My mouse broke and I wonder..

Sworder · **Posted:** March 3rd, 2010, 12:55 am

Well, my mouse took a swim in soda today. It was a wireless USB one, so the USB part is fine. Now, a year and a half ago, I had the same exact mouse. This is the situation:

I have a mouse that is broken with a fine USB plug. And a Fine mouse with a broken USB.

Can I take the usb from one mouse and use the other mouse as one? It would be cool if I could.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 3rd, 2010, 12:55 am

Evelyn · **Posted:** March 3rd, 2010, 10:04 am

If both your receiver and mouse has a "scan" or "connect" button press both of them at the same time. It worked for me when swapping wireless mice on my old computer.

Earth · **Posted:** March 4th, 2010, 6:58 pm

Cliff Dude wrote:

If both your receiver and mouse has a "scan" or "connect" button press both of them at the same time. It worked for me when swapping wireless mice on my old computer.

I think he has wired mice, not sure though

You could probably sauter them together somehow if you know what you're doing.
Sorry if it's a wireless one :oops:

Sworder · **Posted:** March 4th, 2010, 9:20 pm

No its a wireless logitech V450. I have 2 of them.

Mouse 1: The mouse is fine, the USB plug is broken.
Mouse 2: The mouse is broken, the USB plug is fine.

Just trying to combine the good parts to make a mouse that works fine.

Jason · **Posted:** March 5th, 2010, 12:15 am

No they will not work. You need a 550 model or better that comes with a unifying receiver in order to use multiple mice with one receiver.

Shwa · **Posted:** March 5th, 2010, 8:27 am

If it's wired, you can just cut the cables in the middle and just make sure you do a good re-attachment job.

Adbot · **Posted:** March 5th, 2010, 8:27 am

Tim · **Posted:** March 5th, 2010, 4:53 pm

In theory it should, but the frequency of the two might be different. Not sure if you can change that, but if they are the same, it should work just fine.