I had high hopes for this but it doesn't appear to be very good. The build quality seems fine and it looks good - just a shame it doesn't actually work. Or doesn't actually work yet.
The instructions aren't up to much either.
I have a perfectly working Raspberry Pi 3 that boots up into Raspbian (latest version 2017-04-10). I downloaded the image this morning and flashed it to a Class 10 16GB card using etcher. Everything works fine.
I then built the desktop using the enclosed instructions and finally snapping the lid onto the case. Pressed the button and I got a nice blue light - nothing else.
Had to disassemble the thing to see what the problem was.
Dismantled everything and booted up the Pi without the Pi Desktop Board. All worked fine. Switched off. Attached the board (didn't put it in the case this time - lesson learned) along with the usual mouse, kb, monitor. Pressed the button. Blue light and nothing. Noticed that the light on the Pi was solid red - no sign of the usual flickering green light on the Pi indicating activity.
Held in the button on the desktop board until the blue light went off (5 seconds). Removed the power supply (it's the R Pi official one) and the SD card. Reinserted the card. Reinserted the power supply. Pressed the button. Voila. Blue light AND booted into Pixel. Pressed the button to power down. Worked fine. Pressed the button to power up. Worked fine. Rebooted into Pixel.
So switched everything off. Dismantled everything (I bet you know where this is going...) and started from scratch. Fitted everything into the case but didn't fit the lid on. Pressed the button. Blue light came on. Nada. Back with the solid red light.
Took everything apart again to check and exactly the same thing happened. Tried again with a fresh install of Raspbian on a different SD card - exactly the same problem.
Completely unusable in its current state. The thing will work sometimes without the case but it requires a power down and the SD card to be reinserted. Won't work in the case and there's no way to get the card out to try reinserting it without dismantling the whole thing.
Looking through a couple of posts on here I see that others are complaining of the same thing ie thing wont boot and light on Pi staying red. So have I got a duff board or has this thing not been tested properly or is it just a waste of time and money. Not impressed.
