MX510 mouse intermittent failure

[MDG]

I have a Logitech MX510 mouse that a couple of weeks ok, started disconnecting briefly. It may go for days with no problem and then fail multiple times in an hour. I get a beep, the red light goes out and a second later its back on. I've disassembled it and blown out dust - almost none.

Since this is the best mouse I ever had, I'd like to fix it, and also the wheels been customized, by my adjusting the spring tension. Its normally plugged into a mother board USB port, I've also tried in a powered hub, but I'm not sure if it failed there - since the failure is not predictable. How can I tell if its repairable? I can get replacement cable on eBay for $6,if that worth trying. [lol - its 7 years old]

I have a new M510 wireless mouse,but have not opened it yet, I'm not sure its quite the same.

 

[neon neophyte]

typically with these mice the problem is the cord, where it connects to the mouse internally. it can be fixed by taking it apart and resoldering the connection. possibly with a new cable.

it plagues these mice. which is a real shame because otherwise they are outstanding.

you'll notice the disconnection happens when moving the mouse around. if you play around with it you will notice what i am saying is true.

i have the same issue and have managed to minimize it by flipping the mouse over into various positions. additionally i upgraded to windows 8.1 from windows 7 and the disconnect reconnect times are drastically faster. with windows 7 it takes a great deal of time to reinstall the mouse on reconnect but with windows 8.1 its nearly instant.

 

[MDG]

Thanks that's great, I have to solder some replacement keys in my keyboard this week, so I'll try messing with the mouse also.

I'm on WIN XP, and getting a new computer and moving to Win7 - so thanks for the comment on that.

 

[MDG]

Follow up-----since your answer indicated its repairable I played with the mouse cord and gently eased it back into the mouse - without bothering to open the mouse or trying to solder. [The location of the mouse does mean that I have a tendency to pull on the cord and strain the connection when using it.] Since I did that adjustment, the mouse has disconnected less then 5 times over the last 12 days.

Thanks