- Why do gaming mice start double clicking after a year or two?
- Most use mechanical Omron switches rated for 20 to 50 million clicks, but the spring leaf inside loses tension well before that, especially under heavy clicking and humidity. Once it weakens, the contact bounces on closing and the controller reads two presses. It only gets worse from there.
- Can I tell the bug apart from drag clicking?
- Yes. Drag clicking produces a long run of rapid presses while your finger slides, and you do it on purpose. The bug produces exactly two presses on a single clean tap that you did not slide. If the pad flags doubles while you are clicking slowly, that is the switch.
- Is it fixable, or do I need a new mouse?
- Opening the switch and re-tensioning the leaf works for a while; soldering in a fresh Omron or Kailh switch fixes it for good. Optical switches (Razer, some Logitech and Corsair models) do not have a metal contact and cannot chatter, which is why so many players switched. Check your warranty first: Logitech and Razer have replaced mice for this.
- Could it be a Windows or driver setting?
- No setting can create a press that the hardware did not send. The double-click speed slider in Windows only decides how two presses are interpreted, and mouse software debounce settings can hide the fault but not cause it. Gaps under 50 ms on this page came from the switch.
- My anti-cheat or game treats my clicks as a macro. Related?
- It can be. A chattering switch produces click pairs at inhuman intervals, which looks similar to an autoclicker to server-side checks. Confirming the fault here gives you something concrete to show a moderator, and fixing the switch removes the problem.