# Phat DAC not working, please help me **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 19, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828 "2017-01-19T16:12:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrea96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Andrea96](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Andrea96)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828/1 "2017-01-19T16:12:51Z")
Hi guys, I just joined this group, it’s an honor to meet you. I have some problems with my phat Dac. I connected it with my raspberry pi zero (which is running raspbian) and I just followed the guide at this link [https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/phat/raspberry-pi-phat-dac-install](https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/phat/raspberry-pi-phat-dac-install) to make it works, I connected it to my speaker but it doesn’t make any sound. During the installation of the needed package there wasn’t any error message but also the sound test didn’t produce any sound. Somebody can help me please? P.s: I apologize for my english, which is not perfect, I’m Italian… :’) ---
**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828/2 "2017-01-20T11:07:16Z")
Did you run?: ```auto curl -sSL https://get.pimoroni.com/phatdac | bash ``` ---
**Author:** ![Andrea96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Andrea96](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Andrea96)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828/3 "2017-01-20T11:55:35Z")
Yes but it isn’t working anyway… It only makes background noises when i connect it to my phat dac, but nothing else… ---
**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828/4 "2017-01-20T11:58:03Z")
Could you post a picture of your soldering, both on the Pi Zero side, and the pHAT? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Andrea96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Andrea96](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Andrea96)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828/5 "2017-01-20T12:19:16Z")
I didn’t solder them because i was trying to verify first if they worked together, so i connected them only with pins ---
**Author:** ![gadgetoid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/gadgetoid/32/13_2.png) [@gadgetoid](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/gadgetoid)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828/6 "2017-01-20T12:50:05Z")
It’s very unlikely to work without soldering due to poor electrical contact. You’re literally putting square pegs into round holes. You can _try_ to very, very gently lift the connector edge of the DAC up and away from the Pi Zero to try and make a better electrical contact, but it’ll still be intermittent. ---
**Author:** ![Andrea96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@Andrea96](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Andrea96)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/phat-dac-not-working-please-help-me/3828/7 "2017-01-20T13:52:22Z")
Then you suggest me to solder them?