Hi, Having some time on my hands at the moment, so invested in one of these: [image] Freenove Ultrasonic Starter Kit for Raspberry Pi 4 B 3 B+, 358 Pages Detailed... Buy £29.95 No idea what it does - just sounded cool. First issue I’m facin…

Cap’n Hacksaw to the rescue…aaaarrrrrrr. With a little help from FirstMate Sandy Paper - okay I’ve officially lost the plot. Hope this helps anyone else still using the Pi 3B and the wonderful Pibow case :-) [20200428_150111] Cheers, Jon

That must be one of the original full sized Pibows? I use the Coupe cases that give easy access. I’d just remove that top clear cover and put the bolts back in. If you have a dremel you could likely modify one or two of the layers and cut a slot for the cable.

If I’m understanding you question ,there is a space between the top two layers for the ribbon cable

Hey Jack. =) I’ve never owned one of those original cases. I looked for a slot in the product picture but don’t see it. I’m not saying its not there, I just can’t see it. That would mean just a little disassembly, plug the cable in, and reassemble.

https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/pibow-for-raspberry-pi-3-b-plus?variant=2601121284106 . ,you can see the slot between the top two layers above the HDMI and power markings

I see it there, I was looking at this one. The Black Ninja one. [image] Pibow 3 B+ (Raspberry Pi 3 B+, 3, & 2) – Pimoroni Store Pibow. The most stylish, add-on friendly, and protective case for the Raspberry Pi 3 B+!

Thanks for all your replies - I can confirm that there isn’t a slot between the top layers on this case. It might have been added in later designs, but this one looks like it’s designed for IP68 water resistance ;-)

Hi there, I think it’s an optical illusion. I just opened the pibow case picture from the pimoroni website and zoomed in… It looks like there’s a gap - and if I look at the case in my hands it looks exactly the same, but there really isn’t a gap…so do I need to invest in some spacers and replace the…

yeah your right ,i just reassembled mine and it will work ,but with a slight opening between the layers ,i had a fan in it at one point ,hence the hole in the top layer ,my pi3 b+ is dead ,just havent got the heart to throw it away ,lol [DSCF3470] [DSCF3479]

Hi Caperjack1953, thanks for the pictures I hadn’t thought of just squeezing it through between the gaps, that’ll do just fine. Best wishes, Jon

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Oops, I was wrong ,it just looks like it in the picture ,just Dug mine out of a box and it dosn’t work the way I thought …

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