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FYI, does your mouse not seem as accurate as it used to be? It probably isn't!

BTW, Happy New Years!

Anyways, I have a Logitech G903 wireless mouse and for many months, it just didn't as precise as it was. Granted, this was more of just a feeling that I really couldn't prove. Then, what seemed like overnight, I couldn't click and drag something. Leading me to believe that I must have a virus or such. I would remove a program, and the mouse seemed to work better for a while, but then go back to… See More

how it was. Drove me nuts!

In retrospect, not using the mouse for a while enabled the metal switches to work closer to normal for a while until their being worn out became apparent.

After further research, it turns out that my switches for the mouse clicking had just gone bad (you can only bend metal so many times). I found several sites that walked me through replacing them, basically just a ton of screws (about 30) that need to be undone and then re-done, to get to the actual mouse button switches, which they sell on Amazon for about $13 ($6 if you want to solder them). Plus another $12 for replacing the feet, which you need to pry up to get to the screws, and which seemed fine, but if your mouse feet is over a year old, you will notice the difference!

Took me about 1 hour to take apart, and about another 45 minutes to put back together. The only sketchy part was prying the very bendable battery away from where it was stuck. with gooey stuff.

But man! What a difference! It's like I have a brand new mouse! Cost me about $25 and saved me from the $100+ of buying a new one. And like I mentioned earlier, while the mouse feet looked and seemed fine, installing new ones made a hell of difference.

Plus, from reading about this, this problem is very common with almost all Logitech mice in recent years, and also very normal with many other brands. So if you paid a lot for your mouse, you might want to try this route before spending a ton on a new one.

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"Leorick, LeorickG" —  

I actually ordered new clickers today for a bunch of mice i have around here. my last spare mouse wenta bananas. Although i am yet to find a suitablr wheel sensor for one of my Logitech mouse.

My personal mouse is a cheap Logitech B100 which has been with me for more than a decade. Only had to replace clickers once.

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"Metal_Masher" —  

I had to replace the Mouse buttons in my Corsair Dark core as the left button was double clicking on me so both were replaced, the mouse was a pain to open up but the buttons work as intended as I sourced replacement parts from a local Electronic parts store.

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Happy new year

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I finally got sucked into GTA Online a few months ago... thanks that load times aren't nearly as bad as they were a few years ago.

My question, and is something it seems weird to have taken so long to notice, is that PC-wise, hitting R is light melee attack, but also reload. And Q is heavy melee, but also cover.

Seriously, WTH? And when they work, they work awesomely, one hit and the person is down. But need to reload your gun with just one shell, and you are screwed. Or sometimes you just take… See More

cover.

Am I missing something here? Is it just meant to be this way?

I attempted to remap, but it just led me down a long trail that wouldn't let me save anything. Argh

Any help or ideas? Thanks!

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"taKeOff _GTribe" —  

I'm having that issue with my new Xbox controller right trigger a right button left trigger and left button do nothing my old controller works like it should the new one makes y for everything so annoying can't aim can't fire no map so it's going back I'll keep the old one

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Death Stranding.... 2-3 hours into it. Storyline is way cool, pretty awesome actually!

But the balancing act of carrying stuff is lame as hell, IMO. Which so far seems to be the actual game play.

Does it get better??? Is it worth playing?

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"Bull Durham©" —  

Vehicles and fast travel comes in eventually. Building roads and bridges make travel quicker. It's a courier sim.

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Thanks for all the B-Day wishes from all!!! Turned the big 5-0 today. Which means, I am pretty much the first gamer generation. I was like 6 or 7 when I had a Pong console (with shoot the dot) for my TV. Plus arcade games were starting to come out around that time too. Tank (or whatever it was called), which was in black and white, in which 2 joysticks controlled forward and back for each track, plus a button to fire, was one of my favorites arcade games back in the 70's.

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of gaming over the years is truly amazing. I could easily ramble on for hours about it. But unlike most, I've actually been there for it all, with the "exception" that I became a PC gamer only early in the 90's. I quickly became tired of "arcadish" games and truly love the more complex PC games that the consoles used to really lack.

To not ramble on about everything, I will say Cyberpunk 2077 has truly blown me away! I have played 425 hours so far! LOL And to put than in geek-speak... that means that I have spent 8% of the time since it was released playing it.  

Thanks again!

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"CyberSquad" —  

original tank 1974, tank 2 1975, and atari tanks 1976 Happy Birthday

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Anyone else get into that funk when you end one game and can't get motivated to start another game?

I finally got, sorta, tired of playing Cyberpunk 2077. I played it twice, and then played almost all the endings. 298.7 hours total. LOL Loved this game.

Shout out to @nightcityreport (not sure if he is on here) for giving away a copy of Cyberpunk that I won. Like I said, I love this game.

But, argh, it has kinda ruined me to get started in another game. I really just want to start Cyberpunk again,… See More

but I know I won't be the same. Wish there was a multiplayer version of it too.

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"KaelBR" —  

Yeah. I've started to call it PGD (Post Game Depression).
For me, it worked to see an anime series season (maybe 2... or 3).
Then, start with no pretense another game, without choosing much. I end having fun.

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"Leorick, LeorickG" —  

i am currently in that stage. Finished RDR2 2 weeks ago and haven't found a single game yet.

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"Mothman72" —  

Yeah i know the feeling, im in that situation at the moment, i finished ghost warrior contracts a few weeks back and im still in that situation where i can't motivate myself to pick another game up, i sit there and look at my library and stare for a while   i end up just putting on an old game i haven't finished

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