# Black Hat Hack3r does not work **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 16, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679 "2016-07-16T19:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Luis\_12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Luis\_12345](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Luis_12345)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/1 "2016-07-16T19:33:44Z")
Hello!! I got a Black Hat Hack3r to use for my project and it looks amazing Though I am having **big problems** with it: when the Hack3r is attached the Raspberry pi doesn’t turn on at all, which as you understand is kind of a big deal. To connect the Hack3r and the Raspberry pi I am using the same configuration as the one shown in this page [https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/black-hat-hacker](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/black-hat-hacker). I don’t really know where to go from here and any help would be highly appreciated. all the best, Luisa PS: I want to use the Hack3r to work with a Raspberry pi B 1.0 and to attach to - a Adafruit TFT 2.8" touchscreen, -Explorer phat [https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/explorer-phat,https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/explorer-phat](https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/explorer-phat,https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/explorer-phat) ---
**Author:** ![pi2003](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/pi2003/32/1613_2.png) [@pi2003](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pi2003)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/2 "2016-07-16T19:50:40Z")
all I can think of is check your soldering and redo any that look dodgy. good luck Will ---
**Author:** ![RogueM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/roguem/32/311_2.png) [@RogueM](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/RogueM)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/3 "2016-07-16T20:04:07Z")
You are almost certainly shorting something. Are you sure you are running the ribbon cable over the Pi and not the opposite way? Please post a picture of your setup. Checking your soldering is also good advice, if you got any bridge you’ll get into trouble. Last, although probably not that relevant, I’m not 100% clear what Pi you are trying to connect. Please run: ``` curl -sS get.pimoroni.com/cpuinfo | bash ``` (and post the result here) ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Luis\_12345](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Luis_12345)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/4 "2016-07-17T14:05:04Z")
First of all: thank you all so much for answering me! I tried to run the code RogueM suggested, this is the result: // Hardware Revision : a01041Revision match: Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1Linux raspberrypi 4.4.13-v7+ #894 SMP Mon Jun 13 13:13:27 BST 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux /// Here you can see pictures of the setup and of the soldering, maybe you can see something I can’t. thank you very much! :) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/d/df687025f557bf3cd6af84aba078ed063baa71f3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Luis\_12345](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Luis_12345)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/5 "2016-07-17T14:05:45Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/0/0fbe05d2de42ea2f6893b532de0abea66345e1ac.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Luis\_12345](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Luis_12345)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/6 "2016-07-17T14:06:24Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/9/9efb9b75f9e8509c3db6b634adf0862b8c0d6b21.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![pi2003](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/pi2003/32/1613_2.png) [@pi2003](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/pi2003)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/7 "2016-07-17T16:33:02Z")
I can’t see anything wrong with your setup. However you will not be able to use the black hat hacker with the hats/phats you said as they share some pins.(pin25 & 24) however if they are not connected I an sure why the pi won’t boot. Finally check your using an up to date operating system although that shouldn’t matter as the pi shouldn’t take notice of it at boot ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Luis\_12345](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Luis_12345)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/8 "2016-07-17T16:41:07Z")
thank you for answering :) The pi is up to date. It is just so weird that it does not turn on at all when the Hack3r is attached… ---
**Author:** ![RogueM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/roguem/32/311_2.png) [@RogueM](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/RogueM)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/9 "2016-07-17T20:04:21Z")
I can see some copper exposed in a few places… one in particular sits inbetween 2 traces and could very well be shorting the 5v with the 3v3 rail. Personally I would be very careful using this Black HAT, you will likely damage your Pi if you try your luck too many times hoping to get it to work. ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Luis\_12345](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Luis_12345)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/10 "2016-07-17T20:19:15Z")
hey, thank you for your answer. though I am not sure I understand what you mean… do you mean the soldering? could you be more specific please? thanks ---
**Author:** ![RogueM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/roguem/32/311_2.png) [@RogueM](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/RogueM)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/11 "2016-07-17T22:05:12Z")
No, I’m talking about the plane: pin 1, carrying 5v and pin 2, carrying 3.3v run side by side. On close-up, there is what seems to be exposed copper between the pin headers further away from the Pi. ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_12345](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b3f665/32.png) [@Luis\_12345](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Luis_12345)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/black-hat-hack3r-does-not-work/2679/12 "2016-07-27T17:10:29Z")
Thank you for your help!