Re: PLEASE HELP: Repair of IIE/IIC Mouses

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

<<          REPAIR OF IIE/IIC MOUSES
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	Help! I have 5-6 IIe/IIc mouses, all with the same fault! They 
scroll vertically, but not horizontally. Someone told me that its 
indicates a broken wire. But which wire?? Is the break likely to be at the 
DB-9 plug, or at the entry point into the mouse's housing?

	I do most of my typing on the IIC+ (I have five of the IIC+!), so 
fixing these IIe/IIc mouses is very important to me ....   Thanks, Steve >>

  Man, I've fixed a few hundred Apple and Mac mice.  What I do in your case is
this:

  Take apart the mouse, and remove the cable assembly.  Take the strain relief
(the one that was attached to the mouse)and slowing break it loose from the
cable itself. Slide it up the cable about 4-6 inches or so.  Strip away the
sheath so you have all the wires exposed a good 4 to 6 inches or so.  Tug real
good on each wire and you'll find the broken one real quick as it starts to
stretch.  If you have the patience you can just cut all the wires and resplice
them into the wires coming out of the connector, replace the connector with new
pins, or just solder the wires directly to the pins on the mouse circuit board.

  I usually cut and reconnect personally.  But once you do the trick above, you
will have all the strained wires inside the mouse, and you can start fresh with
all new wires at the point of strain relief.

  I have also used the same technique when you have a bad wire at the strain
relief on monitors.

Raymond