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Model: Pine64 1GB
OS: Remix OS (20160415)
Cooler: No
microSD: Samsung 32GB EVO Plus (MB-MC32DA)
Power: Asus PSM06K-050Q (5.2v 1.35A)
Antutu Score: 22413
Hi, So you would need something like this to adapt the PCIE 4x to an M.2.
You can try this, only because it's the exact thing that I did and I know it works.
Use etcher from the Balena website, not from Pine's, just in case
Either use this image if you don't need a GUI: under rockpro64 https://dietpi.com/
Or if you do need a GUI: one of these depending if you want Ubuntu or Debian https://www.armbian.com/rockpro64/
I know for a fact that these distros work. And just to double-check because you didn't mention it, you are using the "emmc to USB" adapter from pine to flash the image, correct?
I'm not sure how it would be done in the context of the Pine64 dedicated case, but with my Pi 3 I use one of these for my drives that are too power hungry to be powered purely from USB:
What? Why would you use a USB3->SATA adapter? The NAS case is meant for people connecting SATA based drives with the use of a PCIe controller card.
If you want to connect up a straight NVMe drive you'll need to buy a separate PCIe->NVMe adapter and work that out on your own.
If you're simply interested in just having an NVMe drive consider the NanoPC-T4. It's slightly more expensive due to the builtin wifi and 16GB onboard eMMC (no SD card needed), but the NVMe SSD will then mount smartly to the bottom of the board without hassle.
Here's the images in using (TV variant, though that probably won't matter)
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=2861
This is the tuner type I was originally
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HA642SW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Kql7zbV35KWMR
This is the only power supply I have found that doesn't report undervoltage on the Raspberry Pi. It is a great fit for the PINE64:
I use these cards since they max out the bus speed and are cheap:
http://www.amazon.com/Transcend-MicroSDHC-Memory-Adapter-TS16GUSDHC10U1/dp/B00BLHWYWS
I ordered my power supply with the device so I can't help you there, but I ordered the following memory card from Amazon and I haven't had any issues.
Transcend 32GB MicroSDHC Class 10 UHS-1 Memory Card with Adapter Up to 60MB/s (TS32GUSDU1PE)
I ended up going with this one.
Was a little more than I wanted to pay, but I figure I wont need a new one for a while. Still not sure on my power supply, will test out a couple I have.
The sd card should be good, it's this one - Class 10 UHS-I.