i just bought the intellimouse explorer 3.0 and my scroll whell is really loud and clunky. its even louder than my generic HP mouse. Is this just a problem with my mouse or is it all intellimouses?

is it the new "gaming" version of the Intellimouse Explorer 3?

I believe the previous generation scroll wheel are all like that.

yeah i think it might be the gaming version. its the same as the one here: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/mouse ... px?pid=087

maybe they are all like this, i just wasnt sure if it is defective or not.

everything else about the mouse is great...i think i am just going to have to increase the number of lines it scrolls so i dont need to click the wheel as much.

My wired 3.0 was very quiet.

My wireless 2.0 is inaudible , however the thumb buttons are in a less comfortable position...


Pete

mine is the wired 3.0
so your scroll wheel was pretty quiet? maybe mine is defective.........

My Microsoft "blue" mouse has a very noisy scroll wheel. It sounds like a bucket of bolts, but it works. I think the clicking is to provide tactile feedback for when you have moved the scroll wheel one unit.

Had my wired InteliMouse Explorer 3.0 for 3 years and the scroll wheel has been clunky from new. Very well built mouse, which feels as good as the day I bought it, and that includes the scroll wheel, but the action isn’t what you’d call ‘refined’. I’ve had much cheaper mice with much smoother scroll wheels.

Loads of comment on the wheel at NewEgg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Custratin ... 6826105018