Mithrildor said:
1. How is Openpandora going to pay for 4000x 150e ( I dunno the exact price, it might be more) for each new board? Or do you have to wait a year for a new board if it seems to be a hw issue
If it turns out to be a hardware thing, it could be that only a resistor or capacitor needs to be changed. The GP2X First Edition had the same problem - I remember fixing 200 a few months after delivery...
If the board REALLY needs to be exchanged, you don't need to calculate the full costs - because there might also be people who would love to get a board without working WiFi for a few bucks less. So all we need would be the money to compensate that.
2. What is the chance of this being a hw issue (cause everything seems to be working from here as someone who reads the boards, but it seems to be working just not good enough.
Hard to tell, it's similar to playing lottery. We're doing all we can to find this out right now. Michael bought more equipment to do some more in-depth measurements and he also asked the module manufacturer if they have any idea.
We'll let you know as soon as we get more information about it.
3. Do you promise youll give us a new board?
Well, a hard thing to promise
If we all die because of a heart attack before that, we can't do that. If everyone cancels from one day to the next it might also be hard for us coughing up the money to do that.
You can be sure if it's somehow possible for use, yes, we'll do that.
It might take a bit until we sold enough units to cover all the costs (we're not Sony, you know), but as said above, if [I'm stupid spammer] the non-WiFi-Units a bit cheaper, it shouldn't be too much.
Fingers crossed it's not necessary at all, for sure!
4. Cant you make a small setup to test if its a hw issue or sw issue?
I think that's what Michael is planning to do - but the board needs a bit of a change for that, so it needs a few weeks until he can do so.
Until then, we don't want to stop delivery... would be wasted time if it's really just a software issue, and as you can see by the responses and polls, there are quite a few people who are fine with that solution. Ship, find out what's the cause and fix it.
Alerino said:
BLOG POST!!!!
To ease our spirits! :lol:
At the moment, I couldn't tell you more than I could tell here.
We're discussing about how exactly we'll manage everything and finding out how quick we can now get all the produced boards and cases to UK (yes, we stopped the shipment of the boards because of WiFi - Michael first wanted to check once more if there is something wrong with the hardware and maybe find a very simple fix they could apply before shipping).
But as we're not sure yet what's causing it, no need to hold back and keep you waiting anymore. We're now trying to get the stuff as quickly to UK as possible so you can start playing - and fix it if it's really broken.
