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
Are you moving away from Logitech now and to MS?
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.
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.
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.
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 🙂
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!
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.
the mouse slam thing worked for me too.
Same symptoms – blinking red light.
That’s hilarious.
– Frank
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.
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!
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.
holy shit
slamming the mouse actually works…
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.
+1 for slamming. Glad I found this posting!
*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!
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 🙂
slamming works for me too. what a crazy product… I wonder how many people were plagued for this problem.
thanx Chris!
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 !!
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.
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.
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.
[…] MX Revolution: Flashing Red Light in Cradle – posted in January 2008. […]
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.
Slamming worked again! Logitech needs to put you on the payroll! Thanks for the solutuion.
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!!!!
I SLAMMED MY MOUSE ON MY THIGH AND IT WORKED!!!!!!
Best technical advice I’ve ever received. Worked like a charm, no waiting on hold with support, and cathartic as well. Thank you!
Fantastic! it worked!!
Thank you so much
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.
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!
Unbelievable!!!
Thanks
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.
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!
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…
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…
Are we in the TWILIGHT ZONE or what? LOL
ps:worked for me too 😉
I’m confirming my use of “slamming”. Positive results. No more red blinkers. Charging normally.
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.
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…
The slamming worked for me too and first time. Insane. I wonder what the science behind that is.
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!
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.
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 🙂
I was having the same problem
LOL i cant believe slamming it worked now its back to normal …. WTF
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.
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!
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
Slam your mouse, it worx well hard
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
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?
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!!!!
lol slamming the mouse stopped the red light for me too..
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!
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!
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.
wow another mouse fixed my a couple slams on the desk
Worked Again!. Two slams on the desk and it is charging like new
Holy crap.. i tried all those other normal things, but slamming this thing into my desk did the trick!!! Nice!!
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…
Wow, slamming it worked for me too!!!!
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.
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.
just slam it on a book a few times!!!
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.
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..
THANKS! works perfectly
i assume it just moves the internal mouse, so it is in proper contact with charging surfaces.
great job for posting!!!
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.
holy shit. its real!
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…
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 ridÃcula mas que funciona.
Eu fiz q funcionou
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!
ok so the whole slamming thing got me skeptical, but amazingly. IT WORKS!
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.
Confirmed, slamming it helped here too!!
And another confirm. Slamming saved my 2 year old MX Revo which started red-lighting after about an hour of charging.
+1 successful slam
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).
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.
OMFG hahahahhahahaha
Thought I was screwed. Slammed the mouse. Charging. Screw Logitech tech support, long live forums 😛
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
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:
https://alexking.org/blog/2008/01/29/mx-revolution-flashing-red-light-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
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
Well it does work when you smack something! I am going to go slam all my broken electronics!
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!
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
Another one for the slamming method. Works!
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
Cannot believe this, but the slam thing worked for me too…
Yet another “successful slammer”; thanks!
Holy crap! The slam worked for me too!!!!
hahahaha SLAM BABY SLAM!!!
It really does work!!!
Anybody know the root or cause of this abomination?
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
After slamming it about 30 times, finally slammed it very hard on my hand in frustration, and, its charging 🙂
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
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
Hahahaha, this is really awesome. After year of really a lot of using this mouse -5-15h per day i got this red flashing light for first time. And guess what: Slaming mouse against my hand(not too hard, like you were slaming nail in wood)actually worked!! Really thanks guys, it really works!!
The slamming technique is working becuase of the battery. Hitting the battery is removing buildup on NIMH terminals inside the battery caused by poor charging ethic.
YEP !!!
slam the dam thing on the desk and red light GONE LOL
SLAMFIX WORKS I just got the damn thing referb but slam wap its working great again I was worried
I really thought slamming would surly not fix this red blinking light issue.
Well slapped the mouse sharply against my leg as to get desired result without whacking on a hard surface and damaging something.
Mouse working perfectly again :/ how bizzare.
The “mouse slamming” is because the batteries inside the mouse have a poor contact. You can do the same fix by popping the batteries out of the mouse, cleaning the contacts (with your finger or with a pencil eraser is good), and replacing them back in the mouse. This fixed my problem, and no slamming!
Same Problem, so did some ‘slamming’ didn’t work. So dropped on carpet, still no joy. Then hurl at carpet! Now fine.
I have been in the mouse twice before, to disassemble the left mouse button switch, and clean it’s contacts, but it tends to mess up the pads at the bottom a bit every time I open it (Logitech have conveniently put the screw holes under them). So slamming sounded good, and worked!
Thanks.
Well I’ll be damned – SLAMMING the mouse down hard DID work (my red low battery flashing light went away and is now charging)!!!
Thank you so much everyone!!! I was ready to throw out the mouse, but seeing how expensive it was – I checked the web and came across this link. At first I thought “You have got to be kidding?!?!?!” But seeing all these “yup – slamming worked” posts, I just gotta give it a try. I mean what else do I have lose. Thanks again!!!
Well, it’s been almost 2 years since the violent poster posted and it’s still an ongoing issue.
A word of advice, instead of slamming mouse down on a hard surface, hold it in the palm of your hand and give it a nice hit with the palm of your other hand. It works just as well, and you don’t have to worry about breaking anything 🙂
Thank you again for this remedy 🙂
Read from beginning of the thread and I was like “wtf”, you guys can’t be serious. and then I figured, “how much can it harm?” and lightly slammed it to my my desk. Boom!! Charges right up. Red blinks byebye.
Seriously, I slammed it from like 3 inches away from my mousepad and it worked!
holly S@#t !!
the slamming thing works like a charm !!
just about to buy a replacement battery from ebay..
you just save me $10…
briliant n crazy solutions btw 😀
thx
I have the same problem but as its a work mouse cant smack it into the table.
My soulution was to place on cradle and wait to it flashes red. Then remove and repeat. My mouse wasnt dead flat but still wouldnt charge i only had to do this 5-6 times before it started charging properly.
simple soulution to pulling apart or bashing into a desk.
I slapped mine on my knee and it worked. Thanks! Mouse is only three months old… shouldn’t be having problems like this.
it works…….after many slams
Never thought I would find a website with information as such. Best tech support I have ever not paid for. Slammed it against my knee after reading the first 3-4 posts. Skeptical, but I had nothing to lose since it has worked for lil over 2 years and has been dropped several times!!
Technique of choice: the knee SLAM!! 🙂
Result: fully charged
Slamming worked for me too… someone should start a club.. next time someone tells me that hitting something doesn’t fix it I’ll send them here. 🙂
I have tried the slamming trick but that did not work. For those of you who think slamming it is stupid: there is a battery inside this device that looks like an typical mobile phone battery. It has 3 copper contact points like the adapter has. If it gets slightly corroded a simple blow (good shake) could make the contacts connect good again.
Opening the device is as follows: the top long silicon pad needs to be removed and the two at the opposite side. the one on the right above has no screws underneath. Use a sharp knife, re-attach later with a tiny drop of glue.
BE CAREFUL: there is a slim wire connecting both sides! Either leave it on or you need a small screwdriver to unlock the clip where the wire is inserted (not recommended, just keep them together..).
Inside you’ll find a big square battery, use a slim screwdriver to pry it out of its casing through the opening just below the scroll wheel on the side (NOTE: there is a small lock on the other side underneath the scroll wheel, you can easily unlock it with your finger by pushing it backwards).
The battery is a 3.7V 600mAh Li-ion
L/N 0107 190310-1001
This one is also known as CS-LOG7RC (600 mAh)
compatible with 190310-1001, 190310-1000, 831409, 831410, L-LL11, NTA2319
Now we need to find a cheap replacement! 😉
LOL IT WORKs haha 😀
I shook the damn thing violently and it works great now.
Well Il be dammed, worked for me too!! lol!!
Haha, very funny solution to a common seeming problem, didn’t really want to buy another as i paid $220AU for this a couple years back.
Cheers for the solution 😀
Oh, man, this is classic. I’ve already gotten one replacement from Logitech for this problem and it looked like it was happening again.
But slamming it definitely worked. That hasn’t been the correct solution for an electronics problem since I was a kid and you had to slap the side of the TV to fix the picture.
WOW!!
How crazy is that. I have had this problem for months. Read this, Slammed it. PROBLEM SOLVED! This is a classic!
Just got the flashing red for the first time on my nearly 2 year old MX Revolution. I found a link to this page on the Logitech forum. I was set to crack it open and order a replacement battery. Slamming worked!
3 1/4 years and still going strong.
Another slamming success.
thanks folks.
Really, I slammed my mouse with my hand and now he work’s fine. Wtf =D Thank you
I am now a mouse-slammer!
I was looking online to replace my optical mouse when I came across this blog. Count me as a successful slammer jammer too. Maybe Logitech should incorporate this instruction into their user manual.
Wow, a lot of people having this issue. The fault is that the internal battery is not quite seated properly. Instead of soldering it in (which would be stupid) Logitech used a type of cradle that the battery seats into. Personally I would recommend opening the mouse and reseating the battery instead of smashing it. Of course, as a tech I’m used to people doing stupid things to their electronics. Also, for those people not quite ready for prime time, you can program the button behind the scroll wheel to be the middle mouse button. Also, if you set it up correctly, the scroll wheel will free-spin if you move it very quickly and go back to click movement when it stops moving. This blows away their newer mice that require you to press a button to get the wheel to toggle between the two modes.
The MX Revolution also has the cradle while their newer mice use a very poor USB cable to charge. You actually only get about 3 hours solid use out of the newer Logitech mice before you have to plug it in. It takes at least as long to charge, so you’re only getting a wireless mouse 50% of the time you’re using it. The MX Revolution will last several days under heavy use, and if you let it recharge at night you will never have any down time. Gaming is also excellent with this mouse. I have never experienced any lag at all with it and the DPI seem just right.
2+ years I’ve had my MX Rev. Many times I’ve had to reseat the mouse on the recharger dock, thinking I had to set it just right to get the recharger going. Today after 10 mins of reseating, the red flash of death persisted. I feared the worst was upon me…
With only the keyboard at my disposal I googled, logitech red blinking.
Tabed my way to this site
Read the first 10 comments and thought, “get the fukc out of here….”
Continued to read the following 20 comments and thought, “…..wat!?”
Took mouse off dock and slammed it on my desk once and redocked it… *1234green*
MOTHER OF GOD… All hail Chris and his wisdom.
LOL sLAMMING IS THE MAIN IDEA TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM!!!! WHOOO THANKSSSS
+1 for the slam. Been fighting this for almost a year. Just do it, hard. It works.
If you’ve scrolled down this far as I have because I had to leave a comment as well just do it. I just banged it on my hand. I banged the back first thinking it was the bottom, duh. Hit the part that sits on your desk and it should work. Can’t believe how common this problem is. Thanks for the solution and convincing me this would work. Just wrote my next newsletter about this. LOL How funny.
Well opened the mouse and reseated the battery as someone posted awhile back, still blinking red…..Banged it on my knee, charged all the way. Its just unbelieveable. BTW Logitech support useless.
Worked for me too. Unbelievable!!!!!
I just came across this problem after purchasing the MX new on eBay about 2 years ago (which was rare since they were already discontinued at that point). Got the flashing red light on the charger today and needless to say I was so disappointed as this is such a great mouse. Saw the slamming solution here and tried it on the mousepad. No go. Gave it another slam on the hard desk this time and presto! It charges again! What in the world? 😀
So if you’re still not convinced — just slam it. You slam it down like you would if you picked it up off your desk. Don’t slam the button-side down, slam the bottom side that regularly sits on your desk.
Mouse is currently charging perfectly!
Crazy but it works. 🙂
Worked like a charm. Thank you so much for discovering this. My first full charge in 6 months.
Thnx, worked for me, too, for about 2 months before I had to do it again. For as much as my Logitech mouse cost I would really like a more high-tech (read, permanent) solution.
Actually the reason slamming works is because of a defective on/off switch located on the bottom of the mouse.sometimes just switching if on off repeatedly will fix it as well. If the mouse is turned off it will not charge If the switch is not making a good connection it will cause the red light to flash to notify you of an error and that the charging has been halted to protect your device.
Wow, thanks for the tip on slammin the mouse. After having searched all over the net, I finally ended up here and gave it a try. Worked like a charm and the mouse is charging again!
Slammed twice or 3 times, but not working. Guess I was too soft. Anyway, opened up the mouse, and reseated the battery. Works. It seems when you are slam the mouse you actually move the battery inside in its internal craddle.
This same method works on a useless relative ( when we say slam, we mean SLAM! )
i had the same problem, ive just pulled those lil legs on the charger using a tweezer and problem was solved
AMAZING IT WORKS
It works
Tried pulling the contacts with tweezers. No dice.
Slamming: worked like a charm.
Thanks.
SLAM!!! SLAM!! POUND! Works like a charm 🙂
+1 for the slam. Thought it was way crazy, but a single slam onto a pad of paper brought my mouse back to life.
Best forum advice ever.
I’ve been using this superb MX mouse for 4 years. Each time I got the no-charge red flashing light I called Logitec – Useless!! So, I bought replacement mice on e-bay and used my old cradle and dongle. Worked fine each time for a year – 18 mo. Then repeat above proceedure. NOW, I see this forum.
SLAM
SLAM
SLAM
Now I have 3 functioning MX mice!
OMG, that’s so funny! To bad it took you 3 mice before you read this post!!
Reselling them probably? We know how to fix them now 😉
just like old tv slam and works. Thanks everyone.
This is crazy. I have been fighting this for years. Whack! still red. WHACK! Charging. Count me a slammer.
It really worked. Awesome. My buttons popped out I slammed it so hard, popped them back in, and it worked. No more red light. I didn’t think it would work.
/THUMBS UP FOR SLAMMING THINGS
I have the sporatic red light, I don’t have it as bas as some. I can usually get it to charge fine then on other charges the red light comes on. However, when I get really beaten in a FPS game.. I slam my mouse, I think I know why I dont get it as bad as some!!
This is the stupidest thing I’ve ever ready on the internet. All you people are crazy, I’m not slamming my mouse on the desk to try and fix a stupid red blinkin….. wow, it worked. *blush*.
Another slamming success story. I thought you were all off your nut, but sure enough, slammed that bugger on the desk and no more bloody red light. This fix reminds me of an old Apple computer from early 80s. When you called tech. support their advice was ”pick up the unit about six inches off the desk and drop it; that should re-seat the chips.” That was due to it not having any ventilation and the chips getting so hot they started work their way out of the board. Glad to see technology has advanced past ”hitting” things to make them work. lmao
same problem. greenlight seated in cradle, flashing red light no charge
held it in my palm, swift slam onto the mousepad, mouse back on charge. old-school tech support at its finest 🙂
+1 the slam…
Nah this won’t work…………BLAM!! off mouse mat
No way! 2 year old MX never had an issue then this morning flashing light. Cheers for the tip!
Posting purely to add to the number of people who have found this ridiculous fix. Just tried slamming the mouse and it fixed the battery and charging issues instantly. Absolutely insane.
For those looking to try it, you don’t need to slam it hard at all. It did it fairly gently (but still hard enough to fit into the category slam) just to test it and that was enough.
I have been having this issue for some time. After taking apart my mouse and wiring it directly to the cradle several times to prolong the inevitable I stumbled across this page. I have found that some mice need a lighter touch others need more of a firm hand. Don’t just hall off and power attack your desk with the mouse, but yes it works. There is a connection under the battery mounting brackets in my mouse I have found that seem to be the culprits. I will work on a non-violent fix for this device and post it here when I get it sorted. But until then slam away. And for those of you wanting to know the longevity of this fix, it seems to last on average from 2-3 weeks to some people have posted a full year of proper functioning.
It was D.O.A….So I Slammed that S*#% back to life!
My mouse have the same problem.. I fix it before by cleaning the contact area… but this time it won’t charge… so try google it.. read the first post and I think im going to give up on this mouse.. then saw the first post about slamming the mouse… I did it few time.. LOL it works… dems..
Slamming worked for me. Skeptical at beginning, thought that was a kind of group trolling.
But its true. No red blinking light for me anymore.
Couple of things went through my mind when I read this post: Group troll, idiots slamming etc etc.
Proud to be an idiot now!!
This totally worked canceling out “the red battery of death”.
Proud to be a Slammer!
René (The Netherlands)
Hehe … confirmed … too … the slam works perfectly!
I can’t believe it! Mine too was not charging and I had the dreaded flashing “red battery of death” light. I thought it was dead, but I “slammed” and it seems to be charging fine!
?yep…I am now a “slamming” convert! It worked; my mouse is fully charged!