Mighty Mouse won't scroll up, only down

I had this problem again tonight, but this time a restart didn't work.
So I took the mouse and turned it upside down, and rolled with pressure the scroll ball on my mouse pad. I rolled in all directions, then plugged it back in. It worked. Which leads me to believe that the first time it happened, the restart didn't have anything to do with it.
Before I rolled the scroll ball, I tried just unplugging and plugging back in, besides the restart. It seems that the scroll ball got "out of whack" as I now can here a a louder "zipping" sound as the scroll ball moves around.
I read some other posts about this problem, you might want to try rolling your ball around your mousepad and apply some pressure.
Bryan

<q>I read some other posts about this problem, you might want to try rolling your ball around your mousepad and apply some pressure.</q>
...and while you're at it, perform this action on a slightly moistened (I used Glassex) tissue. My MM wouldn't scroll down and I suspected dirt and grease from my finger to be the culprit. The cleaning solved the problem, and I even didn't unplug it.
There is KB article on this topic:
How to clean your Mighty Mouse.
JJ
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