Recent reports have drawn attention to Raspberry Pi firmware that can prevent users from replacing or upgrading the RAM on Raspberry Pi versions 4 and 5, as well as on Raspberry Pi Compute Modules.

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Raspberry Pi has confirmed it is deliberately locking its boards to the RAM configuration they shipped with from the factory, blocking users from swapping ...

Raspberry Pi users are effectively being blocked from swapping the RAM chips on their SBCs for repairs or upgrades. In a reply on the firm’s forums, Raspberry Pi Engineer & Forum Moderator PhilE told ...

Raspberry Pi has confirmed its boards are firmware-locked to their factory RAM configuration, closing off a popular DIY upgrade path. The disclosure came from PhilE, a Raspberry Pi engineer and forum ...