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The mouse might need to be cleaned.

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Hi,

today my mouse started giving me this problem, when I scroll with my mouse wheel, it also does left click and drag.

Is there any way to fix this? Perhaps I accidentaly hit some keyboard combination and enabled this feature or is the mouse wheel simply defective?

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The mouse might need to be cleaned.

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2 minutes ago, pokgoqese said:

Hi,

today my mouse started giving me this problem, when I scroll with my mouse wheel, it also does left click and drag.

Is there any way to fix this? Perhaps I accidentaly hit some keyboard combination and enabled this feature or is the mouse wheel simply defective?

It may be that the mouse wheel is rubbing against the left click button or is misaligned. How old is the mouse?

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10 minutes ago, sky_shark_101 said:

It may be that the mouse wheel is rubbing against the left click button or is misaligned. How old is the mouse?

It's 21 months old. A4tech Bloody V8. Not worth RMAing for the price.

I may open the mouse, tho I don't feel any changes in the clicking. Maybe it just needs cleaning indeed. The screws are behind the metal glide pads tho, which is annoying.

It keeps dragging even if i let go of the wheel, only way to make it stop is to do a left click.

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Just now, pokgoqese said:

It's 21 months old. A4tech Bloody V8. Not worth RMAing for the price.

I may open the mouse, tho I don't feel any changes in the clicking. Maybe it just needs cleaning indeed. The screws are behind the metal glide pads tho, which is annoying.

It keeps dragging even if i let go of the wheel, only way to make it stop is move the wheel again or do a left click.

Yeah that sounds like it is catching I would clean it and see if that makes the difference.

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2 minutes ago, sky_shark_101 said:

Yeah that sounds like it is catching I would clean it and see if that makes the difference.

OK, I will try and let you know.

Just a small correction, it only stops dragging if I hit the left click button.

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1 hour ago, 191x7 said:

The mouse might need to be cleaned.

 

1 hour ago, sky_shark_101 said:

Yeah that sounds like it is catching I would clean it and see if that makes the difference.

So I opened it and cleaned it, and it works fine now! At least for now. :D

Can't say why it was acting like this tho, as the mouse wheel is completely separated from the left mouse button. But there was some dirt on one of the tiny components, so maybe it was "shorting" or something.

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