Save your sanity: If you buy a PBP, buy a serial adapter and USB to eMMC adapter.

Save your sanity: If you buy a PBP, buy a serial adapter and USB to eMMC adapter.

weskerfoot
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06-29-2020, 12:25 PM

Also get a screwdriver kit (phillips head), spudgers, and tweezers if you don't already have them. This will be very useful for disassembling the laptop without damaging it or yourself, and the tweezers will be useful for flipping hardward switches. A static wristband wouldn't hurt either.

https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pinebo...Dimensions
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Phill...45-005?o=5
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Spudger/IF145-002
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Tweezers/IF145-020

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RE: Save your sanity: If you buy a PBP, buy a serial adapter and USB to eMMC adapter. - by weskerfoot - 06-29-2020, 12:25 PM

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