Hey guys,

So my death adder which i''ve for 2 years now is double clicking a lot. Ill click the left mouse or the back n foward buttons but it will double click them 50% of the time. Anyone know if its just dying on me and need to buy a new one or can I fix it.

Also my qwer buttons on my black widow are getting to require a lot more force on the push to work now, is that also fixable or is it dying aswell?

NeXSC2

5 Posts

December 04 2012 02:37 GMT

Sorry to say but I think your mouse is broken. I've had this happen with a Razer Naga, and my friend has had the same problem, same mouse. For me it happened more and more and then eventually quit working, my friend was 100% the same. I've hear this is a semi-common problem with all razer mice.

On the Black widow just pull out the keys and clean it. They pull out hard but you wont break anything.

Sorry for the bad new(hope I'm wrong)

edit: same time frame as you by the way, 2 years

Syngelic

United States78 Posts

December 04 2012 02:38 GMT

that's razer for you and it the main reason why so many advise to stay away. your mouse isn't dead per-say but its difficult to fix that problem. i had it both on my death adder and imperator before i switched and was only able to make short time fixes, by opening the mouse and closing it again after bending and screwing with some of the plastic that holds it together and that physically registers the click. as far as i know they is no real fix. best of luck on your keyboard

Blisse

Canada3710 Posts

December 04 2012 03:26 GMT

On December 04 2012 11:38 Syngelic wrote:
that's razer for you and it the main reason why so many advise to stay away. your mouse isn't dead per-say but its difficult to fix that problem. i had it both on my death adder and imperator before i switched and was only able to make short time fixes, by opening the mouse and closing it again after bending and screwing with some of the plastic that holds it together and that physically registers the click. as far as i know they is no real fix. best of luck on your keyboard

Not always...... In your Windows mouse options, turn updown the double-clicking sensitivity. This is a bandaid though, so eventually you'll require replacement. It's been 1 year for me though since doing that and the mouse is still going fine. I'm on my 3rd year with this mouse, almost 4th. I think.

For your keyboard, you should pry off the keys and clean the board. It's unusual to have a whole group be affected unless you've done something like spill pop or drop crumbs in the board.

Enzymatic

Canada1301 Posts

December 04 2012 05:33 GMT

Had the exact same problem on my old Razer Abyssus mouse; the double clicking thing tends to be a problem with Razer mice in general after months of usage.. On SC2 I would single-click 1 worker on the mineral line to make a pylon or whatever building.. And it would double click on one instead and select all of my workers as result, and I would end up pulling all of my probes off the mineral line to make one pylon :[ Or I'd be micro'ing blink stalkers v.s Roaches.. Left click one to blink it back, it would double click and select all of them, and I would end up blinking all of them back :p

StateofReverie

United States633 Posts

December 04 2012 06:01 GMT

ahahaha you have to get a new one.

I put up with that shit for 2 solid years and tried every possible imaginable fix. I am never buying a razer product again

WetSocks

United States953 Posts

December 04 2012 06:18 GMT

it happened to my Abyssus and Mamba. People said that you can fix it by cleaning the transparent little block right under the mouse's click with a drip of contact cleaner then wipe it with a microfiber cloth. Never tried it but that solution seems to be working to many ppl.

HyDrA_solic

Portugal491 Posts

December 04 2012 06:46 GMT

I had that issue a lot. I fixed it by installing new drivers and opening up and cleaning my mice. This happened two years ago. Since then, all good!

lisward

Singapore959 Posts

December 04 2012 07:51 GMT

It happened to my dads mouse, then I had it RMA'ed, and no diff. Then I realized that for some weird reason upon installing the drivers double click was turned on some where in the control panel, I played around with settings and turned it off and no problems.

Btw Razer uses Omron switches, lest people accuse gym of skimping on that. I think some people probably got a bad batch or something like that.. Same for blackwidows, switches are not made by them, but by cherry MX. Deathadder 2012s coming out soon

dUTtrOACh

Canada2339 Posts

December 04 2012 07:59 GMT

#10

If playing with drivers doesn't help, it's actually broken and your options are either to get a new one via RMA or to attempt to repair (by cleaning or replacing) the left click switch in the mouse. Replacing is obviously much harder than cleaning. Cleaning is even difficult without the right tools - you could fuck up the "feet" of your DA trying to get to the bolts hidden beneath them.

EDIT: I suggest googling for a tutorial on cleaning, or if you're a little more technically inclined, buying a replacement switch and installing it. DON'T DO ANY OF THIS IF YOU'RE STILL ON WARRANTY - JUST RMA (and be sure to mention you've got latest drivers, etc, or they may give you the runaround).

Verror

261 Posts

December 04 2012 08:08 GMT

#11

I dont have a DA, but i have a Mamba (basically a wireless DA). Popping off the top is very simple, so id suggest you give that a try, but if youre not comfortable with that an RMA is totally an option.

But id suggest saving yourself the trouble and trying to fix it yourself, I had to fix my mouse by removing a tiny bit of flashing that was causing click problems... it went from annoying to awesome in about 5 minutes of work. Even with having to do that id 100% buy another one if this one happened to fail, the mouse is great.

IPS.Blue

Germany309 Posts

December 04 2012 09:20 GMT

#12

On December 04 2012 10:14 dapierow wrote:
Hey guys,

So my death adder which i''ve for 2 years now is double clicking a lot. Ill click the left mouse or the back n foward buttons but it will double click them 50% of the time. Anyone know if its just dying on me and need to buy a new one or can I fix it.

Very common. Many of those end up on eBay ...
The reasons can be cheap switches being used by Razer as well as a bad shell design (the more "brute force" a switch is experiencing during a click, the faster it will die!). Or maybe your fingers are too strong

NeWeNiyaLord

Norway2474 Posts

December 04 2012 09:27 GMT

#13

Mine had the exact same problem -.- Fucking annoying playing sc2 -.- At the end I couldn't drag over units cause it would just double click -.- Died yesterday tho

Bought a cheap steelseries. Hope I'm pleasantly surprised!

Tactical

United States77 Posts

December 04 2012 09:29 GMT

#14

I've had my death adder for ~6 years now and about a year ago I was having the same problem. Check your firmware/drivers and make sure they're up to date, and double check the "double click" option, there's I think 2 settings you could check, one is in your generic mouse settings and has something to do with automatically double clicking, and then there's the "double click speed" in the razer drivers, just check and make sure you don't have it like, all the way at the highest, cause that could be causing the issue as well. Or it's possible you just need to clean it. If it was a switch issue you should also be experiencing issues with it not clicking at all, and no or very little tactile feedback, or no audible "click".
Just something you should check before you decide to just go buy a new mouse.

Deadlifter

Norway68 Posts

December 04 2012 10:25 GMT

#15

It's not the "deathadder"'s fault, its those particular omron switches that it uses. They are actually very good, but this has been an issue with this batch for some reason.

I've heard of a few people fixing it by taking it apart and cleaning the mouse switch (the thing that goes click) with a Q-tip with rubbing alcohol on it.

Poopi

France12906 Posts

December 04 2012 11:03 GMT

#16

I've had this problem with my deathadder T;T.
I bought another one, the blackedition version, but I don't like the clics as they are harder to press so I recommend you getting the exact same edition as before if you want another deathadder.

HaRuHi

1220 Posts

December 04 2012 13:29 GMT

#17

Feels like planned obsolescence. :d

On the otherhand, since the problems are so common, you find lots of instructional videos on youtube on how to fix them.
Look there for help!

I hesitate on buying a new mouse, since I like razer's design most, but since I don't have a new mouse yet I also hesitate to crack my razer mices open to fix them, since mine only doubleclick every 10-15th click.

aliquis

Austria38 Posts

December 04 2012 13:31 GMT

#18

hello, i had a deathadder too which i bought some years ago. It was a good mouse, but after about 2 years i had the doubleclick bug too.

Because i was satisfied with the product my plan was to purchase a new one but after reading in forums that i am not the only one with this problem and that it "coincidentally" always happesns after the warranty is off i decided that i will never buy a razor product again.

To me it is obvious, i wont say they create a product flaw on purpose, but since this is a huge bug that is known forever and it makes the product unusable,well i can understand that they are not dissatisfied when people need to buy a new mouse every two years but not with me.

IPS.Blue

Germany309 Posts

December 07 2012 10:51 GMT

#19

On December 04 2012 22:29 HaRuHi wrote:
Feels like planned obsolescence. :d.

Could very well be the case. I find it hard to believe that they don't understand which factors contribute to a short switch life ...

Martijn

Netherlands1219 Posts

December 07 2012 11:17 GMT

#20

The doubleclicking and the scrollwheel breaking are known issues. I'm on my third deathadder, the scrollwheel set a record time in breaking, < 3 months.

I miss the diamondback. I really liked the separation between the buttons and the rest of the outer hull and they lasted through a lot. Bling's deathadder broke this weekend just before the final and he had to play on someone elses.

Maybe time to contact madcatz and see about getting a RAT. It looks like a freak of nature to me, but the reviews are really good..