Corsair M65 RGB Elite Gaming Mouse Teardown - White Edition

Welcome humans to this teardown video (not a repair video) of one of my favourite gaming mice from Corsair, which also turned out to be a complete squeaking disaster. I have owned numerous products from this company, and prior to this mouse I had an M60 unit that outlasted this newer M65 by a long shot. However, hopefully in a new revision, Corsair will find a way to re-engineer this specific product line.

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The goal of this video:
My goal was to tear down the unit to find out what exactly was causing the squeaking noise that came from the top button click areas, and also from both sides of the mouse. All of these parts were making a horrible sound a few weeks into ownership, and only got worse as time went on. I used it for about a year, and it spent months in the drawer, so I was planning on recycling it anyway.

Was this video done for science:
Yes, this was done for absolute gamer tech geek science. I'm not an engineer nor a repair specialist. I'm was just curious.

Did I try to repair the mouse:
No, I already assessed from the start, this was a frame or internal structural issue before even opening it. Since this was my first teardown of any gaming mouse, I decided not to fully take apart the laser housing.

What caused the issue:
Inside the top part of the mouse, there is another layer of plastic that is clipped into it, the rubbing between the parts, cause the noise, and because it was bare plastic to plastic, without anything in between, attached together by clips, there was no way of really fixing this issue. Also, on the sides, same issue of part grinding into other parts. All the parts on their own, were fine. But combined, cause the horrible squeaking noises.