My G500 mouse is missing left clicks

[randyannie]

Hi everyone, recently I replaced my good old Logitech G5 mouse because it was missing or skipping left clicks. Since this is my fire button on all my fps games I had to replace it.

I got a G500 only a few months a ago and now it is not registering sometimes when I left click. Like I shoot my flak gun, and it shoots, then I click for a second shot of flak, and it does nothing. It's driving me crazy....and getting me killed.

Does anyone know what would cause this?

If I can't fix it, I guess I'm going to have to try a different a different mouse brand, after all these years of loyalty to Logitech, but it seems like I'm cursed.

Thanks for any help you can offer at all, Prozac

 

[dragonfliet]

It sounds like you're just cursed, but you should be able to get logitech to replace it for free. It's not a design flaw I've ever heard of, so it seems like it boils down to your bad voodoo, which I'm sure that you do so well.

~Jason

 

[Darkdrium]

Actually, my Logitech VX Revolution started missing clicks too. But I had had it for so long I couldn't go through Logitech.
But yeah only solution I found was to replace it. AGAIN in your case.

 

[randyannie]

I'm thinking of switching to Razer or Steel Series mice just to see if they will not skip clicks.

Any suggestions? I'm sick of my Logitech mice doing this.

 

[Bi()ha2arD]

Roccat Kone is a cool mouse. Pretty much the same shape as the mx518 too.

 

[randyannie]

Is it possible that the problem is not with the mouse, but with the usb ports on my motherboard?

I mean I've used two different mice (G5 and G500) plugged into the usb ports and both eventually started skipping.

On my old computer I used my G5 without it ever skipping. Just in case, here is a link to my mobo, if anyone wants to look at the specs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131381


I really appreciate all the help.

 

[Bi()ha2arD]

Have you tried swapping around usb ports? Can you try the mouse on a different PC? If it acts up on other PCs too I think you can rule out USB ports as the cause.

 

[_Lynx]

I had the described issues with Mx-518 a long time ago, but with right button. Same happened to my then clanmate who changed Mx-300 every two weeks through warranty. My Mx went down after 6 months (the warranty term was just 6 months, from seller, Logitech provided no warranty here) and I had to check myself what was the reason. So I took the mouse apart and saw that the reason was poor soldering of the switch that register clicks to the circuit board. Switch has 3 contacts and one of them that is used when button is pressed would not contact the board. It works at the beginning, but if you click a lot, the pressure on the switch finally causes solder to give way and switch loses contact.

And just in case, here's a comparison shot of original Mx500 and first generation of Mx518:
[screenshot]http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/9402/mx518mx500.jpg[/screenshot]

Notice the quality of the circuit boards.

 

[Kyllian]

It sounds like you're just cursed, but you should be able to get logitech to replace it for free.

Easily. I believe all Logitech mice have a 3-year warranty

That's how I got my G500 after my G5 crapped out. Was still under warranty but the G5 was discontinued


If/When you try Logitech CS, they'll ask you to try different USB ports and on someone else's computer, maybe even reinstall SetPoint