Do you take the mouse part to clean off foreign object?

even though i have a optical mouse i clean the base of the mouse often as the it catches up with the dust over the table or on the mouse pad

I used to do that! Now I've got the laser! So I have more time to surf! tdemex

did that all the time, now I have an optical mouse and no moving parts. just take a computer wipe and keep the optical part clean and it works great

hey friend, i do clean my mouse pad regularly, it is really important to do, but i have to say it was a lot more important to clean the mouse pad back then when they only had the roller mouse... the optical mouse really acts funny when there is dust on the mouse pad, the receiving end of the optical sensor begins to react in a funny way and so sometimes your pointer moves when you aren't even moving your mouse, it is pretty funny to see that happening though

i dun have to clean my mouse cause im using the laser one.if something goes wrong with my mouse, i juz need to buy another one.quite simple isn't it?

i have had that problem before. It happened multiple of times. It was starting to get annoying. One time it stop responding to every movement. I felt to smash the computer. I bought a laser mouse instead. It survived about 5 months before my baby brother and sister (twins) played with the cord until it burst. So now i am back to my original mouse with the ball.

I could with my previous roll-ball mouse but now I have a completely new computer set and along with the a new mouse too…this optical mouse thing though I don’t really understand what’s so latest about it…only thing is that it cant be taken apart just like that.

I clean out my mice frequently to keep them tracking well. I also take apart the cover of my computer to dust out my PC to keep it functioning well too. I live in the high desert of Arizona so there is plenty of gunk to clean out. A clean mouse can last ten years. What I don't know how to do is clean off my mouse pad.

Hello friend. I use a laptop with a little red cap as its mouse. I never take it off when I clean off foreign object from the laptop. But I think that it is a good idea of yours to take it off if it is a desktop one. Take care.

I am glad that my days of cleaning the ball type mice are over. I use an optical mouse that runs even on shiny surfaces, so that I don't use a mouse pad anymore and that I don't have to take it apart to clean it. I just have to wipe it's bottom part from time to time to clean it.

I often clean the mouse, while still using the mouse wheel. I am pleased that the mouse type. Now it difficult to get a mouse like that. I had to use the optical mouse. Difficult to be demolished and cleared.

we should clean our mouse as much as possible,when you use the mouse with the hand adsorption sweat,the mouse will become quite dirty,wo we must clean it!

I do clean my mouse back when I was using a mouse that has a trackball since I can take the parts away. But now, I am using an optical mouse and just need to clean the exterior part of it.

I have to clean my mouse out atleast once a week. It gets to the place where the ball will not roll and it gets stuck. It would be surprised how much dirt and dust gets around those little wheels in the inside when you spend 8 hours a day on the computer.

We certainly are a rare breed of men my friend. Just recently I responded to a discussion where I'm the only soul that still uses one. It is by choice right? I believe you use mac and it has other mice. When our mouse wander and moves with the mind of its own that's the time it need our ever tender loving care.)

Yep, just opened my mouse and pulled out the debris, now it is working great! Thanks for the idea!!!

I am having a problem with my mouse too, it just started, I think I will open it up and look for any debris in it.

Yes, I clean the interior part of the mouse whenever the mouse ball becomes harder to manipulate. I remove the screw and then use a stick to remove the dirt accumulated in the internal parts of the mouse yet I use it very gently.