I can't get the back of my mouse off?

Question

I need to unscrew the back to clean the ball, but it won't turn. Atall!

Help?

Answer 1

It sounds like for some reason the plastic is stuck.  Here are a couple of things you can try ...

1) Put a **tiny** bit of sewing machine oil around the edges of the cover plate.

2) Put the mouse in the freezer (inside a Baggie) for a couple of hours or so.  The cold will shrink the plastic a little, hopefully giving it enough room that it'll budge.

Don't sweat it too badly if nothing works, though.  Mice are cheap, so if you end up having to get a new one it's not that big a deal.