Need Help: Wireless Mighty Mouse's Roller Ball Sluggish, Not Sensitive...

Hello all.
*I have followed Apple's Support Docu* to "hold the mouse upside-down and roll the ball vigorously while cleaning it to help dislodge any particles that may have collected on the internal hardware".
But after I did that a few times, *my Mighty Mouse's rolling is still very sluggish, especially rolling/scrolling downwards, it is very in-sensitive, I almost have to push down the roller ball hard and scroll, then it will be effective.*
*Any idea to fix this?* Or my mouse's "time is up"?
Thanks and cheers

Sure just needs cleaning. Get some Foam cleaner. Spray on tissue/cloth flip mouse upside down and scroll in the problematic direction for 2 mins.
Add more foam cleaner to cloth and repeat until you have completed the points on a Compass.
Its dirt and grease that causes that. Its a known design problem. A simple clean usually resolves for a few months and then you have to repeat again.
ANY CHEAP FOAM CLEANER SPRAY WORKS FINE. as long as its for Computers.

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