Hi @Fixinpcs303 !
Sorry to hear about your experience with the Libre Computer Alta. It’s been a while but would you be willing to move your post to the Libre Computer Alta A311D upgrade thread so we don’t fill up this thread with posts not relevant to the RK3399 upgrade?
Or if you prefer, I could perhaps do so for you?
I realise I haven’t done a great job on this myself but it is the reason why I created the A311D thread…
I moved it there! Thanks for the tip.
Might need a new thread as I personally recommend the Banana Pi BPI-M5 as the most suitable upgrade for Pi-top 3. The M5 is so close to 3b layout that the cooling bridge covers the CPU perfectly and keeps it cool enough. The Amlogic S905X3 SoC on the M5 has good mainline support and 4GB DDR 4 makes it a good value upgrade from the original Pi 3b.
I’ve also been looking for a relatively easy way to update the Pi3 in my PiTop. I did end up getting the Orange Pi3 (thought there was a header for a fan, but as there isn’t, I may have to resort to soldering a fan via the GPIO…the bridge and hub are very cool, but they do make cooling tough).
One question for people who have done this upgrade…I note a lot of problems with various distros, and how sometimes packages aren’t available to let the speakers and battery work. I’m wondering why folks who go down this upgrade path don’t simply keep PiTopOS? Is there a reason that distro won’t work with the Orange SBC?
I haven’t got PiTop OS to install and work on the Orange Pi because I’m not skilled or patient enough. Not sure the latest PiTop OS works well on the RPi 3B or that PiTop are really interested in further development. The RPi 4B changed layout sort of stuffed up plans for a lot of startups.
However, I have found that the Orange Pi version of Raspberry Pi OS runs well. But don’t try to update/upgrade or you’ll get an OrangePi OS version of Debian which (for me at least) froze and crashed. Again, I’m not skilled or patient enough to keep pursuing this project.
I’m focusing more on the CrowPi for my RPi 4/5. Overall, though, I’ve quite gone off Raspberry Pi due to their habit of changing layouts with each iteration. Why the RPi 400 & 500 switcheroo?
Late model x86 laptops and new micro x86 boxes are much preferable and affordable.