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Subject: can an optical mouse go bad?
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 16:50:31 -0500
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This afternoon my optical mouse has been stopping and not moving. The light seems dim. Then, after a while it starts up again.
Any ideas?
I had the idea that these mice don't fail, so I am hesitant to drive a lot of miles to buy another one, only to have no change in behavior, and then discover later that the whole problem was a "W" caught in a sharp corner inside the wire.

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