# Raspberry Pi 2 missing a GPIO pin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 6, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-missing-a-gpio-pin/345 "2015-02-06T10:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shaunmlowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@shaunmlowry](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/shaunmlowry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-missing-a-gpio-pin/345/1 "2015-02-06T10:11:45Z")
Just received my Raspberry Pi 2 and it appears to be missing a GPIO pin (pin 2?). Is this normal? ``` Shaun. ``` ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-missing-a-gpio-pin/345/2 "2015-02-06T10:27:10Z")
Whaaaa? Can you take a photo? It’s not that we don’t believe you, but this is something we genuinely want to see! ---
**Author:** ![shaunmlowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@shaunmlowry](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/shaunmlowry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-missing-a-gpio-pin/345/3 "2015-02-06T10:40:14Z")
The forum wouldn’t let me post a pic - says new users can’t post :( ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-missing-a-gpio-pin/345/4 "2015-02-06T10:43:12Z")
D’oh! Try now. I’ve promoted you to a user. ---
**Author:** ![shaunmlowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@shaunmlowry](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/shaunmlowry)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-missing-a-gpio-pin/345/5 "2015-02-06T10:44:17Z")
Thanks! Here’s the pic: ![](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pimoroni/127/6689f6e3f24c8ca5.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/raspberry-pi-2-missing-a-gpio-pin/345/6 "2015-02-06T10:51:33Z")
Wow! That’s a first. It looks like a defective header part was installed, since you’d have to be surgically precise to remove that pin after soldering. Drop me a PM or send us a support email with your order number and we’ll get a replacement sent out. Can you return this one, please? We can refund your original postage cost to cover it. Send it to: Returns, Pimoroni Ltd, 2 Manton Street, Sheffield, S2 4BA, UK