Finally got my Raspberry Pi yesterday (May 7) after waiting since February 29 I ordered an hour after the launch from http://my.element14.com/raspberry-pi/raspb...el-b/dp/2081185 for RM145 (delivery RM20 included).

Shipped to Penang from Subang Jaya via GDEX, it's one of the 4k units shipped by element14 to Asia. My order came in an envelope with bubble wrap. The Pi itself was in a small box wrapped in ESD bag.

Booted off from Debian on KINGSTON 16GB 100X SD10-HC with 24" Samsung S24A350H LED monitor via HDMI. I am using 5V 800mA micro USB phone charger (modified internally to include a simple 7805 voltage regulator circuit to ensure stable 5V).

[EDIT] Apparently 800mA is not actually sufficient to provide steady supply to the Pi as there are momentary spikes that drain more than that (not sure how much) when I have active network activities going on through the Ethernet port. Looking around, 5V 1A is better suited for the Pi at least for this model B.

Off to control some Amazon EC2 nodes for now

This post has been edited by ayeowch: May 10 2012, 08:30 AM

I'm using Debian but only SSH to it from another computer. Load at 0.2. The SSH session started to lag badly as soon as I plugged in the HDMI cable to an external display.

Interested to know what is the power supply that you are using?

Anyone here facing Ethernet issue with your Pi? i.e. the 3 LEDs went off after being operational for few minutes.
Detail of the issue described here http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=76203

This post has been edited by ayeowch: May 15 2012, 08:57 AM

Shipping is RM20. It would be free shipping if your items are above RM150. But if you buy only the Pi, your total would be RM145.

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Added on June 14, 2012, 1:56 pmIn case anyone got into similar issue; I got replacement for my Pi from element14 with a RMA and it has been working fine since with 5V 1.3A adapter I bought from Switch (http://www.skross.com/product/en/15/USB-Charger/56/World-USB-Charger.html).

This post has been edited by ayeowch: Jun 14 2012, 01:56 PM

I believe that's okay since your Pi is draining the current, i.e. it won't take all 8 amps. Voltage is important though, test with your DMM to make sure it's really 5V, +-.2 V is fine.