Edit: using a 25W iron whose tip wasn’t heating up properly. Had to use its sides to get the solder to melt, which affected precision.
It’s ugly af but it works
I’m a solder soldier
And I’m so sorry for that last part
Now I need to by something that holds everything in place, because what took most time was, well, that.
I had a similar experience, also with a mouse I bought. I can’t remember if it was my Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer or my first Logitech optical mouse, but it also had that blinking red LED in the box. I attached it to the back of my bookshelf so I would be able to see it at night.
Mine was the Microsoft mouse … And I’m glad I wasn’t alone in this experience!