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by AdeptusAquinas 3159 days ago
I had a deathadder that died in a similar fashion some five years ago. I bought another one after that, and its worked perfectly since then. Might have been a bad batch.
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Is it that difficult to swap a micro switch?

I’ve repaired many flaky vintage mice by swapping the switches.

There are industrial microswitches that can take a ton of clicks and also you can tune the weight of the click by checking the datasheets.

Digikey and Mouser are your friends, you could probably pay for a dozen switches and a workable soldering iron for what it costs to replace some of these gaming mice.

If you’re on a budget, just get a clone Hako iron.

Hey, I'm just a software developer :) Anything beyond replacing a hard drive is out of my league. I know my place.