# No sound on Picade, faulty soldering suspected on Picade PCB

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**Created:** [October 5, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-sound-on-picade-faulty-soldering-suspected-on-picade-pcb/3136 "2016-10-05T19:42:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![david1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/david1/32/1584_2.png) [@david1](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/david1)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-sound-on-picade-faulty-soldering-suspected-on-picade-pcb/3136/1 "2016-10-05T19:42:12Z")

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Hello team

I think I am cursed with building my new Picade.

After a faulty screen which was kindly replaced by a brand new one and is working perfectly well now - thanks Pimoroni for your efficient help on this - I have some serious sound issues with the internal speakers.

If I plug the Raspberry Pi to headphones, sound is OK, same if I connect the Pi directly yo TV using HDMI, sound is perfectly OK.

Sound is set to ‘auto’ by the way in the config panel.

Sound is also ‘acceptable’ if I connect headphones to the dedicated headphone jack of the Picade PCB, although the sound is far less crisp and loud compared to the Pi, but still I can at least hear some sound from it.

However if I connect the Picade speakers to the Pi through the PCB, as instructed in the manual, then I get no sound at all. I have noticed that the sound jack connector on the Picade PCB is slightly loose and if I slightly press it down with my finger with the audio cord connected, then the Picade screen suddenly turns black, I get some sound from the loaded game for a few seconds or so, then the screen comes back to life but no sound at all is heard from the speakers.

I have attached a couple of images from the Picade PCB.

Please help on this, I am starting to get desperate to get my Picade work.

Many thanks

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/original/2X/c/c3afa79e984e0cb0585e72d3221d7c21d5454f02.JPG)

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**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:** [October 5, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-sound-on-picade-faulty-soldering-suspected-on-picade-pcb/3136/2 "2016-10-05T20:32:03Z")

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Right, yes, the audio in jack is barely attached at all! try to solder it back down on all anchor points… it’s quite a straightforward job, the pads are big and away from any delicate components.

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**Author:** ![david1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/david1/32/1584_2.png) [@david1](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/david1)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-sound-on-picade-faulty-soldering-suspected-on-picade-pcb/3136/3 "2016-10-05T20:55:51Z")

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Thanks, I will try to solder it back down tomorrow but I doubt this will make a difference, as when I press and hold it down to its anchor points, no sound is played, but I will try this anyway and report back the outcome.

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**Author:** ![david1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/david1/32/1584_2.png) [@david1](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/david1)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/no-sound-on-picade-faulty-soldering-suspected-on-picade-pcb/3136/4 "2016-10-07T09:41:02Z")

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The soldering did the trick and everything is working OK by now, thanks for your help on this!