Raspberry Pi locks down RAM upgrades in Firmware

Jeff Geerling · 741K views · 2026 · 3:26

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Why the open web links it

Explains how Raspberry Pi firmware restricts RAM upgrades, beyond just cost concerns.

Linked by 10 independent sites, 5 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including tomshardware.com, hackaday.com, 3dnews.ru, macg.co, root.cz.