Simviation Forum - Dead Trackball?

Aug 22^nd, 2005 at 7:53am

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Yesterday my Logitech trackball decided it would no longer allow me to click on anything. Ball and scroll wheel work fine; just no l/r click function. Weird. It's a USB type, but I'm using an adaptor for the mouse port... don't think I ever even loaded drivers for it, and it's been fine for about a year.
Anybody had similar problems? Is this thing shot, or...??

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Reply #1 - Aug 22^nd, 2005 at 3:20pm

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First thing to try is taking off the mouse port adapter and shoving it into a USB port. It will then run on a different set of drivers etc (usb ones).

If that doesn't work try it on another computer.

If that doesn't work, you've got a nice new paperweight Wink

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Reply #2 - Aug 22^nd, 2005 at 7:09pm

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LOL... looks like I will soon have a new paperweight. I think it's mechanical. Seems that if I just hold the button down for a millisecond longer and sort of massage it, it works fine...wait a sec; no. it's not that- I have to tap the forward-most part of the button. There it goes...plastic fatigue...
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Thanks for the help...

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Reply #3 - Aug 23^rd, 2005 at 10:31pm

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Now it's definitely dead... Grin

The damn thing just got too annoying to use, so in a fit of pique I ripped it out of its port and whipped it against the floor. Very liberating. I even picked up the ball after it popped out of its socket and hurled it against the wall for good measure (no harm done; the wall in question is clad in thick tongue-and-groove wood planking).
Then after I calmed down I rummaged around and found a slick little Radio Shack mouse with a scroll wheel that an old roomie had left behind... ahhh.... scroll wheel good...
I'll probably get another trackball this weekend; maybe I'll spend a little more money this time.
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Reply #4 - Aug 24^th, 2005 at 6:26pm

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BTW, use the USB connection in the future.

Its much better anyway (being hot swappable and all). Plus, I've had nothing but trouble when it comes to USD-to-PS/2 adapters.

I still don't understand why high-end motherboards come with those lousy unreliable connectors. If you can afford an SLI mobo, you should also be able to afford $10 for a USD mouse and keyboard.

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Reply #5 - Aug 25^th, 2005 at 7:21am

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Yeah, I should- but the PS2 connector comes out much more easily when you want to yank it out and toss it!!
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Reply #6 - Aug 26^th, 2005 at 4:48am

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Yeah, I should- but the PS2 connector comes out much more easily when you want to yank it out and toss it!!
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