Fixing Razer Mice
Fixing Razer Mice
Some clarification
This is a re-upload of one of the posts translated from my old/previously used blog.
Before I talk about the “modifications” I’ve made to the mouse I bought from Razer, I need to mention that I have no knowledge of electronic engineering. So, for someone with professional skills, what I’ve done may look like just a dumb guy doing a dumb thing.
Moreover, it won’t completely resolve the issue. What I mean is, it wouldn’t be particularly useful for people who frequently rely on the mouse wheel, such as gamers. So, it seems like this entire article may only apply to me.
My problems with Razer mice.
About seven or eight years ago I bought my first Razer mouse (DeathAdder Elite) and it suited with my right hand very well.
However, as I use them over months, I encountered an issue, the one that repeated with three different Razer mice models on three separate occasions. The problem was that when I scrolled the wheel, it would jump back and forth. So, I naturally assumed that it was broken.
Each time I thought it was broken, I ended up buying a new one and that happened three times.
Disassembling the product
TL;DR: Just remove the LED if the scroll wheel of your Razer mouse is faulty!
There are many videos about how to open and clean it up like this one I referred to open mine.
I’m not a professional like I wrote, so I just moved the LED placed on the wheel and taped it to the different location.
In order to disassemble, you need to remove the mouse skates/mouse feet pads, which could damage in the process of removing it. Even though I tried to remove it carefully, I damaged it, which ended up buying new one from AliExpress.