 6. Solder the switches back to the PCB. They have to be in the same position as in point 2 - if the button was in front, it has to be in front again… 7. In case where only two pins are connected to the circuit (Genius), the pins of the switches are now reversed. To fix it, just connect the outer pins with a piece of wire. (note that this is an old photo, the middle button is no longer silenced and there’s no wire there now) |
With other type of mouse double check the schematics on how the pins are used. The Dell mouse has both outer pins grounded, so there’s nothing left to do. 8. Reassemble the mouse and enjoy. You can check recorded sound of clicking before and after. FYI, the sounds are of the Genius mouse, but trust me, the other one is dead silent too, I was just too lazy to record it. Side notes: |
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November 15th, 2005 at 12:56
Hi
I have the first silent mouse attached to my laptop. Production versions will be available soon, watch out for www silentmouse.co.uk for details
Nick
December 6th, 2005 at 20:49
ive tried ur site nick, non existant, desperate for a silent mouse, thus cant wait to try this techniqye oin an old mouse from school.
Gheesh this sucks… ty for the invention if u can call it that. x
May 1st, 2006 at 15:34
Well… I’ll show you guys my way to do this.
Just open the switche, then carefully use a small plier to bend a little bit the head of the ‘L’ pin, reducing the space between the lower pin.
Its always works 4 me. bye guys.
August 22nd, 2006 at 11:25
atila is a genius, been trying for years to find an easy fix, thank you so much
October 3rd, 2006 at 14:04
Silent mouse now available - at last, and it really does work - www.silentmouse.co.uk
October 24th, 2006 at 20:08
ÁTILA!!!! Are you from Brazil????
Dica maravilhosa!!!! Resolveu meu problema!!!
Eu ja estava quase comprando o Thanko Silent Mouse. E pelo que ví tem muita gente insatisfeita.
Obrigado!!!
leocsilva@gmail.com
January 12th, 2008 at 14:11
close, but here’s a better way to do it:
take the cap off the button
take a tiny piece of blu tack (putty stuff for sticking up posters) and stuff it underneath the curve under the copper spring
use a sharp object to flatten / spread it out
try different amounts of blu tack to get total silence and a clickey feel!
February 8th, 2008 at 20:13
Rich, that worked. Now my Mouse is absolutely noiseless, what is maybe a bit too much. But i can clikc arround at night and dont have to care for other people, because my mouse was so loud.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:20
Man, why didn’t I read ATILA’s reply before …. @ Chris J. Can’t you place that reply about bending the pin also in the
artile as an alternative solution?
I was looking for an old mouse to experiment with, but because I didn’t find any, I just took my Microsoft Optical intellimouse 1.1a.
I didn’t have to do any soldering. After I removed the printplate I could simply remove the caps from clickers. I had to modify
the caps a little bit so they would fit after I turned them.
Then the problem occured …. After the caps were moved, when I clicked the mousebutton, it was just pressing next to the trigger.
VERY FRUSTRATING
I fixed it by glueing 2 small plates at the bottom of the mousebuttons. Now I have my silent mouse
But I think ATILA’s tweak would have worked out better for me with lesser effort
Now I just need to convince my colleagues to fix their mouses too
Kind regards,
Wim
April 18th, 2008 at 6:24
Hmmm,
I should also try Rich’ method, but I ran out of mouses