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Helps a whole lot! I have another question, but I think it isn't as hard as the previous. What would I need to learn before trying this? What are some good projects to learn these skills?

Basic soldering / desoldering skills are essential - here are some nice guides I found for u:
http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/solder.htm
http://www.aaroncake.net/electronics/desolder.htm

Start with some simple electronics projects like:
http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main. … 1.gif.html
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Try building one of these - its worth it for practising your soldering, plus it makes groovy chippy noises *Grin* and gets you used to placing components on a 'board' of sorts - in this case stripboard...

Also another thing you might want to try is buying an old radio or personal stereo at a charity store and open it up / remove the guts and explore practising desoldering the components (battery powered devices are safer to practice on)

Cheers \o_

Lavar wrote:

Because according to nonfinite, you don't have to cut any pieces to install the backlight, it fits perfectly.

I can safely say that's not the case because I had a DMG with one of those panels come in on a repair. It's not a matter of the panel not fitting, it's a matter of whether or not you want to crush your wires. There's no space between the LCD and the plastic housing for the wires to go unless you cut the plastic. 

The LEDx3 panels have the polarized film and the resistor built in, which eliminates two steps of the installation. They were designed to be beginner friendly.

And here's my opinion on some of the other mods:

- Replace capacitor using the Kitsch-Bent kit

For a first mod, this isn't necessary. It's a great kit, but Nintendo used good capacitors and you might not notice any change in performance after changing them. You'll probably end up ripping out traces if you attempt it without any soldering experience.

- Pro Sound mod (either 1/8" or RCA, I don't know which is better, any suggestions?)

Neither is better, it's a matter of preference. RCA is more difficult to install

- Bivert/invert (I don't know the difference, invert seems easier)

From left to right: Normal, inverted, biverted
http://cache0.bigcartel.com/product_ima … BGuide.jpg

Seems like you may be taking on too much for a first project. Generally ambitious first projects either will have crushed wires, won't close properly, cold solder joints, or just won't work.  My best advice is to take it slow, good luck!

If you don't decide to find a new unit, take the whole thing apart, pop the screen protector off. Use a small tool to poke the battery contacts off the back half of the case. Soak all the plastic for a day in warm soapy water, clean with toothbrush, soak again, let air dry.

Use toothbrush to clean gunk off electronics, contact cleaner in jacks ad pots.

De solder the battery contacts from the main board. Soak all the battery contacts in contact cleaner or rubbing alcohol. Put on rubber gloves and hit them with a steel brush.

While it's open, prosound it maybe. Mostly, make music with it for a month before you bother spending any £££ any mods, unless the modding itself is the part you're really into.