I just got bit by this. The AirPort Extreme base station I set on my desk (temporarily) was causing the MX Revolution to flash a red battery light while sitting in the charging cradle; and it would not charge.
Unplugging the Airport base station (and, I assume, moving it) allows the mouse to charge just fine. Hopefully this will help future Googlers on this topic.
UPDATE: I think I spoke too soon. I’m still getting the red flashing battery, but it appears to be charging – at least somewhat. I’ve ordered a new mouse
UPDATE #2: It appears “the mouse is defective”, however they won’t replace it since I bought it on eBay.
Dear Alex,
Thank you for contacting Logitech Online Support.
My name is Rosheni and I will be assisting you in your issue.
I understand that the MX Revolution will not charge. If this is not correct please let me know.
With regards to your issue, I would like you to ensure that the steps below are taken.
1. Please make sure the connection (gold) on the charger and the mouse is clean and they do a contact when the mouse is placed on the charger.
2. Please have the charger plugged in to different power outlet and check.
3. Please make sure that the AC connector is plugged into the power-outlet properly
If the problem persist, then the device is defective. Due to the reason that the mouse was purchased from ebay, it would not be covered under Warranty.
Thank you for using Logitech. Have a great day ahead, Alex
Rob G adds this Comment:
Are you moving away from Logitech now and to MS?
January 31st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Alex adds this Comment:
I got the M$ mouse today. Huge dongle, but seems pretty nice so far. The scroll wheel has more resistance than I’d like. I’m going to give it a shot for a little while.
January 31st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Alex adds this Comment:
Felt I should update this. While the M$ mouse feels great in the store, I didn’t like it in daily use and have returned it. The comments at Amazon to this effect are correct IMO. I’m not back to using the Kensington PilotMouse I used a few years ago. I’d given it up for “rechargability”, but the 15 minute charge Duracell rechargeable batteries have made it viable again.
February 9th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Chris adds this Comment:
Good to know I am not the only one having problems with this awesome device… Mine has seemed to gradually lose its ability to charge over the past 3 months. My first concern was the contacts, i clean them, safely, all the time just to be sure, but that’s not what it is for mine. Once I determined it wasn’t the contacts, and could find nothing else, I simply slammed the mouse (bottom side down) on my desk, and WOW does it work like brand new again. I DO NOT ADVISE ANYONE “SLAMMING” theirs down, but it worked for me. (Symptoms: not charging, blinking red battery light, random green lights.) Works great now.
December 11th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Bronze adds this Comment:
Slammed my mouse in to the desk as Chris did, and it has worked fine after that, guess it’s the way to solve the problem
January 16th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Happyjazz adds this Comment:
That’s probably the wierdest advice i’ve ever taken, but slamming my mouse buttonside down into my table has it working like brand new!
Thanks!
January 18th, 2009 at 12:27 am
JRC10000 adds this Comment:
After dealing with Logitech, who wanted me to send them the mouse before they’d send me a new one, meaning I’d have to go buy one in the meantime, I slammed the mouse and… it worked! Seriously after reading these comments I was like there is no way I’m slamming the mouse, but after dealing with their customer service dept., what was the worst thing that could happen? Couldn’t really get more broken. Chalk up another unbiased vote for slamming.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Frank Wang adds this Comment:
the mouse slam thing worked for me too.
Same symptoms – blinking red light.
That’s hilarious.
– Frank
March 13th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
MJ adds this Comment:
OK-this is sooooo weird! As reticent as I was to “slam” my mouse, after exhausting every other possibilty to bring my mouse back to life after getting the red battery light of death, IT ACTUALLY WORKED AND IS NOW CHARGING NORMALLY. WILD! AND THANKS SO MUCH!
I bought mine new in box on eBay also so it is not covered under waranty.
March 19th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Trieste adds this Comment:
Well, i have the same problem, blinking red light and the mouse won’t charge…
In last case the warranty exists for something so, I slammed the mouse too lol! And guess what? Problem solved, it’s charging like new again!
March 24th, 2009 at 2:30 am
Velcurry adds this Comment:
I love this mouse and could not understand what happened when I got the red light . but Wow slamming the bottom of the mouse fixed it for me too . Thanks for the Tip.
April 4th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
devin adds this Comment:
holy shit
slamming the mouse actually works…
April 17th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
David adds this Comment:
I also had this problem and like all the other slammers it worked for me also! I couldn’t believe it. Slamming fixes this problem.
April 19th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Justin adds this Comment:
+1 for slamming. Glad I found this posting!
April 23rd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Matt adds this Comment:
*laugh* No flippin’ way!!! =) It worked for me too!
I had to slam it twice. I guess I was too gentle with it the first time, not knowing if that would shatter it to pieces or what. But after a second and more significant slam, it seems to be back to normal. Blinking red light is gone, and it’s taking a charge again.
Meanwhile, before I found this post, I had put in a support ticket with Logitech. I can’t wait to see their response, so I can tell them to slam it.
Absolutely amazing. Thanks Chris!
April 24th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Wayne Harris adds this Comment:
OH MY GOD !!
i just got the flashing red light!
i have been getting it for the last 6 months, and then sometimes it would charge and other times it would not, do we actually know WHAT the problem is with this heap of junk?
i just banged it hard on my desk and its now charging!!
THANKS VERY MUCH !!
i`m very pleased
April 28th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Roki Man adds this Comment:
slamming works for me too. what a crazy product… I wonder how many people were plagued for this problem.
thanx Chris!
April 28th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Wayne Harris adds this Comment:
i did the slam thing as i stated earlier and it lasted about an hour before the flashing red light of death came back !!
so…… i banged it again, but harder!
seems to be ok now
jesus Logitech, WHY THE HELL DONT YOU SORT THIS OUT !
when i rang them to complain, they said i have to smash the thing up and take a picture of it, then do something else and they will send me a new one or someat ??
HOW STUPID IS ALL THAT !!
April 30th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Charles adds this Comment:
This worked for me as well. You would think that a $100 Mouse would be better constructed. Several years ago I had bought a webcam from Logitech and it worked fine for all of 6 months. That’s when WinXP came out and the old drivers would’nt work. I asked Logitech about drivers and they said that I would have to buy a new cam because they had discontinued that model and therefore they would not have any new drivers for it. I had swore off buying any Logitech products after that. Well, a couple of years went by and I saw all these great reviews of the MX revolution and thought that maybe I’ll give logitech another chance. I also thought they might have got there act together, but I guess I was wrong. This is just a demonstration of poor workmanship and poor quality control.
Sorry for the rant, but I needed to get that off my chest.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Brainstem_2000 adds this Comment:
Ahah! Slamming it down worked for me too. I was just about ready to take this back to Best Buy, as Logitech was not working with me on this. I suspect that the MX Revolution has an internal battery that sits such that its contacts are closed when force is applied downward on the battery through momentum that is generated in the downward slamming motion.
May 18th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Sierra adds this Comment:
Ubelievable, but true.
I ordered a corded mouse pending sending the Logitech Revolution Mouse back to logitech. Red light flashing. No charging.
So, found this site. What the heck. Slammed it down on the desk. NOW IT IS CHARGING NORMALLY.
Incredible.
May 27th, 2009 at 11:22 am
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May 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Ryan adds this Comment:
LMAO!
I read all the posts saying that they slammed it and it would start to charge again but was still skeptical that this was someone messing with me…
…but I slammed it and it works. SImply awesome.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Lynn adds this Comment:
Slamming worked again! Logitech needs to put you on the payroll! Thanks for the solutuion.
June 1st, 2009 at 6:06 am
Clarice adds this Comment:
THANK YOU! I’ve fought getting this thing charged off and on for 6 months – feeling like i won the lottery when the green lights would start doing their thing. now for 3 weeks, no luck. A good SLAM on a magazine on my desk and voila! i’m charging! woo hoo!!!!
June 2nd, 2009 at 5:12 am
KingKong adds this Comment:
I SLAMMED MY MOUSE ON MY THIGH AND IT WORKED!!!!!!
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:13 pm
imjessayin adds this Comment:
Best technical advice I’ve ever received. Worked like a charm, no waiting on hold with support, and cathartic as well. Thank you!
June 8th, 2009 at 9:19 am
Pierre adds this Comment:
Fantastic! it worked!!
Thank you so much
June 12th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
sillbeer adds this Comment:
Well that’s the craziest thing I’ve done to get a mouse working. All the same symptoms, and the same remedy. That’s just saved me an hour in lost time and effort to take it back. This is my second MX, and didn’t really want to take it back a second time.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:20 am
RobertELee adds this Comment:
I’ll be damned! Thanks to Chris and all the others who posted about ‘the slam’, I have now saved myself a lot of money because I was just about to buy another mouse online when I happened upon this series of posts. How completely wacky! BIG THANKS!
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:42 pm
jj28west adds this Comment:
Unbelievable!!!
Thanks
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Kevin adds this Comment:
wow.
how can such a simple thing work. i was LITERALLY just about to buy another one of these mice when i stumbled over this solution.
slammed my mouse, and now it works.
unbelievable.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Anonamouse adds this Comment:
Wow, so I looked for a solution to the “Red light blinking/green light charging” problem and found that the slamming method worked not problem. Looking at my mouse now charging like it should be. Thank you web!
July 4th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Renevant adds this Comment:
Slam my $100 mouse, you say?
Madness! I’ll break it! Then again….what have I got to lose?
*BLAM*
Charging perfectly. Yes, I’m #35 to say it works like a charm. I don’t understand, but I’m not going to ask.
I do liek this mouse, but I’m shocked it’s having this much fo an issue – it can’t be more than a year old…
July 5th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Trieste adds this Comment:
3 months later and I’ve slam it again… works again like a charm.
I will rma the mx one of these days just in case…
July 7th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Robocop adds this Comment:
Are we in the TWILIGHT ZONE or what? LOL
ps:worked for me too
July 12th, 2009 at 6:49 am
Souliman adds this Comment:
I’m confirming my use of “slamming”. Positive results. No more red blinkers. Charging normally.
July 19th, 2009 at 8:14 am
EBound adds this Comment:
Ok so the slamming thing does work, but has anyone experienced the mouse cutting out altogether during games? I’ll be playing and it just won’t register and if I was on the edge of a map of an RTS, it would continue scrolling until I slammed the mouse or it kicked back in.
Who did u guys buy this mouse from on ebay? Cause he blacked out my serial number and essentially sold me a defective product. Damnit I knew I should have newegged.
July 20th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Giovanni adds this Comment:
Very nice was sceptical at first and thought all these people were in a conspiracy to break my mouse. definatley not the case slamming it down semi hard on a hard wood surface for me worked great lol weird shit…
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Jonathan adds this Comment:
The slamming worked for me too and first time. Insane. I wonder what the science behind that is.
July 25th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Charlie adds this Comment:
This is nuts! Just tried it.. and it worked. I was thinking of following the resistor/soldering fixes I have seen online.
I figured I had nothing to lose and hey.. it’s green lights all the way. Thank’s to whoever discovered this. A true Eureka moment!
July 27th, 2009 at 11:44 am
britg adds this Comment:
Just slammed mine as well and it seems to work! Hilarious. I think these mouses (mice?) come from the factory with something unseated inside. Before slamming, the mouse wheel would make a crunching sound. But now it scrolls very smoothly as well as fixing the red light thing.
July 29th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Dan adds this Comment:
Wow thats amazing they must have a terrible internal battery retention system because this just fixed mine as well. This is my second one after i had returned my original when it stopped working altogether. Thank you for the quirky fix
July 30th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Reki adds this Comment:
I was having the same problem
LOL i cant believe slamming it worked now its back to normal …. WTF
August 1st, 2009 at 11:53 am
JP123 adds this Comment:
Slamming worked for me too. I did it on my thigh as someone else suggested. Deffinately a problem with internal contacts on the battery is what I would think.
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 am
JohnWPB adds this Comment:
Ok, I was most certain that this was a joke! But the mouse battery died to the point I could not use it, or charge it. Soo… I slammed it! Unbelievably it worked. I would get the same red lights now and again and decided to investigate further. I took out the 4 screws on the bottom (under the pads) and removed the battery and cleaned the terminals. I then put a shim at the top of the battery to hold it in place better. It works perfectly now! I was even able to clean the wheel, which was hard to turn, and now it spins like the day I bought it!
August 6th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Kyle adds this Comment:
By now someone should make a t-shirt .. “I slammed my MX and got a charge!”
My mouse took a long time (almost 2 years) to start doing this blinking charger problem….my friend reported this problem on his much earlier than me. But it’s finally started happening to me….Slamming it worked ONCE but now it seems I slam it harder/softer/from different angles and it still doesn’t charge….Reading this today inspired me to try slamming it one more time for old time’s sake and what do you know 5 minutes in and it still sitting there charging! I won’t dare take it off now…had to tab all the way to this comment box :p
August 13th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Corax adds this Comment:
Slam your mouse, it worx well hard
August 18th, 2009 at 2:31 am
dckrl adds this Comment:
brand-new MX Revolution — unwrapped it 15 mins ago, put it in the cradle — red flashing light — slammed it once — it’s charging now… thanks
August 18th, 2009 at 11:14 am
wigglyworm adds this Comment:
As hard as this seems to believe…the slamming thing isn’t a practical joke! I tried it and at least the red light isn’t flashing now, and right now the mouse is charging again!
Wonder how long it’ll last?
August 19th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
dave adds this Comment:
holy fucking shit-i just got the flashing red light when i tried to charge last night-found this page,followed the advice to slam the mouse down (took three tries for me) and all seems ok,charging normally!!!!
August 23rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Anonymous adds this Comment:
lol slamming the mouse stopped the red light for me too..
August 31st, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Pavlin adds this Comment:
One more vote for the slam-fix. I wasn’t really worried about breaking the device, but was skeptical about this fixing the red light problem. However, I ran out of options and decided if it didn’t work I’d get a new one (the same model) and then dissect the old one to find the root of the problem. Looks like JohnWPB beat me to it
You saved me $100, guys! Thank you!
September 1st, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Bailey adds this Comment:
Lol! I can’t believe that just worked. I could kiss you right now. This is my second MX rev and I really didn’t want to get a new one.
Thank you!
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 am
Scott adds this Comment:
Wow. Just wow. I tried slamming it upright and that did nothing, but upside down insta fixed it. Did it on a “soft” hardbacked book. Posting this post on logitech’s forum.
September 5th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Greg adds this Comment:
wow another mouse fixed my a couple slams on the desk
September 8th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Dirk adds this Comment:
Worked Again!. Two slams on the desk and it is charging like new
September 10th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
joe adds this Comment:
Holy crap.. i tried all those other normal things, but slamming this thing into my desk did the trick!!! Nice!!
September 11th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Shep adds this Comment:
I am too another person who slammed my mouse to get it to work…and after seeing all the comments I’m beginning to think that the reason why the slamming is working is because the gold connection on the mouse is getting pushed in from the constant use of recharging and the act of slamming forces the gold connectors out for a better connection…at least thats the most logical reason that i can think of…
September 13th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Lewis adds this Comment:
Wow, slamming it worked for me too!!!!
September 15th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Ken adds this Comment:
Not once, not twice, not three times I slammed the damn MX and I still got the dreaded red light and no charge. I kept slamming it and slamming it at least 20 times before it finally began charging without the red light.
Damn Logtech, they have excellent service but this obvious problem is ignored.
September 24th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Durge adds this Comment:
i didn’t even bother trying anything else i just slammed it after reading these posts. not even that hard. and now the flashing red is gone and it works fine.
October 6th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
KingKong adds this Comment:
just slam it on a book a few times!!!
October 14th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
JohnWB adds this Comment:
Straight out of the box green/….red.
Found this post.
Slammed it on the mouse pad. green..green..red
Slammed it a few more times on the mouse pad – same.
Slammed it harder on my leg – Green all the way
Thanks guys.
October 30th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Rick S adds this Comment:
Oh yes, the flashing lights of no charge, how we fear you… lol
I have to say, like many of the above posts, that I was very very sceptical of “slamming” it.
Second attempt, a good hard slam to my desk and off it goes, all bottom middle top… The peaceful green charging lights of bliss.. *sigh and relax..
November 17th, 2009 at 5:35 am
Happy adds this Comment:
THANKS! works perfectly
i assume it just moves the internal mouse, so it is in proper contact with charging surfaces.
great job for posting!!!
November 28th, 2009 at 12:40 am
bfd adds this Comment:
Seriously. Same problem, same solution. I didn’t even give it a hard slam, either. Oops, spoke too soon, it now going back and forth from charging lights to red battery light.
Maybe another good slam will do the trick. Bwa-ha-ha.
At least this is a step in the right direction.
December 5th, 2009 at 10:57 am
kev adds this Comment:
holy shit. its real!
December 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
Maurits adds this Comment:
Same problem, though a hard slam on my desk didn’t seem to solve the problem. I unscrewed the bottom and unplugged the battery for several minutes. Now it’s charging just fine…
December 11th, 2009 at 9:38 am
LittleEx adds this Comment:
Hahahaa, maaaan I’m glad I stumbled upon this site… my Rev died almost a year ago and it’s been on the shelf ever since. Just an hour ago I tried slamming it on the desk and it started flippin recharging and now my baby is back from the dead!
December 13th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Brian adds this Comment:
I had just about lost all hope for ever recharging this mouse again. I had to read like 20 reviews before i finally decided that maybe this wasn’t some kind of joke. So I gave the mouse a nice slam on the table and it worked! Old school ‘blowing into the nintendo cartridge’ style.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
Steve adds this Comment:
One of these posters said they slammed it on their thigh. I did that as it seems alot less likely that you’ll break the mouse while attempting to fix it. The mouse is charging great now! I would recommend people slam it on their thigh(or another surface softer than a desk), to make sure you don’t break the mouse.
I have broken previous logitech mice due to slamming. Although that was from anger issues resulting from games/programs, not from trying to fix the mice.
December 15th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Steve adds this Comment:
I spoke too soon. Its been about an hour and its back to its same non-charging self. I just slammed it on my desk, to no avail. How hard are you guys slamming? I’m afraid to slam too hard, because I know mice can be easily broken by this type of thing.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:23 am
ine adds this Comment:
I can only say one thing: “lol”
I have this mouse for over 2 years now.. the bliking red light as become a normal thing to me. I just removed the mouse from cradel and placed ir back again till I got a green light. And most of the times the battery would show as full way before it got a full charge.
slamed it on my leg. And now it is charging as I never seen it before.. I really would like to understand why this works so well.
I did slammed it before but with fear of trashing it.
The solution really seems to be a hard, no remorse slam with the base of the mouse agains one’s leg.
tks chris
December 16th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Brad adds this Comment:
Absolutely amazing. I read this and said “slam it? wtf”.
Sure enough it works like a charm. Most retarded and yet simple solution I’ve ever seen.
December 16th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
Daniel Roggia adds this Comment:
I will write this in Portuguese to help some Brazilian people that has the same problem.
Sempre que eu colocava meu mouse (kit mx 5500) pra carregar dava problema, no começo acendia a luz verde por uns 2 segundos e depois ficava piscando uma luzinha vermelha.
Eu fiz o mesmo que todos aqui mandaram e, pasmem, funcionou. Eu peguei o mouse e segurei uns 30 cm da minha mesa e soltei ele de cabeça pra baixo. Coloquei no carregador novamente e o mesmo carregou
Por isso que a Logitech nao te ajuda, pois essa é uma solução ridícula mas que funciona.
Eu fiz q funcionou
December 20th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Mike, Atlanta, Georgia adds this Comment:
Ok, the slaming worked for a while, but then the problem would still persist after slamming. Also from time to time the mouse would refuse to work at all. (Keyboard ok) After a few seconds the cursor would again be controllable. So I opened the mouse up (4 screws under rubber pads) and took a look a the battery. My battery is connected to the curcuitry with a small 4 pin connector. It was obviously not pushed into the socket far enough. I pulled it out and then reconnected it, pushing it in all the way. THREE weeks now and charging and mouse operation as been flawless!
December 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Reimill adds this Comment:
ok so the whole slamming thing got me skeptical, but amazingly. IT WORKS!
January 19th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
RobP adds this Comment:
Took mine apart after trying all the other fixes on the web including addng the resistors into the charge dock which didn’t work either. In taking the mouse apart I discovered the battery is much like any in a cell phone or blackberry. Contrary to those however this battery (and the contacts it must seat well against in order to charge) are not gold plated. Mine where not shiny at all in fact which I think was leading to the problem with a lack of enough current getting through. Cleaned them up and mouse is charging like new. I think the slamming you guys are doing is moving the battery inside just enough to better the contact between the battery and contact pads that provide it power. If you run into this no longer working try opening it up and cleaning the contacts well.
January 30th, 2010 at 7:16 am
Jankro adds this Comment:
Confirmed, slamming it helped here too!!
February 1st, 2010 at 12:05 am
Gerald adds this Comment:
And another confirm. Slamming saved my 2 year old MX Revo which started red-lighting after about an hour of charging.
February 18th, 2010 at 12:26 am
Haku adds this Comment:
+1 successful slam
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:17 am
Mikfoo adds this Comment:
Slamming it didn’t seem to work for me, however, reaseating the battery and cleaned the connectors (both inside the mouse and outside) seems to work. It’s recharging normally now (or so it seems).
February 27th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Kartelian adds this Comment:
Wow, the times I got pissed off at a game and took out my rage on my mouse seem justified now. This is the first time I’ve heard of percussion maintenance actually working.
And yes, it does work. I got the flashing red this morning, just slammed, and it’s working like a charm so far.
March 5th, 2010 at 10:21 am
Noah adds this Comment:
OMFG hahahahhahahaha
Thought I was screwed. Slammed the mouse. Charging. Screw Logitech tech support, long live forums
March 13th, 2010 at 11:07 am
kenny adds this Comment:
when i read about slamming and everyone saying it works i was like no freakin way…this has to be a joke…but i tried everything else and nothing worked so i tried slamming it down and it really does work
March 14th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
D5 adds this Comment:
Well it worked for me too. You sir are a friggin genius. Heres my last email to Logitech Support:
So after receiving no help from you guys, I did a web search about people with similar problems with this mouse and found this little gem:
http://alexking.org/[...]ht-in-cradle
So since I was about to throw this thing away and buy a mouse form your competitor I figured what the hell and would try it. My mouse now works fine. Maybe you should hire this guy for tech support since he is doing more for the company than you guys.
Thanks for nothing Logitech Support
March 31st, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Rookie4sho adds this Comment:
Lmao I came across this post to see if my mouse battery may have had it’s last day but slammed it after laughing so much at everyone elses comments and it actualy stopped blinking red lol! Thanks for that advice
March 31st, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Holy Crap Bang works! adds this Comment:
Well it does work when you smack something! I am going to go slam all my broken electronics!
April 6th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Jacknife adds this Comment:
Another successful slammer here too!! Well so far at least.
That has to be the weirdest fix of all time. I am off to slam an old lap top into a tree!
April 15th, 2010 at 4:27 am
:o adds this Comment:
holy. sh*t.
In the past 10+ years of dealing with electronics never and i mean never has ’smacking it’ worked.
All the grief I’ve given people over the years for believing this method would work, it’s all coming back to me now… i bow my head in shame
April 28th, 2010 at 4:06 am
Chris adds this Comment:
Another one for the slamming method. Works!
April 29th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
davej adds this Comment:
I tried the slam and it would take a charge for several hours then go back to red flash. Also the mouse takes 2 steps forward and one back so I believe it is bad. I got this one on EBay as refurbed so I guess they missed something. I purchased one when they first came out (paid $190 for it) and it still works and holds a charge as well as the day I purchased it. I did have to get it warrantied when I first got it because I dropped it face down and broke the scrolling wheel, I don’t suggest banging the front side:). Logitech replaced it no questions asked. It is absolutely the best mouse I have ever owned.
I am a computer engineer by trade and have been doing it for almost 30 years and like a lot of you the only thing slamming a computer device down does is release your frustration from dealing with a stupid piece of equipment. I have relieved that strain on several occasions, fortunately i also had unlimited access to no cost parts. HAHA
April 30th, 2010 at 2:53 am
Tim adds this Comment:
Cannot believe this, but the slam thing worked for me too…
May 26th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
James Lee adds this Comment:
Yet another “successful slammer”; thanks!
May 28th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
john adds this Comment:
Holy crap! The slam worked for me too!!!!
May 30th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
WRG adds this Comment:
hahahaha SLAM BABY SLAM!!!
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:57 am
(a different) alex adds this Comment:
It really does work!!!
June 18th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Lee adds this Comment:
Anybody know the root or cause of this abomination?
June 20th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
loewez adds this Comment:
This is how I solve this issue:
1. red – google
2. slam -> red
3. slam again -> red
4. google again
5. slam again harder -> red
6. slam harder again and again -> GREEN
XD
June 21st, 2010 at 8:47 am
Stuart adds this Comment:
After slamming it about 30 times, finally slammed it very hard on my hand in frustration, and, its charging
June 25th, 2010 at 5:37 am
Scott adds this Comment:
well what do u know after having 1 last look for a soultion to the red flashing light i found this sight with the magical slam technique and hey presto it worked further increasing my belife in the saying “If in doubt give it a clout!!”
cheer people
July 11th, 2010 at 4:04 am
John adds this Comment:
I’m having the same problem. Like most of the rest of you, “The Slam Technique” worked for me, too. Its pretty frustrating, though, since the MX Revolution is I think they’re top-of-the-line mouse. I’ll be sending them an email in the near future, and if to no avail, I think I’ll be opening the thing up to try and find the problem
July 18th, 2010 at 8:02 pm