Oranje Pi PC CPU

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what a picky board!

Feb 16, 2020

Ive only used genuine Rasberry pi's until this point but this was rediculously cheap so thought id give it a go.
Well, what an utter nightmare, this board is so picky! it has to be a super stable 5v 2A in and it wont power through the micro usb, after a lot of head scratching i eneded up powering it through the header on pins 2(+) and 6(-).
It also has problems with booting unless you use an orange image, the best i found was the Armbian Buster OS and even this had its problems.
Wifi was a nightmare to set up due to the long name designated to the wlan0, its not, its default is to use wlx and the mac address which meant that my router wouldnt authenticate because of the length of the string being passed.
DOnt get me wrong when this is up and running its a great board however unless youve got an IT degree and are prepared to spend DAYS getting this up and running avoid like the plague.
Hope that helps someone else avoid the pain i went through with this.

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attractive price, fast delivery, hassle-free replacement of defective part

Oct 24, 2019

works as expected with
Armbian_5.75_Orangepipc_Ubuntu_bionic_next_4.19.20 from
https://dl.armbian.com/orangepipc/archive/

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Don't waste your time and money

May 30, 2019

obsolete product, no manual available, special adapter for power, mine doesn't even starts