by Kuldeep IN Tips and Guides | 3 Comments | 1,106 views

How to repair a bad Mouse Button


I recently purchased an old HP wireless Desktop (Mouse and Keyboard) through a forum. When I got it, it was not working properly. No offense to the seller but I should have really checked the product when I received it. But I did not. Only the left click worked fine but the right click was giving me hard time. I crack opened the Mouse and tried to clean the button with thinner but still the same problem.

And today again when I used the mouse it did not work at all. So I decided to open it up and see what exactly I could do with the button. I had some idea about opening a USB Six Axis Controller and repairing it. The Game Controller also works the same way. The buttons in there are almost identical to the buttons present in the now days mouses. But I was not sure how to open them. Now I had to decide whether to break it or make it. I opened up the mouse and the buttons as well some how. I will try and explain how to open the buttons via images.

What you are looking at in the picture below is the button which is open. Sorry for the bad images but I guess you would get an idea if you try and open up this thing. The button would have 4 small dots at the top. I could not a picture of the same as I did not have a proper camera.

You would need a small screwdriver or some sharp pin to open up the button. Once you open it there would be four pieces inside it. See picture below for more details.

We are only concerned about the metal plate which actually makes your button not work. You would need to clean this metal plate and then put things back on as they were initially.

In case you lose order, or somehow forget what was first and last. Let me give you the order.

I know its not exactly a tutorial but I guess this would help you. I may update this post later on when I get a good camera or may add a video.

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