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IhaveaLogitechwirelesslasermouseandafterayearorsoofuse,theleft
clickbuttonwoulddoubleclickeverytimeItriedtosingleclicksomething.As
canbeimagined,thisgetsfrustratingveryfast.So,beingthetinkererthatIam,I
decidedtoopenherupandseeifitcouldberepaired.Sureenough,It'sapretty
simplefix,ifyouhavesomecommontoolsandateaspoon(edit:atablespoon)of
patience.Therearesomeverysmallpartsinvolved,soyouwillwanttomake
sureyouwareworkinginawelllit,cleanenvironmentsothatanypartsthatare
droppedcanbeeasilyfound.Ihavenowperformedthisfixforthethirdtimeand
decidedtotakepicturesthistimetosharewithotherswhomayfindthisuseful.
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whichtimethemousewillneedtobereplaced(unlessyou'redetermined
enoughtotryandsourceparts).Goodluckwithyourrepair,Ihopethishelps.
EDIT:Therearequiteafewcommentsaboutthedifficultyofstep8.Iwould
advisethatyoureadthroughsomeofthecommentsforvariousapproachesto
completingthatpartoftherepair.

Step1:removebatteries

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Ifyouareworkingonawirelessmouse,youwillwanttofirstopenthebattery
cover,andremovethebatteriesfromthemouse.

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together.Thesescrewsarelocatedunderneaththeslidepadsontheunderside
ofthemouse.Toremovetheslidepads,gentlyprytheedgeofthepadupwitha
smallflatheadscrewdriverandpeelitoff.Theyareheldinplacewithsomesort
ofadhesive.

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Removethefourscrewswithasmallphilipsheadscrewdriver.

Step4:openherup

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Atthispointthetopcovershouldliftoff,revealingthemouse'sinnards.

Step5:locatetheclickmechanismthatiscausingthe
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Dependingonthemouse,therecanbeone,orseveralclickmechanisms.This
particularmousehas6,withtheleftandrightclickbeingthemainmechanism.
Theleftclickistheonecausingmeproblems,andislikelytheoneyouare
lookingforalso.Locatethismechanismsowecancontinuetherepair.
Beforeyouproceed,besuretonoticetheverytinywhitebuttonlocatedonthe
topcover.Thiswillfallloosewhenthecoverisremoved,andyouwillwanttobe
sureyouretainthispiecetobereinstalledlater.

Step6:openthemechanismbox

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Thesmallrectangularbox,containsthepartweneedaccesstoinorderto
completetherepair.
Toopenthecover,useasmallflatheadscrewdrivertogentlyprytheboxcover
awayfromthelatch.Thiswillallowthecovertoliftslightlyuntilyoucandothe
sametothebackside.Becarefulnottoprytoofarorhardasitcoulddamage
thecover.ThefirsttimeIperformedthisrepair,Idamagedthecoveronmine,
butthankfullyitstillstaysinplace,sotherewasnorealharmdone.
Besuretoretainthesmallwhitebuttontoreinstalllater.

Step7:locate,remove,andretensionthespring

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Thisisthekeytotherepair.Youmustremovetheverytinycoppertension
springfrominsidetheclickmechanism.
Afteryouhaveremovedthispart,makesurethesmalltabhasadecentcurveto
it.YoucanseeinthepicturehowIusethescrewdrivertobendthecurvewhile
holdingitdownwithmyfinger.
Thenbendthetabup,sotherewillbemoretensiononitafteritisreinstalled.
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Thisiswherethepatiencecomesintoplay.Thisisprobablythemosttedious
andtimeconsumingpartoftherepair.
Toreinstallthetensionspring,firstattachittothesmallhookatthefrontofthe
mechanism,asshowninthepicture.Thenusetheflatheadscrewdrivertopush
thecurvedtabintoplacewhilekeepingtherearofthespringunderthesmall
armattherearofthemechanism.Thesecondpictureshowswhatitshouldlook
likeafterbeingreinstalled.Noticethearrowspointingtothespotsthatneedthe
mostattention.Youwantallthreetobecorrectorthemechanismwillnot
operateproperly.

Step9:reassembletheclickmechanismandtest

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Next,youwillneedtoreassembletheclickmechanism.Firstreinstallthetiny
whitebuttonintothemechanismcover(youdidremembertofindandsetaside
thetinybuttonright?).Theeasiestwaytodothisisbydroppingorplacingitinto
thecoverwithapairoftweezers.Withonehand,pickupthecoverwhile
keepingitupsidedownsothebuttonstaysinplace.Withtheotherhand,pickup
themousebody,turnitupsidedown,andpushthecoverbackintoplace.Doing
itthiswaywillinsurethatthetinywhitebuttonstaysinplacewhilethe
mechanismisputbacktogether.
Atthispoint,beforereassemblingthemouse,setitdownonthetable,andgive
thetinywhitebuttonafewtestclicks.Youshouldnoticethatitismakingacrisp
clicksoundwhenpressed,andthatitnowspringsbackwithmoreforcethanit
didbefore.Ifyouarenothearingandfeelingadifference,youmayneedtoopen
themechanismbackupandtryretentioningthespringagain.
Ifallseemswell,thangoaheadandputthemousetopbackinplace,reinstall
the4mainscrews,andputtheslidepadsbackinplace.Ifthereisnotenough
adhesivelefttokeeptheslidepadson,youcanaddsomemore.Regularelmers
gluestickhasworkedforme,oradabofsupergluewouldcertainlydothetrick.
Thanksforreading.Ihopeyounowhaveamousethatclicksproperly.

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Thankyouverymuch.Ittookmearound15minstocompletethefix(ona
secondattempt).
Actually
youjustneedtoincreasethestrengthofthecurvedpart(thespring),
soyoucanuseasteelruleorwhatevertoslightlyflattenthecurved
spring,thenputitbackonthecontacts.
Afteryouflattenedthespring,itwillbeharderforyoutoputitbackonthetiny
switch.
Idon'thavetweezerswithme,Iusedapairofnoseplierstoputthespringback
inplace.Mymouseislikenewagain.

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Icantbelieveitworked.AftersomeyellingandtimeIfinally
gotthedamncopperpieceintoplace.THANKS!

csheng1(/member/csheng1)

Hi,thankyouverymuchforthegreattutorialI'vetriedit
andmymouseisworkingfine.MayIsuggestthatforstep8:
Reinstalltensionspring,you(1)placethecurvedtab(which
isinthemiddleofthespring)atanangleonthetinyledgeof
themetalpieceonthemechanismfirst,then(2)hookthe
springontothefrontpartofthemechanism,beforefinally(3)
slidingthespringbeneaththerearpartofthemechanism?
Ididnothavemuchluckwiththeoriginalactionseriesof2
13untilItried123andthewholespringjustslidintoplace
whilepivotingonthemiddlecurvedtab.
Hopethishelps.Andonceagain,thankyou!

AirborneWomble(/member/AirborneWomble)

Manythanks.Averywellwrittenandillustratedguide.
Iwas*CERTAIN*thatmyfaultwasowingtoS/Wbut,after
testinginSafeMode,nothingchanged.Beingmechanically
minded,Ididn'treadeverypageofinstructionsbecauseyour
introindicatedthecomponentonwhichtoconcentrate.Over
theyears,I've"repaired"manyelectricalswitchessimplyby
cleaningsoIthoughtI'dgivethisagoandchanceditwithout
tweezers.(Complacencyonmypart!)

Stage8certainlyisfiddlyespeciallyinambient,winter
overcastoutdoorlighting!Ihadtobothertogetoutmyfine
nosepliers!(I'veneverworkedonaswitchTHISsmall)I
usedasewingneedle(apinwoulddo)touncatchtheswitch
housingbecauseofothercomponentsobstructingaccess
thatwasn'tdifficultonceI'dchosentherighttool.
As"Artmis36d"suggestedinthecomments,Irecurvedthe
springtocreateabetterresistance.
Perhapsoverkill,Iaffixedatinypieceoftapeontopartofthe
springincaseitmakescontactwiththesideofthelower
contact"post".That'swhatIanticipatedcreatedthedouble
click:thecontactsclearlyworkedbutIimaginedthatthere
wasa"doubletap"ofthecomponentsduringfunction.
Mousesingleclicksbydefault,asdesigned!:)Havenow
joinedInstructables.

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ThankstothistutorialIhavenowpermanentlydisabledmy
75eurocomputermouse,afterabout2hofnothingbutrage
andsaltwithonlynegativeresultsihavedecidedtoleave
thiscommentasareminderthatsomeofusarenotgods,
anddonothavedeathlystillhands.

FarhanA41(/member/FarhanA41)

Hello.thankyouforthefix.Itworkedbutihaveaproblem.
theclickingisnotascrispanymore,itfeelslooseifyousee
whatimean.doesntfeelright.ithinkiputtheclick
assemblybackwrong.ifyoucanhelpmethatdbegreat.
thanks

FarhanA41(/member/FarhanA41)

Hello.thankyouforthefix.Itworkedbutihaveaproblem.
theclickingisnotascrispanymore,itfeelslooseifyousee
whatimean.doesntfeelright.ithinkiputtheclick
assemblybackwrong.ifyoucanhelpmethatdbegreat.
thanks

AlM33(/member/AlM33)

verygoodindeed.
youcouldalsoreplacetheclickeritselfusingsolder+gun.
Thankyouverymuch!!!

DarkBeret(/member/DarkBeret)

Thankyouformakingthisrepairguide.Mylogitechg300
havethisproblemafter2yearsofuse.Bothleftandright
buttonhasthesameproblemandittakemearound2hours
todothis.Allthepainthatihavetogothroughonstep8
reallyworthit.Mymouseworkslikenewagain.

svrebos(/member/svrebos)

Ittookmeabouttwotothreehours(i'mnotsogoodatfine
worklikethis),butiteventuallyworked!Theclipsonthe
switcheswereonthesideinsteadofthefront,Themiddle

mouseswitchwasinthewaysoIhadtoremoveandre
soldertheleftmousebuttonswitchanduseaprecision
knifetolifttheplasticofftheclips.
Thanksverymuchforsharingthissolution!

razvaz.(/member/razvaz.)

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Itworked.Veryfiddlybutrewarding.

Wertical(/member/Wertical)

hopeitworks

AlexandreP11(/member/AlexandreP11)madeit!

Theideaistokeepthesamepinangle,butflatteningthecurvesothepinis
slightlylonger.Thisiswhatwillincreasethetension.Alsoonceyouknowthe
trickforputtingthespringback,it'sreallyfast.Firstonetook30minutesto
figureout,secondonetook1minute.I'vedrawnthestepsbecauseitmightbe
clearerthanhavingtherealpictures,focusingontheimportantparts

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THANKYOUVERYMUCH!!!!
Youmademyday!IboughtthemouseandIcouldn'tfind
thereceipt,sothevendorwouldn'tchangeit!!Asagamer
thatthingreallyfrustratedme!
Butwithmymousethestep#6wasapain!!!theboxcover
wasreallydifferentfromyours,myscrewdrivercouldn'tlift
it!!!Ihadtoheattheedge,thengohardontheplasticto
meltit!!!AfterseveralminutesofswearingIcouldremove
it...andthecopperthinggotdamagedXD
Took30minutestounbendthecopper,thenIcould
proceed!(onlyusedsomegluetoreassembletheblack
box)
Mymousenowisperfect...Muchappreciated

natanaela1(/member/natanaela1)

greattutorial!imadeitforabout45mins.imhavingbad
timewhenplacingthecopperback,madeitnotstraightbut
itworksonmyG300.

Ranjanichidambram(/member/Ranjanichidambram)

Yayyyyy!!!!!!!!Itworkedforme!!!!!!!!exceptalotofpatience
forthatsmallcopperthing!!!!!!!

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Donotdothisifyourmousebuttonsstillhaveasatisfying
click.Iftheystillclickgood,Ibelieveitisunlikelythatthisis
yourproblem.
I'mfairlycertainthatmyproblemwasadifferentissue
entirely.Youmightwanttotakealookatthisfirstincase
yoursistoo:

Logitech G500 gamer mouse defect problem + fi...

Ifyouaresurethatthemechanicalswitchesareyour
problemandaredeterminedtoproceedwiththisrepair
thenpleasereadthis:
Icompletelyruinedbothmybuttonsattemptingthisfix.It
tookmemultiplehoursandwhenIwasdonethebuttons
didnotevenclickanymore.IknowImangledoneofthe
metalpiecesprettybadly.Thisismostlyduetomyfat
fingersandtheprecisionrequired,makingmewantto
screamthewholetime.(IthinkIkeptmyselfinprettygood
controldespitethis).
1.TheinstructionsintheOPdescribinghowtoaddtension
tothespringare,inmyopinion,misleading.Ifyoulookat
thepicturesyouwillseethatthestraighterthespringisthe
moretensionitisgoingtoapply.Ididn'trealizethistillafter
Ihadreallymangledone,thoughthatwasmostlydueto
thenextthing.
2.Ifyoutakeoneoftheseoffitisreallyhardtoputback
on.Thisisnotanexaggeration(thoughmaybesomeare
easierthanothers).Iapplaudthepeoplewhosaytheydid
itin1015minutes.IamsureIspentthebetterpartof2
hours.Thereisalittlegrooveintheverticalmetalpin,that
thespringendfitsagainst.NowthatIknowhowitworksI
thinkitmaybeeasiertoputbackonwithaverysmall
needlenoseorsomethinglikethis,butconsideringI
haven'thadaworkingswitchyet,despitedoingthisontwo
differentswitches,Ican'treallysaycanI?Iwoulddefinitely
considertryingthesuggestionsofaddingtensioncarefully
withouttakingthespringsoffbeforeIeverconsidered
takingoneoftheseoffagain,ever.

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I'msorryyouhadsomuchtrouble.Thatlittletensionspringis 3monthsago
apain,asmanycommentorshadaffirmed.

AikonM(/member/AikonM)madeit!

Thanks!Ifixedthismousewithfactorybug:)

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Ikemeister(/member/Ikemeister) . _fair_(/member/_fair_) 4monthsago

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Thanksfortheinstruction.Afterfixtherepairedbuttoncan't
triggertheclick,butwithsometapeunderthebottomof
thebutton,itworkslikeacharm.

_fair_(/member/_fair_)

Thanksforyourrepairinstruction.However,Ifindanscript
thatfixthisproblemifyouarelazytodotherepair.Ijust
useditanditworked.Readon:
http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/34911stopdouble
clickiftoofast/

Wow!Thisagreatsuggestion!Icheckedoutbothofthelinksyou
provided,noticedascriptthatseemedappropriate
[CODE]LButton::
If(A_TimeSincePriorHotkey<100)hyperclick
Return
sendinput{LButtondown}
KeyWait,LButton
sendinput{LButtonup}
Return[/CODE]
IdownloadedAutoHotkey,spentafew
minutesreadingthebasichelp(howtocreateascriptfileandexecute
it),copiedandpastedyourscriptintothefileIcreated,saveditand
ranit.Boom!Workslikeacharm!
Asfortinkeringwithmymouse,IhaveoneworkingwirelessMicrosoft
mouseandonedeadMicrosoftmouseandaftertakingthecoveroffthe
deadone,themicroswitchesseemmuchmorecompactthantheonesin
thisInstructable.IgottasayIlovethissiteandlovetinkeringwith
hardware(IplantotryoutthatThermicLancebutwithaproperoxygen
hoseattachment),butmyeyesightisn'twhatitusedtobeandmyfingers
arenolongerverydexterous,soI'mthinkingthis"project"wouldinvolvea
lotofcursing!Andattheendofit,Imighthavetoresorttooneofmy
wiredmice(mouses?),adefinitestepdown.
InanycaseIjusthavetoleavearantaboutthebasicproblem(amouse
contactthatgets"bouncy").WhenI
finallygotpissedenoughtogoogletheproblemIwasexperiencing,I
wassurprisedtorealizethatthebasicmousedriverdoesn'thaveany
debouncingcapability!WTF!Bouncingcontactsisprettybasicstuff,
i.e.quitecommonforlotsofelectronicsbesidesmice,yet
driverdesignershaven'tfigureditoutyet?Yikes!

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Iamsuretheyareawareofthebouncingproblem,or
maybeitisplannedobsolescence.Watch"thelight
bulbconspiracy|plannedobsolescence"onyoutube,
andyouwillseehowsadiseverythingdesignednot
toworkafterawhile,socompaniesmakemore
money.

_fair_(/member/_fair_) . _fair_(/member/_fair_)

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Thankyoufortheinstructable.Imadeitafter20minsof
patience.

SapphireS2(/member/SapphireS2)

Ididallthisonceafewyearsback.I'vehadthisproblem
withalmosteverymouseI'veownedinthelast10years.It
seemsmostbrandsofmiceusethesameshabby'clicky'
typeofswitch.Itwouldprobablybebettertounsolderthis
switchfromthecircuitboardandsolderinamorereliable
switch,evenifit'snot'clicky'.

LarsG(/member/LarsG)

workedlikeacharm,mymiddlemousebuttonwasupto
between26clickspertouch,nowitslikenewagain!

PanduP1(/member/PanduP1)

ITWORKED!YEAH!Nowmymouseis'cured'fromits
doubleclickingdisease:)
Goodgrief,youwerenotkiddingwhenyouwrotethatStep
8willbeexasperating.Although,onmymouse(Marathon
MouseM705)Step6wasalsoveryfrustratingbecause
therewerecomponentshalfblockingthelowerlatchedge.
So,ifyou'reyettopartakeinthisadventure,pleaseDO
NOTUNDERESTIMATEthetimeneeded.And,asfrEmn
hadwritten,GOODLIGHTINGISAMUST.Ihadto
augmentmyoffice'sbrightoverheadlightswithaUSB
poweredLED"lightstick".

PeterB77(/member/PeterB77)

Thankstothetip(previousstep)aboutputtingsometape
overthetopoftheboxbeforeworkingonit,Ihadno
problemwiththewhitepiece.Ifoundpryingtherearofffirst
workedbetterformefirst.Iwasstillunabletoprythesuper
tinyfrontpiecesapart,butIfoundIcouldinsteadgraband
lifttheboxstraightupandoffoncethebackwaspriedoff
andpulledupsignificantly.

GeorgeW23(/member/GeorgeW23)

guessI'llbetakingmyworkmousehome:d

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Thankyou!
Ican'ttellyouhowmanyLogitechmiceIhavepreviously
thrownawaybecauseofthisissue.Alltopoftherange
onestoo,like80+

JohnD132(/member/JohnD132)

IsawatiponYouTubewherethepersonplacedapieceof
tapeoverthetopofthemicroswitchbeforeremovingit.
Thatkepttheclickerbuttoninplace.Nice,easytrick.:)

CarlosA44(/member/CarlosA44)madeit!

Igotin~2hours!itworked!Manthetensionspringpartwasapain!!

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Great!Itsolvedthedoubleclickproblemformy
Logitechmouse:)

YusufS1(/member/YusufS1)

justwannaadd,ifyouareatwork,almostcertainlyyourIT
guyswillhavesomescrapmouselyingaround.Youcan
alsosalvagethewholemechanismboxfromthosescrap
mouseandreplaceitwithaquicksoldering

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Greattutorial!Iwasalmostthereputitbacktogetherand
everythingbeforeIwantedtoadjustthespringsome
moreandLOSTIT.Butanewmouseisn'tthatexpensive...
Ihaveawiredmouseandeverythingisbasicallythesame,
exceptIonlyhad2screwssotheshellslippedoffata
weirdangleandIaccidentallybrokealatch(notimportant).
Thetinyboxthatyouneedtoprythelatchesoffisalsoa
littledifferent,butit'sstraightforwardenoughifyoutakethe
entiremotherboardoffsonoplasticpiecesareintheway.I
didn'thavetweezerswithmeeither,butIwasableto
balancethetinybuttonontheflatheadofthescrewdriver.
Alternatively,youcanopenthelatch/boxupsidedownso
youneverhavetodealwiththebuttoncomingout.
Thanks!

hopchis(/member/hopchis)

Workedlikeacharm.Tosavesomepeoplesomesanity,
letmesayyoucanaddtensiontothepiecewithout
removingit.Simplystickatoothpickunderthecurvedbitof
thetensionerandpushup.Thiswillstraightenthecurvea
bitwhichaddsthetensionthesamethingyouaredoing
whenyouremoveitandthenalteritbutwithoutthechance
ofdamagingthepartinremovalorreinstallation.

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frEmn(/member/frEmn)(author) . hopchis(/member/hopchis)

Greatidea!Thanksforthesuggestion.

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Didthisin10minutestops.Hadahardtimereinstallingthe
copper.Veryhelpfulinstructable!

RonaldS14(/member/RonaldS14)madeit!

Thanksforthegreattip!!!itwaskindofdifficulttoputtheverytinycopper
tensionspringbackagainontheclickmechanismbutafterthatsurgicalaction
themouseworkslikenew.GeniusNS6000

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TomP5(/member/TomP5)

Excellenttutorial!It'sallcloseupandtheactualpartswere
shockinglysmall:DReinstallingthespringwasabittricky,
Inoticedthetinyledgeinthemiddlewherethespring
goes,butIdidn'tnoticetherewasatinyledgeinthehook,I
washookingitallwrong...onceIfiguredthatout,itwasa
matterofafewtries.Ihopeitwon'tpopoutnow,theslide
padsDOtakedamagefrombeingremovedandputback
andtheadhesivedoesn'tadherelikeitusedto.THANKS
forsavingmyfavouriteMXRevolution:)

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Worksgreatsofar.Lostascrewthough,butonlytook
about10min.

Yeahwhendoingthispleaseputyourfingeroverthewhite
button!Unfortunatelyinmycaseitwasred,andwhenI
wastryingtoreleasethesmallblackbox,itflewawaywith
theredbutton(onacarpetanddarkwoodenfloors,at
night).Ittookabout2minutesformetofindtheblackbox,
butafteralmost10minuteslookingforthesmallbuttonI
gaveup.Afterafewsecondslookingatthemouse,I
figuredI'dusethebuttonfromthescrollwheelclick,which
Idon'treallyuseatall.Thistime,Iputmyfingeroverthe
boxandgotitoffwithouteitherofthemflyingaway.But,
whenIwenttoputtheredbuttonintheotherblackbox,it
accidentallyfelltoo.SothistimeIsearchedforabout15
minutesandgaveupagain.Thankgodit'salaptop.I
guesstomorrowI'llsweepthefloorandhopefullyit'llshow
up!

BrightS2(/member/BrightS2)

Didthisoperationinabout10minutesonmylogitechg500
gamingmouse.IamanITExpertthough.

SimO1(/member/SimO1)

Itworks!Thankyousomuchforthistutorial:)

PatrickR11(/member/PatrickR11)

ThankstoyouIsaved~$60towardsanewgamingmouse.
Theonlydifferenceisthatminehadagrooveinsteadofa
hook.Ihadtoslotthebackbentpieceinfirstandthenthe
front.Alsoifsomeonedoesthisagainthendoitinthe
middleofabigtable.You'dbesurprisedhowfarthetiny
pieces(especiallythesmallbitofplasticontheswitch)can
flyandbounceevenoncarpet.

GopalS1(/member/GopalS1)

Itisagreatarticleforme.Irepairmonitor,smps,mouse,tv
etcbutineverrepairedthisswitch,ijustreplacedit.Nowi
canrepairtheswitchalso.Irepairedmymouseswitchand
itisworkinglikeanewmouse.Thanksforthetip.
Ineedonemorehelp,inusbmouse,itisnotdetected(no
newhardwarefoundmessage).Mousecableisok,i
checkedeachwireindividually,ledislightingbutnot
detecting,Isitachipproblemorsomethingelse.Thanksin
advance

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