'Don't waste your time': Raspberry Pi expert reveals users are essentially unable to swap out RAM chips for repairs or upgrades

Raspberry Pi firmware has refused RAM capacity changes on Pi 5-family boards since at least September 2024, something that was formally confirmed by a company engineer in June 2026The company states that this is intentional: a lock kills the profit in reselling 2GB boards fitted with untested larger chips as 8GB models, preventing bootlegging with... Weiterlesen