I ordered 2 raspi's, one from each company. RS were the first to email me saying I could confirm the order, which I did on 22nd June (and they took my payment for the pi and 2 cases). The next day Farnell completed my order with them and a few days later I had received the Pi from Farnell. To date t...

RE: Power supply issues: I experienced a problem with a cheap microUSB lead not being able to cope with the current required, the power source was fine but stick to a good quality microUSB lead (like one supplied to recharge a smartphone) or you might experience problems [my ethernet/external drives...

Long story short, got raspi working perfectly using a lead and 1000mA power source originally supplied to recharge a smartphone. However, when I moved it to its 'remote' home in the loft I used the same power source but a cheap micro-USB lead from 'a popular online auction site' and it failed to pow...