Comments on: Logitech Marble Mouse trackball

By: kenthehumble

kenthehumble — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:13:17 +0000

ps. While I was in there I put some lube on the other switches too and my scroll buttons are working better than they have for a long time too.

By: kenthehumble

kenthehumble — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:10:09 +0000

My mouse is working again, yay!! I had the same double click problem, or no click at all when I wanted it to. Thanks, Dan for mentioning the hidden fifth screw. Once I got it apart I used some “Sprayway L2″ deep penetrant and moisture displacer on top of the switches (just a drop), then I clicked a few times and wiped up the excess. I would have used contact cleaner but I didn’t have any. WD-40 would most likely have worked too but I used this stuff because it is non-flammable. Really I don’t think there is enough of a spark in there to worry about. I figured I had nothing to lose if it didn’t work I needed a new mouse anyway. -kenthehumble

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 31 May 2011 12:20:13 +0000

as in Post 8. I removed the five screws, but I cannot access or remove the buttons to clean it.
As soon as I received 2nd marble mouse I will give a try to remove the buttons to clean it in order to use the buttons without problems…

By: Jack McRoberts

Jack McRoberts — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:42:57 +0000

I moved to the track mouse when I started having elbow problems. The problems went away. I went to the marble mouse when I lost use of my right thumb for 9 months (not related to mouse use) and I wanted a mouse I could use with either hand. Once I got my thumb use back, I started using the trackmouse right handed at work, left handed at home. I switch off if my wrist gets tired. I love it.

By: SirRod

SirRod — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:24:36 +0000

I have had many logitech peripheral devices.
The Marble Mouse is by far the best yet.
I have the previous version as well as the other trackman wheel.
It has a scroll wheel in the middle of the left and right button, the track ball is on the thumb area. Its a good alternative to the Trackball.
I am also having problems with double clicking with one click.
I have taken the cove off as the above poster said the fifth screw is under the information in the middle of the bottom. You can access it very easy by just inserting the Philips screwdriver threw the plastic.
I cleaned the small amount of debris (Plastic) from the top of the button. But this didn’t help. Ive had this trackball for about 3 years. I love Logitech and even if this problem isn’t solvable I’ll still buy another.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:21:13 +0000

My trackball is now just over 4 years old and I have a complaint. The button is producing a double click when I only click it once. This occurs 20-30% of the time and it’s become a nuisance. I took it apart (remove the visible screws, then push your screwdriver through the faint plus sign on the label to reach the last and final screw deep in the case) but that didn’t help. I’ve reinstalled drivers and that didn’t help either. I’m out of ideas and plan to replace my mouse.

By: steve

steve — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 00:28:27 +0000

Oh yes…sold on trackballs,
I spend hours a day using them..my first logitech trackman lasted 7 years before a wire in the cord broke(marble was still fine)
even after being dunked in coffee a few times, slept on, droped, steped on,,hummmmm,,,, and thrown a few times

as far as buttons and wheels i prefer the trackman wheel mouse model 904353-0403…it is a right hand marble under the thumb with three buttons..(the middle button is actualy the scroll wheel which you still push down on for its button action. the default action of that middle button is to turn on/off using the ball as a window scroll,which means the cursor turns into a curious symbol and movement of the ball after that scrolls the window up/down and left right. this continues until you hit the wheel button agian and it changes it back.
another logitech is model 904360-0403 without the wheel and the marble is bigger and finger controled..this one has 4 buttons and is for either right or left use.

By: mrG

mrG — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 01:46:23 +0000

Count me in as another fan of the Logitech marble — and add in that, being an example of a neural network simulating a natural vision circuit , the marble is also probably the most state-of-the-art object in your entire household!

but now I have a critical problem: button-1 is sticking and I know I could clean it if only I could get the thing open, but removing the bottom 4 screws won’t let you separate the base from the cover shell.

how do you get this thing cracked open without destroying it? Can the buttons be safely pulled off somehow?

By: fhd

fhd — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 03:58:35 +0000

Works fine with GNU/Linux, but its a pain in the a*s to get the scrolling to work.
Three Button Emulation is really not the problem, but I have been trying for _weeks_ to use those scroll buttons.
Without success. But others could made it.
But it’s worth its price, great mouse (except the scrolling-issue)

By: JL

JL — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 20:43:52 +0000

I’ve been using my logitech trackball for 4 years I think? No problems with it, except occaisionally the ball pops out when the cat knocks it onto the floor, but the ball is easily replaced. And once in awhile you have to take the ball out to clean it b/c it’ll slip and you lose control of the pointer.

About scrolling, you can scroll with the trackball. There’s a delicate maneovering of the ball and your fingers involved but once you learn it there’s no problem.