Something New You've Got...

[Cola]

Got a new cable for my mouse. The sleeving and rubber shielding had fallen off the old one.

Opened up the mouse, disconnected everything, cut the cables, sliced open the old ones, sliced open the new one, joined them together and soldered them, and put all of it back together. Went really well, and I'm pretty happy with the result:







And here's how the connection between the inside and outside of the mouse looks. I chose to just do a clean cut through the soft plastic holder, and then insert the new cable.

Just for reference, here's what the old cable look like: Some parts was 'fixed' with duct tape, and others have the rubber exposed: (Click to View)