http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#5790591c-b303-4b11-ae4e-32645166c72b Hi NME, It's 9:30 on a sunday morning. My girlfriend is sound asleep. I'm clicking away with my now silent mouse, listening to radio on my headset. I eventually used duckttape on the copper clickety thingies in my Trust mouse. Cellotape didn't help. Duckttape gives utter silence but i lost the tactile feedback. So I advice anyone who's planning to try this to get tape that's thicker than cellotape but not as thick as duckttape. Or maybe the tactile feedback will stay intact if you just put the tape at the tip of the top of the coppery thingy and not across the length of the top. But I'm not opening my mouse up again to check. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:18:20 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#5790591c-b303-4b11-ae4e-32645166c72b whatdoesitwant 2008-12-07T09:18:20Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#c39acc63-a1e3-4455-9e27-7f5edb1e080f Touch pads suck for... well they just suck. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:59:22 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#c39acc63-a1e3-4455-9e27-7f5edb1e080f NME 2006-04-06T00:59:22Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#df34a929-199d-4bee-91eb-4e2e3fb96068 It isn't as silent as they make it out to be. Lately the only thing that can be heard late at night when working, I work and game at night , she works odd hours that is why we are not in bed together (Meant in the most pg-13 way), is the sliding of the mouse on the table. A little car wax on the table and some masking tape. that's gone toooooo. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:57:37 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#df34a929-199d-4bee-91eb-4e2e3fb96068 NME 2006-04-06T00:57:37Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#fcee3a3a-49a2-4082-b38d-575cf6c7897f very funny and sweet story another suggestion - I'm a light sleeper - I run a fan at night when I am sleeping. It does a great job at drowning out background noise (traffic, tv on in the other room). It also mentally sets me up to go to sleep. I hear a fan and start to get sleepy. Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:48:04 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#fcee3a3a-49a2-4082-b38d-575cf6c7897f My Body is a Temple 2006-03-18T17:48:04Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#e5abdc09-caca-4c1b-9ba6-0d2425cf1918 or you could've just bought a Thanko Quiet Mouse: http://www.akibalive.com/archives/000681.html Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:03:11 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#e5abdc09-caca-4c1b-9ba6-0d2425cf1918 $item.owner.firstName 2006-03-18T17:03:11Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#2d1eada7-f686-44f3-b74a-ca450cb93915 Bwahaha... and, um, word. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:37:35 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#2d1eada7-f686-44f3-b74a-ca450cb93915 mara 2006-03-03T02:37:35Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#7eaf8380-0020-4256-9b9a-4aed79bf8a9d I hear the theme from Mission Impossible playing in your house. Could you turn it down? Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:37:06 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#7eaf8380-0020-4256-9b9a-4aed79bf8a9d mara 2006-03-03T02:37:06Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#cc9b9be9-7e5f-4a7f-99be-948c78257141 "I can't help wondering (from lessons learned the hard way) - if the best way to please her would be - to go to bed? (meant in the "nicest" PG-13 way)" ding ding ding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:54:26 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#cc9b9be9-7e5f-4a7f-99be-948c78257141 fixit fox 2006-03-01T22:54:26Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#a3a454cb-f97c-4eea-8083-02f30438e20b "...how you wanted to please your sweetie." I can't help wondering (from lessons learned the hard way) - if the best way to please her would be - to go to bed? (meant in the "nicest" PG-13 way) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:56:04 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#a3a454cb-f97c-4eea-8083-02f30438e20b Will 2006-03-01T21:56:04Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#5b190d6b-43be-47fa-8667-38950602745e I am just so impressed with how you wanted to please your sweetie. Good for you....or maybe I should say good for her. :) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:34:38 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#5b190d6b-43be-47fa-8667-38950602745e Bren-Duh 2006-03-01T15:34:38Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#449cf21c-13a0-4aa4-b798-4419f469a040 Yes there is a lot of work done to get the right click. Get a cheap mouse - pull the click pads off. Break the little plastic clickers. Put the pads back on. VOIALA Silent CIA secret Black HELICOPTERS Oh no I mean mouse. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:28:55 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#449cf21c-13a0-4aa4-b798-4419f469a040 ALLAH God of all 2006-03-01T14:28:55Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#a6b05c27-282e-4093-9724-4df226280968 Nice diy (I hate touch pads) Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:05:02 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#a6b05c27-282e-4093-9724-4df226280968 Will 2006-03-01T06:05:02Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#5a3d55f6-9a4d-4ebe-b5dc-b024316fc01d Actually an impressive bit of DIY hacking... the funny part is they probably spent millions researching how to best make "just the right click sound" using that little switch. Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:59:43 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#5a3d55f6-9a4d-4ebe-b5dc-b024316fc01d Dano 2006-03-01T05:59:43Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#cea7711e-e3f6-4b67-801a-23ca6efc59ca 3 other solutions: 1. move the computer out of the bedroom 2. turn the volume up so that she doesn't hear the mouse 3. try a keyboard with a touchpad quick google search yields: http://www.dealtime.com/xPP-keyboards_and_mice--ibm-3523_external-type__search__touchpad Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:33:04 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#cea7711e-e3f6-4b67-801a-23ca6efc59ca $item.owner.firstName 2006-02-28T23:33:04Z http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#891a6f75-89b4-4182-ac46-638492e36521 My Fiance has brought it to my attention that she can not sleep at night with me "Clickety, Click, Click, Clicking" all Night. Wether it's work or gamming it is dirving her crazy. So I decided to take action. I went Online and found that there is not a big market for "Silent Mice", "Quiet Clicks" or a "Silent Click Mouse that will not wake up your loved one while you game all night". What is a man to do? Well, as with everything I own, I took the mouse appart and tried to see what was making that infernal racket. I started with an old dell mouse I had laying around. I took the top off, removed the connector cable from the plug on the board inside. Then took the board off by removing 2 little screws. Now to investigate. At first I thought it was the little lever thing hitting the clickey button thing (Technical I know). That wasn't it, It had to be the switch. I pushed the button on top of the switch and low and behold the most anoying CLICK emerged. What to do? Looking the switch over I saw that it had a top and bottom section, with a saftey pin (Right tool for the right job, right?) i carefully removed the top from the bottom of the little left click switch. What I saw was a flat piece of copper, between two connectors in a way that it would hit the top when released holding it in place and when you pushed down it made connection with the circuit all pivoting on the far end. Looking something like this [---, push down=connection, let go=no connection cool. The piece of copper (Or whatever it is, not really important) was what was making all the noise. Being a man who is not very useful with anything but tape and fishing line, I decided to put a little piece of tape on the piece of copper between the top connection and the copperlike this [=== with the tape on the top and going all the way down the piece of copper. Then I put the switch back together (Man the little pushey down thing that goes in the switch is a pain in the... fingertip knuckle of the index finger.) Now when I push on my mouse button all I hear is, nothing. You would be surprised how dificult it is not hearing the click. It has taken me some time to get use to it. The sacrifices one will endure for love. Now no more coments on the clickety clickety click click click of the mouse and she sleeps like a baby (Luckily she isn't bothered by the glowing of the Screen, then I would really be in trouble). Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:03:52 GMT http://do-it-yourself.tribe.net/thread/f9f37266-9a86-4591-b29c-4c1e4a9f9ebf#891a6f75-89b4-4182-ac46-638492e36521 NME 2006-02-28T23:03:52Z