Hardware repairs/troubleshooting

Take mouse apart and use drop of contact cleaner on switches

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>tfw you realize your mx518 will die someday

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Fixed it!
Didn't find the error at first since I initially didn't wanna plug it in with the hood popped but figured wth, for science.
Somehow the distance between the plastic button and the actual switch had gotten too big over the years (wear?) and a tiny piece of electrical tape on top of it was enough to close the gap.


Fingers crossed for 7 more years with this absolute madman.

my 2006 mx518 is still going strong

>>60014667
Yeah it was probably wear
I had the same problem with the right mouse button of my razer mamba. The plastic that presses on the switch had a notch in it. I filed it flat so that the notch was gone and it worked perfectly fine again.

>>60013003
I've already allowed mine to retire and moved it to reserves. I'm planning to do the same to my G400 this year.

>>60014667
Could be plastic worn away, could be the spring inside the switch needs stretching to help decompress after years of use.

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>>60014688
>build quality lasting the average /g/entooman over a decade
not hard to understand why they replaced it with the shitty g400

pic kinda sorta related: my dad bought this beast for his company back in 1993 and except for a few jammed papers it's been going strong almost daily ever since