Hi all,
I have got a PineBook 11", one of the older ones. It came with Ubuntu + XFce preinstalled. I've been using successfully it for a few years now.
Due to the fact that the HDMI port was not working at all (I was told that it would not work with that OS), I decided to burn another image.
So, I connected the power unit to the PineBook, and started the process. I did not worry about the battery anymore, I just assumed it would recharge. I tried another image successfully, but I removed the card before powering off the machine (erroneously thinking that it was working off RAM). So I had to start all over again, since the SD Card was now corrupted.
But then I experienced a problem, when trying to boot from the new image the machine would turn off itself. At the beginning, I though the SD Card was the problem, so I tried another OS, with the same result.
Finally I realized that the problem was the battery. Though still plugged, the PineBook was not lighting the yellow/green led at the side of the power connector, and with the SD Card out, now it was showing the image of an empty battery and turning off itself.
The situation now is that when unplugged, it does nothing pressing the on/off button. If plugged, now the on/off led light is turned on, and after a couple of seconds it turns off, and then on again, and so on...
I have tried to leave it plugged for a long time, to leave it unplugged for a long time... to no avail.
Any hint?
Thanks.
I have got a PineBook 11", one of the older ones. It came with Ubuntu + XFce preinstalled. I've been using successfully it for a few years now.
Due to the fact that the HDMI port was not working at all (I was told that it would not work with that OS), I decided to burn another image.
So, I connected the power unit to the PineBook, and started the process. I did not worry about the battery anymore, I just assumed it would recharge. I tried another image successfully, but I removed the card before powering off the machine (erroneously thinking that it was working off RAM). So I had to start all over again, since the SD Card was now corrupted.
But then I experienced a problem, when trying to boot from the new image the machine would turn off itself. At the beginning, I though the SD Card was the problem, so I tried another OS, with the same result.
Finally I realized that the problem was the battery. Though still plugged, the PineBook was not lighting the yellow/green led at the side of the power connector, and with the SD Card out, now it was showing the image of an empty battery and turning off itself.
The situation now is that when unplugged, it does nothing pressing the on/off button. If plugged, now the on/off led light is turned on, and after a couple of seconds it turns off, and then on again, and so on...
I have tried to leave it plugged for a long time, to leave it unplugged for a long time... to no avail.
Any hint?
Thanks.