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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. oso2k · · focus · HN ↗
      Has this allegation been substantiated?

      The person in the forum thread claimed to be repairing CM5s and CM4s. Unusual but it seems like an otherwise hyper reactive response by the RPi Foundation. Something you wouldn’t batt an eye at if it were Apple instead.

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