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WOW, please tell me this is your first attempt at soldering.First thing: Only strip your wires as much as neccessary, probably 1/8" is more than you need.Second: I think your solder sux, looks like you are not using rosin core or flux, get some decent solder, you will be amazed.Third: your black and yellow wires have a definate posiblity of shorting to any of the pads near them, redo and only strip enough to make connection.Forth: Looks like your pins 1 and 2 are shorted together which could be why it wont work.Fifth: You need to start over and remove all your solder from connections and chip, you will need some solder braid or a solder sucker. If you use braid, flux will be your best friend to draw solder to the braid.So, my recomendation is to send to mike, that is very generous offer, more generous than I would give. Or, find someone who is skilled at soldering and has ability to remove that mess that is there, then get soldering lesson. Dont be discouraged tho, everyone has to learn somewhere