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Wow this is an old thread but what the heck.
I ran into a problem with my razer death adder causing the computer to not recognize the mouse correctly. The razor driver would recognize the mouse in a particular USB port but this would only bring up the tuning software. The mouse had fully updated firmware and drivers for Windows 7. Under device manager the mouse is recognized razor death adder (with an error symbol next to it) and under Human User Interface as well as Mice as a HID compliant device which is of course wrong. Very rarely if I plugged it into a different USB port and restarted the OS, the mouse would work until it finally bit the bullet. Since this mouse has worked great for years, the problem has got to be hardware related. (Very likely due to my wife's internet frustrations and subsequent pounding of my expensive mouse).
So anyway, long story short I had nothing to lose and took the stupid thing apart. Three tiny screws, 2 under the front pads, one under the sticker. Took everything apart, cleaned and made sure the connections were seated well. Pressed gently on the chip to make sure all of the solder connections were still good. Plugged it in, and be damned if the thing didn't work perfectly. So I got really lucky and its worked great for awhile now. I spent a fair amount of searching to find a solution for this so I hope it helps someone else.