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MS Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 cordless Model 1007, bought on sale at Office Depot maybe 3 years ago. I got it because I use my main PC as an HTPC sometimes and want mouse support from an easy chair. I barely used it at all, and didn't use it at the computer because with 2 AA batteries installed it felt heavy to me (5.2 ounces).
Two days ago I decided I'd donate it to a nonprofit I volunteer for. It's the damndest thing. A bit of the left and right buttons were sticky (and shiny) and I figured I'd gotten something on it, likely sticky food although I'm usually pretty careful with such things. First I tried water on a sponge and a cloth and that didn't help. Then I tried 70% rubbing alcohol and it didn't clean off the sticky stuff. So, I went to lighter fluid and a tissue. Lighter fluid is naptha and usually just the thing to remove sticky stuff, such as residue from tape. It only made matters worse. Now the entire key surface of both buttons is very sticky and it peels off with my fingernail. :frown: It's as though the plastic itself of the L/R buttons of this entirely black 5 button mouse is decomposing! The whole mouse is plastic. It's only the left and right key surfaces that are doing this, and it's all over the exterior surface of those keys. This mouse got next to no use and has been kept clean and in a fairly cool controlled environment. Any take on this? Is there any chance MS would replace it? I had good luck once before with MS with a mouse that had a problem. They sent me a replacement, and I think it was purchased over a year before I contacted them (they seemed to be willing to stand behind their mice indefinitely at that time, but it was like the mid 1990's). Absent that, I think the only chance it will be useful is if I apply plastic tape to the key surfaces. They are far from flat, however, so that won't be simply done.
Two days ago I decided I'd donate it to a nonprofit I volunteer for. It's the damndest thing. A bit of the left and right buttons were sticky (and shiny) and I figured I'd gotten something on it, likely sticky food although I'm usually pretty careful with such things. First I tried water on a sponge and a cloth and that didn't help. Then I tried 70% rubbing alcohol and it didn't clean off the sticky stuff. So, I went to lighter fluid and a tissue. Lighter fluid is naptha and usually just the thing to remove sticky stuff, such as residue from tape. It only made matters worse. Now the entire key surface of both buttons is very sticky and it peels off with my fingernail. :frown: It's as though the plastic itself of the L/R buttons of this entirely black 5 button mouse is decomposing! The whole mouse is plastic. It's only the left and right key surfaces that are doing this, and it's all over the exterior surface of those keys. This mouse got next to no use and has been kept clean and in a fairly cool controlled environment. Any take on this? Is there any chance MS would replace it? I had good luck once before with MS with a mouse that had a problem. They sent me a replacement, and I think it was purchased over a year before I contacted them (they seemed to be willing to stand behind their mice indefinitely at that time, but it was like the mid 1990's). Absent that, I think the only chance it will be useful is if I apply plastic tape to the key surfaces. They are far from flat, however, so that won't be simply done.
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