| ▲ | aleph_minus_one 3 hours ago | |
> You know, a RPi 5 1GB is $77, 4GB is $109, 8GB is $170 and 16GB is $385. None of it makes sense, especially if anyone starts a reballing shop. Reballing the RAM of the Raspberry Pi is blocked by its firmware: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2380887#p2380... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49786689 https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/issues/761 EDIT: See also https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/raspberry-pi-ram-lock... linked under https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50429356 | ||
| ▲ | vkaku an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
That's where the community always comes in handy. Those who can reball those many chips can flash some ROMs, change many things - no less. Here's a handy post on how people are dealing with it. https://hackaday.com/2026/09/22/raspberry-pi-ram-restriction... | ||
| ▲ | kiddico 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
How incredibly lame of them | ||