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Raspberry Pi blocks changing RAM chips

258 points · 211 comments · edandersen

  1. Aurornis · · focus · HN ↗
    There were sellers buying the smallest RAM units, changing the RAM chips, and then reselling them as the higher RAM SKUs. The sellers who do this don’t always care to use good RAM chips and may even use QA reject parts. When the unit doesn’t work correctly, the anger and RMA requests are directed back at the Raspberry Pi foundation.
    1. kotaKat · · focus · HN ↗
      But bricking retroactively in the field is a bad move, and sends even more anger and RMA requests back towards parties.

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      Pepperidge Farm remembers the FTDI driver bricking.

      1. kiicia · · focus · HN ↗
        gateway 3ds tried to brick 3ds-es of users of cloned cards, bricked whole swaths of actual users instead

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