Mouse Resurrected

So since writing my last post about my dead Mighty Mouse, I had decided that I would buy a new one despite its shortcomings.  After spending some time with a normal mouse I found myself really missing the Mighty Mouse's scroll ball which is very smooth and goes horizontally.

After the Macworld keynote which didn't include any mouse-related announcements (none were expected, but I was just making sure) I was finally ready to order a new one, when it dawned on me that I ought to see if there was anyway to bring my broken mouse back to life.  I discovered a site that describes how to disassembly a Mighty Mouse, waited until the kids went to bed and got started.

The tools required were a razor blade and a flathead screwdriver.  After getting it taken apart I found the small plastic piece that protrudes down from the mouse's top cover and contacts a button on the mouse's base.  It was bent and not properly contacting the button, so I bent it back, put the thing back together, and my mouse is back!

It's an awesome feeling knowing that I just saved myself $70, which is better spent on other things... I'll go into that later.