A step by step guide to ClickStick On the following page I'll describe and illustrate how you can make your own mouse a ClickStick mouse. I'll show it using the example of my Apple ADB Mouse 2, but of course it works with any mouse that has mouse buttons using a microswitch. Only the wheels of wheelmice cannot be replaced. ClickStick works on all kinds of mice, be it Serial, PS/2, ADB, USB or whatever. ClickStick is completely platform and interface independent. What you need: a mouse (preferably one that doesn't cost too much in case you break it) a solder iron or soldergun solder a small drill (depending on the kind of switch you use) What you do: First turn off your computer and remove the mouse, or just remove the mouse, if it's a hot-plugable one. Then you will need to open up your mouse and reveal the buttons you're about to replace. This may be more or less tricky, depending on the kind of mouse you have, Apple's ADB mice 2 are all held together by one screw which is often covered by the bottom label. Once your mouse lies open before you, carefully remove the circuitboard from the rest of the mouse. You will notice that the back of the board is where all the parts are soldered on. Locate the solder bases of the microswitch you want to replace and solder it off. (Microswitches are soldered on with 3 pins usually, one of them being Ground, which is in fact not necessary. (for idle position) If you managed to do that, you now have to find out which connector represents what pole. After all you need to connect your switch to the +/- i.e. power/signal poles and not to the ground and something else. Also make sure you solder the new switch on where the microswitch was also soldered on, so you don't leave out any other circuitry that may be needed for secondary or tertiary buttons ( resistors, transistors etc.). You only want to replace the switch, nothing else. Then you probably have to drill a few extra holes into the PCB to actually be able to fit the new switch, just make sure you don't drill through any chips or circuit layers. Then solder the new switch back on how you like it best, most switches don't behave the same if soldered on one way or the other, so find the position you like best, before soldering it on tight. Make sure you fixate the switch tightly, as it will have to withstand quite a lot of force from your fingers. Hot glue is a nice way to further fixate the switch. Now I've told you a lot at once and you're probably a bit lost by now, so I'll continue on to the next page and explain the tricky parts in detail. You can print this page out for further reference, if you want. >>>Looking at the details