Wireless Mighty Mouse Refuses To Scroll Up

Hello, I have a small issue.
My wireless mighty mouse suddenly refuses to scrcoll up. I changed the batteries, reconfigured it in Sys Preferences. It will scroll every direction but up.
Do any of you fine people have an idea of what is wrong?
Thanks

The problem is, they are not designed to be taken apart. They are stuck together with some serious glue. By the time you get it apart, the thing is already a bit of a mess with possible broken bits. And to get it back together is going to need more glue. I can almost guarantee it will look a mess by then. And thats if it still works at all after the surgery. They are quite intricate things inside, even more so the wireless ones.
I've done the job to a couple of these mice, and already 1 of them is acting up again. I dont think it will survive another operation, so it will most likely get binned and substituted with a Logitech, or similar.

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