iFixit - Answers With Device "Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 5000"

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 5000: How find and re-pair aftermarket USB transceiver for an MS 5000 mouse?

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:38:58 -0700

MS 5000 mouse transceiver lost. With no replacement available from Microsoft there has got to be hundreds if not thousands of these laying around in desk drawers. I'm an electronics technician, not an EE. Why has no one programmed a PIC or similar to put this equipment back in service.

⟐ Commented August 16, 2023 at 16:38 MST

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 5000: Why is this mouse always hard to clean?

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 07:09:52 -0700

I like to use this mouse, but no matter how well I clean the outside cover, it is always gummy and sticky, even though my hands are clean! I use soap, oil or whatever to remove the gummy, sticky feeling on the cover (the black area on both sides of gray area) and still it feels sticky to the touch! I hate that feeling, because nothing keeps it smooth in texture.

How or what do I use to have a clean, yet not sticky feeling to the touch? help!

⟐ Commented March 29, 2023 at 7:09 MST

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 5000: Wireless devices (keyboards and mice) and lost usb dongles...

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:01:56 -0700

Hi:

I (and perhaps you) have encountered many situations in which wireless devices requiring a usb transceiver are missing their transceiver. People seem to lose them or throw them away, or leave them in ports when they pass on their laptops and PCs. Such devices are completely unusable without their specific transceiver. The transceivers alone are either 'unobtanium' or ludicrously expensive to buy. Question: Would it be possible to read/decipher the signal used and replicate it using a cheap 'generic' usb dongle as a substitute? Just spitballing here...for you inventive types this could be a nice little moneymaker.

⟐ Commented August 16, 2023 at 18:01 MST

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 5000: right click does not operate

Tue, 26 Dec 2023 02:16:57 -0700

MS 5000 mouse.

Right click does not operate.

Was operating fine and then for a day or so required extra pressure.

And then stopped altogether.

⟐ Commented December 26, 2023 at 2:16 MST

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 5000: Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000v2.0

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:29:14 -0700

Can the rubber "tire" on the wheel be replaced?

⟐ Answer accepted October 24, 2023 at 13:29 MST

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 and 5000: red optical laser doesnt work\

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 05:59:03 -0700

all buttons work but the laser in the bottom doesn't work