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Opening an Apple pro mouse [2]: the "Kurt" way (light version)
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As usual, I cannot be responsible for any damage to your machines when you will experiment the following tutorial.
In reaction to my first article reparation of an Apple pro mouse, I receive two remarks.
Emmanuel Bourreau' suggests me to cut the corona at the place where it retain the, he says, "ears".
The other one was Erik Zeimert's idea: "I buy a new one. I sheathe the cable just close to the mouse with epoxy glue. Just one droplet: by gravity, the glude will consistently slide along the cable, conserving a little of its original flexibility".
The, last but not least, Kurt's reaction on macbidouille can be summarized as: "open the mouse like... an oyster"
Why not... especially if the "oyster" mouse is connected to a clamshell iBook ;-)
Here is the minutes of the "oyster" operation.
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Place a lever (for instance, a screwdriver) just in between the black and the white rings.
The yellow arrow shows a glue droplet, on of the four droplets use to fix the ring.
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Open while moving the tool towards the USB cable.
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Oups: the ring breaks off :-(
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Same operation on the opposite side.
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Same glue droplet.
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We change the tool relative position, to avoid another damage.
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The "oyster"... opened.
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The 4 glue spots (and where to use the tool as a lever).
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The mouse internal circuit...
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We just have to remove the connector.
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... like this.
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The serial number.
For the rest of the operation, see this article
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We repeat the operation... on another mouse ;-)
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But now, we know wher exactly we have to attack the glue spots.
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Hourrah ! ;-).
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On the rear of the mouse, hourrah again.
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The mollusk out of its shell ;-)
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A better, cleaner and quicker way of opening a mouse, isn't it ?
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The serial number again.
(Update) With this technique, only one mouse over 4 has been openend without damage ! Obviously, the amount of glue and the location of their spots have a direct influence on the success of the operation.
