If the magnet is not positioned correctly, the Pinebook Pro will not sleep when the lid is fully closed, but may sleep if the lid is open about an inch. The magnetic field from the lid magnet operates a hall effect sensor located on the daughterboard (smallboard), which causes the Pinebook Pro to sleep when the lid is closed. Pinebook Pro will not sleep with lid closedĪ problem with the positioning of the lid magnet has been identified by several forum users in mid-2020 models of the Pinebook Pro. Further, higher voltage could permananetly damage the Pinebook Pro's SoC. Pinebook Pro's only support 3.3v and may act eratically when using higher voltage.
If so, you can then write an OS image to the eMMC. Simply create a bootable SD card and see if your Pinebook Pro boots.