How-To Geek on MSN

Raspberry Pi locked RAM upgrades to stop scammers, but DIY users are bearing the brunt

Protecting buyers from shady hardware while limiting the tinkering freedom for the maker community.
XDA Developers on MSN

Raspberry Pi won't let you swap the RAM on your SBC because you might use memory of dubious origin

Unfortunate news for hardware tinkerers everywhere.

Thoughts return to forbidden RAM upgrades as Raspberry Pi OS gets fresh lick of paint

New dock and app launcher arrive while soaring memory prices revive scrutiny of a two-year-old firmware restriction ...
SlashGear

How Raspberry Pi's New AI Kit Actually Works

When you think of artificial intelligence (AI), the first things that likely come to mind are chatbots like ChatGPT and Google Gemini and image generators like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion. However ...

Raspberry Pi's RAM lock was built to stop scalpers, but it's blocking repairs too

The issue came up on the Raspberry Pi forums after a user replaced the RAM on a Compute Module 5 but couldn't get the board to ...
Notebookcheck

Raspberry Pi is intentionally blocking RAM capacity upgrades

Raspberry Pi is actively preventing enthusiasts from upgrading soldered memory to a larger configuration even when the ...