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A mouse cord is pretty simple to fix. I fixed a Microsoft Wheel mouse when my son (2 at the time) decided that chewing on the cord was more fun than playing on the computer. I did just as glc suggested, bought a used MS mouse really cheap and swapped the cord (easy on a MS, it just plugs into the board, think I may have had to swap some pins around, but I'm not sure) It was pretty funny actually, when he got enough slobber in the cord, the computer just locked up tighter than a drum, and wouldn't reboot for anything. Had to disconnect the mouse, took me a while to figure that one out. I guess he's lucky a mouse doesn't carry more current. Hehe.
I have to agree that Logitech products are great. I bought a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer, and within 2 weeks the mouse would quit working if I bumped the cord on something on my desktop or wiggled it the wrong way. I took it back and got a Logitech optical wheel mouse, and I love it.
On a related note, I was wondering if you could change a PS/2 mouse into a USB one by swapping out the cord. Or are the power requirements different?
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