say it's a Packard Bell.

£2 is a rip off.. 78p at ebuyer - http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=72536

NotoriousREV

Mart and his mouse, earlier today:

mart360

psml

oops its a packard bell mouse, and ive had it a couple of years

Mart

Funkii Munkii

Are you Jeremy Beadle ??

jasey

Trying to work out which is funnier - the original question or the answers.

This must be the most **** question with the most **** answers ever.

Cheers Mart & everyone else.



ps -must ask our resident geek if he's ever dismantled a mouse for spares when he gets in !

pps - Geek's arrived - you're not alone