Magic mouse scrolling, clicking, but NOT tracking

Magic mouse, about a year old, stopped tracking recently. Its bluetooth connection is there just fine, is discoverable etc. Its power light shows (the little green one). It scrolls, clicks, right-clicks. But it doesn't track. The light sensor area under the mouse doesn't show a red light when I flip it over.
Sounds like a hardware failure yes?
What to do - visit the geniuses?

You won't see the laser light, it's not visible to the eye. Try cleaning the laser sensor/transmitter with a Q-tip and insure you have good batteries.
Regards,
Captfred

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