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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried to repair my DeathAdder but I had the soldering iron too hot and I destroyed the contact pad under the microswitch. ๐Ÿ’€ I tried to take some solder mask off the trace and bodge it but I made such a mess that I just gave up on it. With better desoldering technique, it would have been straightforward. Lesson learned!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Desoldering is definitely the hard part and I'm not experienced enough to tell you exactly how to do it, but what helped me was adding a tiny bit of leaded solder to loosen up the existing solder on the mouse. That made it way easier to wick up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago

Thanks, I appreciate the tip! I will give that a try next time (maybe I'll do this Xtrfy mouse soon). I also got solder braid and a flux pen to help too, in addition to the solder sucker I was using before.