That's because your picture is too small to see the surface mount stuff :-) See this larger picture: http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ima

That's because your picture is too small to see the surface mount stuff :-) See this larger picture: http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image002.png http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/image0... Or read the assembly manual where they teach how to solder surface mount components. There's a bunch of resistors & capacitors all over the board that happen to be surface mount. http://www.element14.com/community/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadBody/48916-102-1-256003/Gertboard_Assembly_Manual_Rev1.1_F.pdf http://www.element14.com/community/servlet/JiveServlet/downl...