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Anyone one received raspberry pi rev B 512MB  Made in China and how about its Production Quality?

zidane1980

I received raspberry pi rev B 512MB Made in China last week,unlike the neat board made in the UK and I feel quite disappoint about it,

this is mine

and below is how it looks

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the pcb was remarked as Made In China

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And this! the p5 pin holes was filled with solder, which will make me a lot of trouble soldering pins

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And so as the jtag pins...

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Look this,a big tin ball on pin...I cannot imagine how they made it...

 

 

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the same solder work on the usb ports

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Just some complain,  I will not be pleasure to receive such a junk.

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  • Bit miffed myself. got my Pi from "the Other Place", put sd card in, turned it over to put in the case, card fell out. Realised the card socket was faulty. Back to RS for replacement, after a month of waiting for warranty return, got another - also Chinese - one, exactly same problem.
    Nonetheless, try to fit it into RS white case. No joy, all connector holes misaligned, the SD hole looked like it'd been chewed out by rats*.
    Oh, well, I guess I'll find a REAL SD socket, and solder it in myself.
    I really wanted it to try on this project: http://www.ubioulu.fi/sites/default/files/UbiCity_Herneoja_090502.pdf
    They're using big 100 W+ Windows PC's inside, and with research, I reckon I could get all on a Pi. Time's running out, tourist season in a couple of months. Being unemployed, I reckon I've time to 'fiddle'....


    (works fine with SD held in with a rubber band and a clothes peg. looks funny, but it's a lovely machine!

     

    * I reckon the case manufacturers used my previous Engineering Managers method of manufacturing....
    "Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, then hew it out with a blunt axe"

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  • Bit miffed myself. got my Pi from "the Other Place", put sd card in, turned it over to put in the case, card fell out. Realised the card socket was faulty. Back to RS for replacement, after a month of waiting for warranty return, got another - also Chinese - one, exactly same problem.
    Nonetheless, try to fit it into RS white case. No joy, all connector holes misaligned, the SD hole looked like it'd been chewed out by rats*.
    Oh, well, I guess I'll find a REAL SD socket, and solder it in myself.
    I really wanted it to try on this project: http://www.ubioulu.fi/sites/default/files/UbiCity_Herneoja_090502.pdf
    They're using big 100 W+ Windows PC's inside, and with research, I reckon I could get all on a Pi. Time's running out, tourist season in a couple of months. Being unemployed, I reckon I've time to 'fiddle'....


    (works fine with SD held in with a rubber band and a clothes peg. looks funny, but it's a lovely machine!

     

    * I reckon the case manufacturers used my previous Engineering Managers method of manufacturing....
    "Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, then hew it out with a blunt axe"

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