04-18-2021, 07:15 AM
(03-25-2021, 07:03 AM)tophneal Wrote: There's an issue with trying to use the rk3399 from the PBP in place of the a64 for the tab, that Pine has already gone through when trying to make a hardware upgrade path for the original pinebook: the rk3399 gets hot. the pbp is able to help manage dissipating this heat using the lower panel of the laptop body. The tab is plastic, it can't do the same thing as the pbp. A major reason pinebook users dont have an rk3399 upgrade option is bc Pine wasn't able to source a thin enough heat sink that could effectively cool the CPU and not cause damage to the plastic body.
in summary: don't hold your breath for an rk3399 pinetab, bc heat.
It also worth noting that Pine doesn't produce devices with the same mentality as large manufacturers. Pine focuses on hardware stability. So it may be another 2-3yrs before Pine deems another board worthy/capable for use in consumer-type devices.
why not make a Pinetab Pro with a metal back then?
