Of course! Sorry, school has been absolutely destroying me and I kept forgetting to reply:
I went with an
iron that had a more precise tip and comes with solder. If you're willing to pay a little bit more money, you can purchase the
one that comes with more solder, a spudger and a holder.
I would also recommend purchasing a
brass sponge to wipe your iron during the process when needed.
In terms of wire, I recommend
AWG40 wire, if that wire item on Amazon runs out (as I'm looking at it right now there is only one left in stock)
this appears to be the same thing.
To test and make sure that your connections are good to go, you'll need a
multimeter. It seems super complicated, but the only setting you'll really need to use is the one near the bottom-right that looks like a WiFi signal and a megaphone. You can find tutorials online for more info about using a multimeter to test soldering connections.
here's one that I used, you can scroll down and read the section under "Checking for Continuity."
You'll need both a Y00 screwdriver and a PH000 screwdriver.
DON'T TRY TO USE A DIFFERENT SIZE! The Switch's screws are especially picky, and they strip very easily. You can try and google for these two screw types (they're annoying to find), but if you can order off Walmart,
here's a set similar to the one I used. You can use
ifixit's tutorial for getting to the SD Reader, and after that just unscrew all the screws attached to the metal plate.
Note that really the only required items are the soldering iron, solder and the wire. You can substitute a brass sponge with a normal wet sponge, but I've heard that can
really damage your iron, so I wouldn't recommend it.
TL;DR:
That was a lot, so I'll condense all the links down here:
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iron that has a more precise tip and comes with solder OR
one that comes with more solder, a spudger and a holder
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brass sponge
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AWG40 wire OR if out of stock
other AWG40 wire
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multimeter AND
here's a tutorial that I used under "Checking for Continuity"
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here's a set of screwdrivers similar to the one I used AND
ifixit's tutorial for getting to the SD Reader, and after that just unscrew all the screws attached to the metal plate.
If anyone has any questions, let me know.