Re: PLEASE HELP: Repair of IIE/IIC Mouses

["Bill Garber" <willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net>]

"Quadrajet1" <quadrajet1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> <<          REPAIR OF IIE/IIC MOUSES
>          ========================
>
> 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

Hellllloooooooo!!!!!! What about testing the wires with an
OHM-Meter. It will find the broken wire just as easily and
requires no cutting and stretching. Your approches are very
amateur to say the least and I don't recommend it at all.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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