[spedmetal]

Here are a few essential supplies you’re going to need

15 watt soldering iron

60/40 or 66/44 .25 rosin core solder

22AWG stranded wire for power and ground

30 or 34AWG kynar (or enameled wire what ever your preference try both and see what you like best) wire for everything else

Solder paste to aid in making a clean strong joint

De-soldering braid is nice to have around incase you get into some trouble.

An x-acto knife for scraping via's (some people use a fiberglass pen) if you have to, and for applying solder paste

Wire cutters or finger nail clippers

Tweezers are very useful

That plastic tack doe that people use to stick posters to the wall works great for when you need 3 hands or to just hold your wires in place temporally

A hot glue gun is not needed always but is nice to tack your wires down when you’re all done.

Some times hot glue can’t be used for what ever reason and a little super glue does a great job of holding wires in place....not recomender though because if you have to change something its very hard to remove the wires from the board, unlike hot glue.

A good set of Phillips screw drivers from very small (like jewelers sizes) all the way up to a #2 for the case screws

A small Tupperware bowl for holding all your screws and small parts

I don’t use the banana trick I just have a beer or shot of Jack, which calms my nerves right down...... just kidding Tyler. Haven’t tried the banana thing but have seen other people mention it since I first saw Tyler talk about it.

PRACTICE!!! Find an old busted up radio or CD player or network card or modem that you can practice on for a good day or two before attempting your install.

Last but not least take your time this is your first install look to spend no less then 3 hours on this or even more. Just be patent.

Good luck!