Logitech V550 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse Repair

After fixing my Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX, I'm on a mouse button repair kick. I have a Logitech V5050 Nano Cordless Laser Mouse and the button on that mouse is going as well. The unfortunate news is that there wasn't any parts information on the Internet, so I had to go hunt one down myself.

Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX Repair

My Logitech Anywhere Mouse MX started to automatically double click things one day. In the DIY spirit, I tried to fix it myself! Good thing that someone figured out what parts I needed to buy first. See ifixit.com post here.

Experience with Renice SSD

Earlier this year (2013), I picked up a Renice K3VLAR 1.8" PATA Zif SSD 128 GB drive from mydigitaldiscount.com. Needless to say, I was extremely excited because my Sony VAIO TXN27N was insufferably slow and needed a boost.

HP Pavilion dv4165cl Upgrade and Cooling Mod

I came upon an old HP Pavilion dv4165cl (see here for specifications).

The owner loved the old computer but it was having a serious problem it would shutdown after a few minutes of work. I decided help out and take a look. If I was lucky it would be an easy fix and make someone happy and it would also save someone a lot of money.

I want to apologize in advance for the blurry pictures but my camera and I weren't getting along and I was having trouble focusing.

The HP Pavilion dv4165cl was generally in good condition. The battery wouldn't hold a charge but all in all, it was fully functional, except for the overheating issue.

Asus Eee PC 1101HA Upgrade

I helped my brother upgrade his Asus Eee PC 1101HA.

http://uk.asus.com/Eee/Eee_PC/Eee_PC_1101HA_Seashell/

He purchased the Samsung 840 120 GB SSD here at amazon.com. But during installation he ran into a problem.

The 1101HA boots just fine off an external DVD ROM drive into the Windows 7 install disc. Selected the empty space as the target (no partitions created) to install Windows 7. The next step is where the issue occurred. The Windows 7 install hangs/freezes while copying Windows install files to the SSD.

Oops, I formatted the wrong drive

It's one of those moments, you're reinstalling Windows and you're looking at the list of partitions and drives and you're sure you're looking at the right drive and partition and you select format. Then all of the sudden, it hits you, OOPS, WRONG DRIVE. Angry expletives follow.

Rules to follow so that you don't do format the WRONG drive, there's only one that I follow:

• If possible (because some computers, especially laptops, have drives that may not be easily accessible), ALWAYS disconnect any drive that you don't unintentionally want to format.

Assuming you did what you didn't intend to do, we move on to RECOVERY or unformat.

So yes, I DIDN'T follow my own rule and YES, I did format the WRONG DRIVE. Still upset about really. But what's done is done and trying to recover was very trying experience.

The drive I formatted was a 1 TB Western Digital SATA HDD.

Software I tried:

• Kroll Ontrack EasyRecovery - http://www.krollontrack.com/data-recovery/recovery-software/
• EaseUS Data Recovery - http://www.easeus.com/datarecovery/
• Remo Recover - http://www.remosoftware.com/download
• R-TT R-Studio - http://www.r-tt.com/

Print Server

Problem

In a 2 story home, I have a computer setup on the 1st floor and a Canon imageCLASS D480 multifunction printer on the 2nd floor.  The Canon D480 is generally used for fax and copy.  However, on occasion, I do need to print from it.  Usually, I have to grab a laptop and the file I need to print, run upstairs and print the file.  I'd like to use a wireless print server, but the out-of-box solutions usually have printer limitation.  I've considered using a spare laptop, but the problem with that is the power consumption.  Most laptops have 90W power supplies and this generally equates to about $10/month (as of 2013-01-08).

So here are the parameters:

• Low power consumption
• Support for a wide range of printers
• Wifi enabled