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Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown

Written By: raumschaum
Published: March 5, 2013
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Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown

Written By: raumschaum
Published: March 5, 2013
  • Comments: 0
  • Favorites: 3
  • Views: 4.9k

Teardown

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse, use our service manual.

  1. Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown, Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown: step 1, image 1 of 2 Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown, Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Unplug the USB cord of the mouse from your PC first!

    • Remove the lower glide pads at the bottom of the mouse.

    • Use a screw driver to remove the screws highlighted here.

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  3. Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 2 Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown: step 2, image 2 of 2

    • Lift the cover where the screws sat and shift it backwards slightly (away from the cable). Everything else inside the mouse comes loose with this step.

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  4. Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 3 Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown: step 3, image 2 of 3 Cabstone Wired Optical Mouse Teardown: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • The electronics board contains:

    • 5 small buttons

    • one mechanical rotary encoder (of the mouse wheel)

    • one LED

    • the sensor IC Pixart PAN3101DB

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