Can't get it to start up

[MasterHyjinx]

Just tossing my hat into the same ring as everyone else. I can't get my Pine64 to boot. I've gotten as far as the "APine 64" splash screen with RemixOS. I've tried Several SD cards, several power adapters and even bought a 2.5a 5V just to be sure. I've used dd and Phoenix to flash the cards. I've booted with just power, just power and HDMI, etc. I've double checked with other tutorials. At this point I sorta give up on the Pine64. I spent 22 bucks and either the boards are defective or it's another scenario I don't understand; Go through all the trouble and work of creating something like this and then failing at the finish line with a pathway to utilize the product and no answers for users who simply can't get it to boot.

So far all I've read online is excuses that I have bad SD cards or bad power supplies. My Raspberry PIs NEVER gave me issues like this. *Shrug - Tosses it into the tech recycling bin*