PC Peripherals Possible to replace the cable of a wired mouse ?

nightHawk12 · Wednesday at 8:21 PM

For anyone reading this, is it possible to replace the cable of wired mouse if mouse is working fine but cable has deteriorated?

nRiTeCh · Wednesday at 8:44 PM

Yes pretty easy! Get gold of a mouse not in use or any old mouse, cut its cable and solder/attach using tapes to the new.

Psycho_McCrazy · Wednesday at 9:04 PM

nRiTeCh said:
Yes pretty easy! Get gold of a mouse not in use or any old mouse, cut its cable and solder/attach using tapes to the new.

depends on where the deterioration is!
Also, needs to take into account the correct continuity of the different wires inside the cable!

nightHawk12 · Wednesday at 9:26 PM

nRiTeCh said:
Yes pretty easy! Get gold of a mouse not in use or any old mouse, cut its cable and solder/attach using tapes to the new.

is the wires inside cable same in both gaming and office mouse? we just need to match the colour and solder it? How about a usb cable instead of a mouse cable?

nRiTeCh · Wednesday at 9:38 PM

nightHawk12 said:
is the wires inside cable same in both gaming and office mouse? we just need to match the colour and solder it?

Yes but before Soldering directly try roughly if it work to be sure.

nightHawk12 said:
How about a usb cable instead of a mouse cable?

Are you still using a Ps2 mouse? Or what usb cable query you got?

nightHawk12 · Wednesday at 9:59 PM

nRiTeCh said:
Are you still using a Ps2 mouse? Or what usb cable query you got?

i meant can we use mobile charging usb cable for this task?

bluefog68 · Wednesday at 10:04 PM

Taking a cable from a dead donor mouse might be easiest, you won't need to solder. But need to be mindful to match the pinout in that case: https://www.overclock.net/threads/m...and-internal-connector-size-database.1588984/

PC Peripherals Possible to replace the cable of a wired mouse ?

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