04-16-2016, 06:08 PM
To address the loose button thing, during the kickstarter campaign, a stretch goal was reached which proposed a power button to be fitted to the Pine A64 board. Whilst some thought this a great idea, others were strongly against it, arguing that redesigning the board would cause delays. When it was explained that the board had already been designed to accommodate the button, that brought some satisfaction, but some still preferred not to have a power button mounted direct to the board, arguing that amongst other reasons, they might want to wire up a button themselves and not have it directly attached to the Pine A64 board.
So a compromise was reached. Pine A64 Inc would provide a button, and if you wanted to, you could attach it. If you didn't want to, you didn't have to and were welcome to use your own solution.
Skip forward a few months and boards are starting to ship. People are mentioning finding a loose button in their package that they fear may have somehow fallen off the Pine. They post their concerns here and are informed, usually in shorthand, of the info mentioned above.
Whilst it is frustrating not to have people reading through the updates that happened during the kickstarter campaign to keep themselves informed, or not reading the various threads here before posting their duplicate questions (some days I do feel slightly like just going on a massive deleting spree), the purpose of this forum is to assist and educate, and that includes helping everyone, even those who assume a loose button must have fallen from a board that has been damaged during transit.
So a compromise was reached. Pine A64 Inc would provide a button, and if you wanted to, you could attach it. If you didn't want to, you didn't have to and were welcome to use your own solution.
Skip forward a few months and boards are starting to ship. People are mentioning finding a loose button in their package that they fear may have somehow fallen off the Pine. They post their concerns here and are informed, usually in shorthand, of the info mentioned above.
Whilst it is frustrating not to have people reading through the updates that happened during the kickstarter campaign to keep themselves informed, or not reading the various threads here before posting their duplicate questions (some days I do feel slightly like just going on a massive deleting spree), the purpose of this forum is to assist and educate, and that includes helping everyone, even those who assume a loose button must have fallen from a board that has been damaged during transit.
