Difficulty

Easy

Steps

8

Time Required

                          30 minutes - 1 hour

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  • omron switch
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              uncovering the screws
  • All screw are hidden below the mouse
  • Peel off the mouse pad to uncover 5 of the 6 screws
  • The last screw is in a hole under the sticker. You don’t need to remove the whole sticker to uncover it.

All screw are hidden below the mouse

Peel off the mouse pad to uncover 5 of the 6 screws

The last screw is in a hole under the sticker. You don’t need to remove the whole sticker to uncover it.

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Step 2

              remove the screws
  • use the screwdriver to remove all the screws

use the screwdriver to remove all the screws

Step 3

              separate the top half
  • Carefully remove the outer shell, the two halves are still connected by wires.
  • remove the white wire connector carefully

Carefully remove the outer shell, the two halves are still connected by wires.

remove the white wire connector carefully

Step 4

  • unplug the remaining connectors
  • carefully pull-down the Ribbon cable to unplug it

unplug the remaining connectors

carefully pull-down the Ribbon cable to unplug it

Step 5

              free the PCB
  • remove the last screws and pull the board free
  • the mouse wheel LED assembly is a separate piece you need to unscrew.

remove the last screws and pull the board free

the mouse wheel LED assembly is a separate piece you need to unscrew.

Step 6

              remove the mouse wheel
  • you need to pull the mouse wheel to the right to get it out

you need to pull the mouse wheel to the right to get it out

Step 7

              remove the old omron switch
  • I want to change the left switch.
  • flip the board to unsolder the switch.
  • Only two legs are soldered, this is the third one

I want to change the left switch.

flip the board to unsolder the switch.

Only two legs are soldered, this is the third one

Step 8

              solder the new switch
  • The new switch replace the old one not working.
  • The button should be on the left
  • I used a slightly different switch (D2FC-F-K(50M)). The official one is a D2FC-F-7N(RT)

The new switch replace the old one not working.

The button should be on the left

I used a slightly different switch (D2FC-F-K(50M)). The official one is a D2FC-F-7N(RT)

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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