Comments on: Tutorial: How to fix a double-clicking VX Nano http://andreasodegard.com/2009/09/tutorial-how-to-fix-a-double-clicking-vx-nano/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Greg Kibitz http://andreasodegard.com/2009/09/tutorial-how-to-fix-a-double-clicking-vx-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Greg Kibitz Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:34:03 +0000 http://andreasodegard.com/?p=1180#comment-175 As to iain's comment, I've tried sqirting contact cleaner into these micro-switches in the past but usually to no avail or with only very tempory relief. I've also tried to take one of these micro-switches apart, to mechanically clean the contacts (something that works great with any larger switch) but these little switches require very serious micro-deterity and patientence to get back together, more so than I was ever able to muster. I still have that switch in pieces and every now and a gain I try again. Meaning, in my opinion, swapping out the switch may be more trouble than trying to clean it, but it in far superior and reliable repair. As to iain’s comment, I’ve tried sqirting contact cleaner into these micro-switches in the past but usually to no avail or with only very tempory relief. I’ve also tried to take one of these micro-switches apart, to mechanically clean the contacts (something that works great with any larger switch) but these little switches require very serious micro-deterity and patientence to get back together, more so than I was ever able to muster. I still have that switch in pieces and every now and a gain I try again. Meaning, in my opinion, swapping out the switch may be more trouble than trying to clean it, but it in far superior and reliable repair.

]]> By: Greg Kibitz http://andreasodegard.com/2009/09/tutorial-how-to-fix-a-double-clicking-vx-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Greg Kibitz Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:24:52 +0000 http://andreasodegard.com/?p=1180#comment-174 Thanks for the tutorial. I'm a fix-it, modify-it, customize it geek myself but I may not have realized that the very intermittant (every 6th or 8th) double click error of my Logitech mouse was due only to a faulty micro-switch (BCK-135 - same basic wireless electronics as the VX but with 2 extra side buttons and tilting click-wheel). After much very wasted effort (endless virus and spyware scans, updating just every driver I could think of including the receiver's firmware and finally a decent internet search) I determined/realized it was surely a hardware problem but I never would have thought it was just the micro-switch. As a mechanical engineer it seemed a bit counter-intuitive becasue I could hear the switch just clicking once and could not imagine that it could make double contact like that. In my experience they generally fail by ceasing any contact at all, usually intermittantly at first. Anyway, I got down and dirty and swapped two of the switches in this mouse (I never use one and there are 4) and voila no more random double clicks. Of course my mouse was more difficult to do than your VX because inside mine the board canot be removed without 1st removing the laser module (due to a clearance issue) and it took forever for me to figure out how to get it out without damaging it and even then I still broke a couple small tabs. But now it's all back together and all is well. That said: I too am questioning Logitech quality because the last time I had a mouse button micro-swtich fail, in my once very beloved corded Microsoft mechanical mouse, it took many many years yet in this case it has only been about 2 years and to me that is totally unsatifactory. Thankfully, in the future, I will be able to identify the problem more quickly and fix it post haste rather than go nuts for many hours and days drying to "debug" my pc. Thanks for the tutorial. I’m a fix-it, modify-it, customize it geek myself but I may not have realized that the very intermittant (every 6th or 8th) double click error of my Logitech mouse was due only to a faulty micro-switch (BCK-135 – same basic wireless electronics as the VX but with 2 extra side buttons and tilting click-wheel). After much very wasted effort (endless virus and spyware scans, updating just every driver I could think of including the receiver’s firmware and finally a decent internet search) I determined/realized it was surely a hardware problem but I never would have thought it was just the micro-switch.

As a mechanical engineer it seemed a bit counter-intuitive becasue I could hear the switch just clicking once and could not imagine that it could make double contact like that. In my experience they generally fail by ceasing any contact at all, usually intermittantly at first. Anyway, I got down and dirty and swapped two of the switches in this mouse (I never use one and there are 4) and voila no more random double clicks. Of course my mouse was more difficult to do than your VX because inside mine the board canot be removed without 1st removing the laser module (due to a clearance issue) and it took forever for me to figure out how to get it out without damaging it and even then I still broke a couple small tabs. But now it’s all back together and all is well.

That said: I too am questioning Logitech quality because the last time I had a mouse button micro-swtich fail, in my once very beloved corded Microsoft mechanical mouse, it took many many years yet in this case it has only been about 2 years and to me that is totally unsatifactory. Thankfully, in the future, I will be able to identify the problem more quickly and fix it post haste rather than go nuts for many hours and days drying to “debug” my pc.

]]> By: iain http://andreasodegard.com/2009/09/tutorial-how-to-fix-a-double-clicking-vx-nano/comment-page-1/#comment-145 iain Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:39:35 +0000 http://andreasodegard.com/?p=1180#comment-145 re vx nano, mail me and I will explain how to clean out the switches. re vx nano, mail me and I will explain how to clean out the switches.

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