Re: PLEASE HELP: Repair of IIE/IIC Mouses

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

"Quadrajet1" <quadrajet1@aol.com> wrote in message
20030922115900.07565.00001375@mb-m27.aol.com">news:20030922115900.07565.00001375@mb-m27.aol.com...
> << *******************************************
> How do you already know for certain his mouse has broken wires??? >>
>
>  Becasue they are old and 99 times out of 100 when the symptoms are they
won't
> move one of the 4 directions, it's a broken wire.  Each direction, up,
down,
> left and right has a separate wire, and yes, it does break right where it
goes
> into the strain relief on the mouse. The wires are very thin, otherwise
the
> cable would be very stiff.
>
>   Same with monitors, people tend to shove their monitors up against the
wall,
> and bend the cable at such a sharp angle it causes a failure in the
extremely
> thin wire.

I can find much truth in what you've said, BUT, how do
you explain the fact that they don't work on the IIc, and they
do work on the IIe mouse card?

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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