02-10-2024, 01:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2024, 01:37 AM by trillobite.)
(02-09-2024, 08:35 AM)gilwood Wrote: My next effort will be to install the NVME board and make that the bootable drive. That should allow the SSD to be a backup.
With experience using the Pinebook Pro, if you are looking for reliability and can handle a bit less performance, I would consider making the emmc as your bootable, and keep the nvme as your data drive. If anything happens to the OS (and... it does), you can more easily wipe the emmc and reflash without dealing with backing up data.
If you go the emmc route, don't forget to order the pine64 emmc reader, it makes flashing painless!
I use my pinebook pro as a daily driver, and I have had to reflash more than once.
edit: I just re-read your post, do you mean you intend to use the emmc as your backup? If so, let me know how that goes!
(01-31-2024, 06:38 PM)gilwood Wrote: Just got my PBP yesterday. It doesn't seem to matter whether I use the barrel charger or usb the red light goes out after being on for 1-2 hours. If the battery is not charged completely and I have power supplied to the unit should it boot? Press the start button and will not turn on. Any ideas on issues? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Also, just curious... the first time this happened and the light went out, did you have lots of peripherals connected? I was having tons of charging issues, when I was running a wifi adapter, keyboard, and mouse. The Pinebook seems to only be able to intake 5v 3A, which is the main reason for the docking deck. The docking deck can connect to a PD charger, power all of your peripherals individually without straining the pinebook charging circuit.