So my edison ( that was formerly functioning properly after a lot of effort to match the working firmware with working mraa,etc ) started to overheat. And then it couldn't be connected to. And then anytime it powered on it would get VERY HOT. It is non functional.
Interacting with Intel Warranty Customer Support, I was told that because I attached the Edison to another product (in this case the Sparkfun Battery Board/GPIO board that is co-marketed with Intel) I had voided the warranty. I made the point that Edison has to be attached to something else. That is it's destiny. Inserting their CPU's intel a motherboard under that logic would also void the warranty.
So are we to understand that the only non warranty voiding use of Edison is to place it on a table and hope that it will be powered by divine intervention? Should we place it near, but not attached to whatever product we are developing and hope that something happens? Exactly how is this a strategy for building a community around this?