The assembly of my Raspberry Pi 2 based WiFi box was very straight forward. The power USB cable on the Pi 2 was a bit snug against the veroboard for the GPIO header breakout but it went in no problem after trimming a notch out of the board.

Once it all went together and I plugged it in to power, the board lights lit up and the HDD spun up but there was a solid ACT light on the Pi 2. I extracted the Pi 2 and powered it up connected to my PC and still there was nothing, no HDMI signal and no ACT light.

The MicroSD card also started to get a little warm to the touch, not a good sign. I had the Pi 2 configured and working on the bench prior to assembly, looks like I have to order another one pronto from Little Bird Electronics!

Note to the Raspberry Pi Foundation: Hey Guys! How about a thin conformal coating to help protect the base PCB from accidental spikage!