Taking apart an Apple Pro Mouse

In this instructable I will be taking apart a broken apple pro mouse. I know what your thinking, an apple pro mouse? what the heck is that. well here's a picture for you (before i destroyed it). Please know that if you do this you will want the mouse to be a moust that you will never ever be using again
[this mouse is from when my friend gave me his Imac G3 (G3 now broken and I use pc now)].
Well here are the tools you will need: apple pro mouse, screwdriver.

Step 1 Remove the spacer

Remove the oval shaped white spacer, this can be done with your hands.

Comments

[sjoobbani]

I bought one of these the other day for $6.
If anyone wants one, lightly used, I can get you one for $6 plus whatever shipping.
Just offering, I can set it up on eBay so it's secure and all that fun stuff.

[Max Headroom]

Basically you just destroyed one poor apple mouse. There are a few well detailed guide on the web about a reversible method to open and rebuild an apple pro mouse. If you still have it, I like to buy it!

[Dms12444]

Actually, it wasn't operating. I later determined that the problem was one of the ROM's, possibly the controller card. The reason I did this was so I could replace the cord I thought was broken, but that didn't work. Most unfortunate.

[geekdude]

you didnt say anything about how you got the clear "wings" out from the tinted plastic thing to seperate the tinted plastic from the clear

[fwjs28]

umm, ok, but a hammer works just as well :)