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Raspberry Pi locks down RAM upgrades in Firmware

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Source: Jeff Geerling
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  • description: It's not just because of the RAM pricing situation. Links mentioned in this video: - Raspberry Pi EEPROM issue from Oct 2025: https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/issues/761 - Raspberry Pi Forum Post: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=399212 - Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49786689 - Geekworm guide for determining Factory RAM size: https://geekworm.com/blogs/news/prevent-ram-swapped-raspberry-pi-5-how-to-verify-factory-ram-size And special thanks to a viewer for pointing this out via email in late April! I never got a satisfactory answer about this from Raspberry Pi, but they have some official responses on the forum now, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff
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