Question My mouse is misbehaving. Is this The End?

[BarryJI]

First, thank you for admitting me to this forum. It's been a long time since I've been a member of a good online PC consumer tech community and I am relieved to have found one now.

I have a high-end gaming mouse, a Logitech G903, that's about seven years old. It's driving me crazy. It seems to require a lot of constant downward pressure on the left button to grab and hold anything and the smallest release of pressure causes it to let go and drop things like browser tabs. I have also observed this in gaming applications requiring steady pressure on LMB1 (and even, possibly, LMB2).

Is it time to replace this mouse, do you think? If so, ideally I'd like to stay in the Logitech universe but am confused by all the different brands and nomenclature. I could replace the G903 (currently discounted on the Logitech site) but is anyone aware of a better option among its latest products for a high-quality gaming mouse? I tend to use my mouse wired via USB even when it can also be wireless using a dongle, I like to have the option. The G903 suits me in that I don't play the kind of games that benefit from huge numbers of specialist buttons ; I'm good with the suite of mouse buttons I have on the 903. Advice much appreciated, thank you.

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

It's driving me crazy. It seems to require a lot of constant downward pressure on the left button to grab and hold anything and the smallest release of pressure causes it to let go and drop things like browser tabs.
Probable that the switch underneath the mouse button is on it's way out. You can replace the switch under the button if you're adept with soldering.

Might it be possible to include a video of the mouse's behavior?

 

[BarryJI]

Many thanks for your response.

A video will not be of much use, I think, because it's a tactile thing; the "click" functions work very well but it's the "hold and drag" aspects that are the problem; they seem to require too much direct downward pressure to maintain the hold and the slightest relief of this pressure drops the object.

At first I was prepared to consider user error -- am I basically getting the haptics wrong? -- but I think you are probably right about the switch beneath the button getting worn out. I'd like to avoid replacing this mouse with the same one, only to find it's a feature and not a bug!