Pinebook Pro Initial Impressions

[Kochise]

Good little computer, will see what I can out of its guts, right now too early to get a really appreciative feedback.


First thing I did was to open it to make sure the flash module was in place. I took the opportunity to make some changes according to forum users' feedback.



Speakers' border are a bit sticky so they got pulled out from their socket when I removed the underside.

Thanks I have some foam around.



Cut some and placed it in the speakers' sockets.



Placed the speakers into the sockets again, pressed them down, cut some paper towels.



Placed it on the speakers' sticky border, prevent dust from entering and muffle a bit the sound.



As someone mentioned it, beware not to loose the fragile little plastic thingies around the screen mount.



Magic foam at the rescue.



Look how gorgeous it looks, the plastic thingy is kept into place and cannot escape anymore.



Same on the other side.



Was a bit disappointed by the soldering of the battery bypass. Not tested to check its effectiveness.

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Installed the M2 adapter board, and again disappointed by the misalignment.



Something looks rather odd there, but maybe I missed something into the mounting procedure.



Moved the "bypass" sticker elsewhere.



After a good charge (one night) tried the beast for a first ride. Good job buddies.