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Electronics => Repair => Topic started by: Pcmaker on December 31, 2019, 02:58:25 am

Title: Idenfitying a mouse micro switch
Post by: Pcmaker on December 31, 2019, 02:58:25 am
I have a gaming mouse that I like and it's not being made anymore. I bought 10 of them 10 years ago, and now they're going for around $350 used on eBay.

Out of those 10, only 3 remain. I regret throwing away the ones that broke, mostly broken buttons. Now I have to keep repairing what I have left.

The only markings I see on the button is H2 M. The letter "M" is inside a circle. I can't find it on Google. I like these buttons because they're a lot softer than regular mouse buttons.

The mouse is a Steelseries Cataclysm mouse, which they made when Cataclysm expansion came out.

This is the underside of the switch:

(https://i.imgur.com/Q6ZwEyM.jpg)
Title: Re: Idenfitying a mouse micro switch
Post by: amyk on December 31, 2019, 03:12:54 am
Matsushita/Panasonic EVQP0E07K
Title: Re: Idenfitying a mouse micro switch
Post by: Pcmaker on December 31, 2019, 03:23:55 am
Thanks, I found them on eBay. They should all be the same, right? It didn't say Panasonic
Title: Re: Idenfitying a mouse micro switch
Post by: andy3055 on December 31, 2019, 04:54:49 am
Thanks, I found them on eBay. They should all be the same, right? It didn't say Panasonic

Matsushita and Panasonic are the same company.
Title: Re: Idenfitying a mouse micro switch
Post by: Pcmaker on December 31, 2019, 05:26:34 am
This is what I bought

https://www.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-Original-Mouse-Square-Micro-Switch-EVQP0E07K-Microsoft-Black-Spots-JKH-FL/303344862936?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/10PCS-Original-Mouse-Square-Micro-Switch-EVQP0E07K-Microsoft-Black-Spots-JKH-FL/303344862936?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649)
Title: Re: Idenfitying a mouse micro switch
Post by: andy3055 on December 31, 2019, 06:00:25 am
That should work.
Title: Re: Idenfitying a mouse micro switch
Post by: amyk on December 31, 2019, 06:00:51 am
If they don't say Panasonic nor Matsushita then it's probably a Chinese clone --- which is likely to work too, but may not have the same reliability. They're cheap enough, however.