How to Replace the Cable on the Endgame Gear XM1 Mouse

ID: 157650

Description: If your Endgame Gear XM1 mouse is...

Steps:

1. Use the plastic spudger to peel off the four rubber feet on the underside of the mouse.

2. Use the Phillips #1 screwdriver to unscrew the four 8.0 mm screws on the underside of the mouse.

3. Use your hands to carefully separate the top and bottom shells from each other.
4. The top and bottom shells should very easily separate without any force used to pull them apart.

5. Remove the stress relief from the base of the bottom shell.

6. Using your fingers, pull the cable away from the connector in the same direction that the individual wires are running.
7. Pull evenly on the full width of the cable so that no individual wires are overly strained. Avoid forcefully pulling or yanking the cable.

8. Insert the replacement cable in the socket by lining up the pins on the socket to the holes on the cable connector, then push it in.
9. Make sure that the two lines on the cable connector are facing the inside of the mouse.

10. Route the cable between the scroll wheel and the Omron sensor.
11. Place the stress relief in the designated opening at the base of the bottom shell.
12. Be sure to push the cable down so that it is firmly secured between the mouse wheel and the right mouse switch.

13. Line up the top and bottom shell, press them together, and make sure they click.

14. Place the 8.0 mm screws in their designated holes, and screw them in using the Phillips #1 screwdriver.

15. Install new mouse feet by lining them up with the grooves at each corner of the mouse, and apply pressure to assure that they stay in place.