Can you post a picture of your drive? It most likely can be fixed if you use a multimeter and see where the bridged legs are, and fix them with the desoldering braid.

 

Agreed. I did the same thing to mine with a 25w iron and dodgy tip.

I bought a 13w pencil tip and used it to clear out the bridges. A wasabi install and a few months on, and it's still going strong.



P.S. If all else fails - a few mod chip stores are selling replacement drives.

 

not to mention soldering to SMD pins as a beginner. that's plain suicide.

 

Yeah just do the switch and get your money back. Nothing wrong with that, unless you do it at some family owned store...