Intellimouse schmintellimouse

blissard · Post by **blissard** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:22 am

Hey!

I'd just like to warm you about the microsoft intellimouse explorer 4.0 (and the 3.0 too actually). Just don't buy them! (and here's why):

I had used the 3.0 for maybe half a year before it started messing up. The scrollwheel became more and more stuck for some reason, and i had to click the left mousebutton repeatedly many times before it responded. It also doubleclicked when i singleclicked, irritating!

So i decided to buy a new mouse. This was just as the 4.0 was introduced. I bought it, believing that microsoft had learned by it's mistakes with the 3.0. It felt and worked very nice in the start. The scrollwheel was really nice with it's smooth scrolling. But then, after maybe 8-10 months(?) the exact same stuff started happening with it. I have to click repeatedly and hard to make it respond, and it doubleclicks 50% of the times i singleclick. The wheel is still good though. I've been doing some research, and it turns out this is the case with almost everyone who has bought this mouse. How can Microsoft get away with this? There must be someone here who's got the same problem?

Logitech next.

sajh · Post by **sajh** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:38 am

been using an intellimouse explorer 3.0 for the last year, still works perfectly

inZane · Post by **inZane** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 7:59 am

Logitech is teh mouse

aztecx · Post by **aztecx** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:16 am

nah the double click bullshit isnt the mouse, its ad-ware.

I have had a microsoft optical for so long and its the best mouse. Never any screw ups except for when i used to single click and it doubled. I later found out it was ad-ware.

sCrewFace · Post by **sCrewFace** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 8:20 am

Ive used it for 2-3 years now and i wouldnt change it for anything else. Ive destroyed 4 of them and i keep buying a new one (yes i get pretty piseed)

Da^JuaN · Post by **Da^JuaN** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:03 am

Just bought the logitech mx518 last week, i can really advice that one for gaming (and also for windows

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Dragoneye · Post by **Dragoneye** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:08 am

blissard that your little problem is easily fixed, just a little ducktape inside the mouse and it works perfectly.

blissard · Post by **blissard** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:27 am

aztecx wrote:nah the double click bullshit isnt the mouse, its ad-ware.

I have had a microsoft optical for so long and its the best mouse. Never any screw ups except for when i used to single click and it doubled. I later found out it was ad-ware.

i'm pretty sure it ain't an ad-ware problem, my pc is clean. many many people have the exact same problem as me, are you saying they all got ad-ware that messed up their mouse half a year after they bought it? i think not.

Dragoneye wrote:blissard that your little problem is easily fixed, just a little ducktape inside the mouse and it works perfectly.

do you have the intellimouse 4.0? did you have the same problem as me? and what do you mean with "put a little ducktape inside the mouse", explain.

bail · Post by **bail** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:44 am

i say logitech mx500 pwns. bought mine 2 years ago and i have no plans buying a new

Dragoneye · Post by **Dragoneye** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:57 am

do you have the intellimouse 4.0? did you have the same problem as me? and what do you mean with "put a little ducktape inside the mouse", explain.

well i dont have intellimouse 4.0 but i have intellimouse optical 1.0a

but i did have the same problem wiht mousebutton 1, it didnt work, i had to press it like milliontimes to get it work then i put some paper inside it

and now my mouse button1 works. dunno if this helps you in anyway :L

minchiano · Post by **minchiano** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 4:59 pm

@ Dragoneye! Wtg

Using Logitech myself. Old, but trustworthy. Had the same one for... allmost 3 years now I think.

Post by **Beavisss** » Sun Apr 17, 2005 6:22 pm

logitech mx series for life

suds · Post by **suds** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:40 am

mx518 huh?

im going shopping

then im coming for u juan, no more hiding behind my excuses

Post by **Haudrauf** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:35 am

Have the same problems coming up as Blissard... and after all you got to agree that the quality of the MS IntelliExplorer 3.0 is utter crap compared to some robust Logitech mouse.

So... yet my Intelli 3.0 works fine ... wheel already dead, mouse1 doubleclicking sometimes... so in some time I gotta buy a new Logitech one.

impressiVe · Post by **impressiVe** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:30 pm

<- Razer Diamondback + iCEMAT.com

100€ ^^