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Raspberry Pi blocks changing RAM chips

258 points · 211 comments · edandersen

  1. squeegeeninja · · focus · HN ↗
    The real story here is that people are selling modded Pis as higher-memory versions. And this check actually caught them + is circumventable. The restriction is somewhat annoying to a small subset of enthusiasts but seems to catch genuine fraud.
    1. Wowfunhappy · · focus · HN ↗
      If it's circumventable, how does it prevent fraud? Seems like it would likely just hurt the enthusiasts.

      You can already check whether the RAM has been swapped via <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;geekworm.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;news&#x2F;prevent-ram-swapped-raspberry-pi-5-how-to-verify-factory-ram-size" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;geekworm.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;news&#x2F;prevent-ram-swapped-raspberr....

      1. solarkraft · · focus · HN ↗
        &gt; Unfortunately, some unscrupulous sellers swap the RAM modules of low-capacity models to pass them off as high-capacity ones for illegal profits

        What the fuck are they talking about?

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