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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
  • I modify a Pi 5 by removing the original 4GB RAM chip and soldering in a 16GB RAM chip.
    After reaching out on the Raspberry Pi Forum I got help on how to Debug my Pi 5 and was able to confirm that the 16GB ram chip was soldered in correctly. But would assume that a firmware change will be required in order to make this Pi 5 functional.

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  • @odifolreuys-im9dw
    @odifolreuys-im9dw Месяц назад +17

    The Raspberry Pi 5’s firmware probes the DDR mode registers instead. The engineer explained that the circuit, connected to one of the RP1 chips, can be read by sysfs once the Raspberry Pi is booted up. The RP1 manages various I/O functions, such as the USB bus, GPIO headers, MIPI camera, and display connectors.
    Upgrading the Raspberry Pi 4B to 16GB of RAM in the past worked after a fashion, but the operating system never saw the extra memory. The official Raspberry Pi wouldn’t even finish booting. The initialization screen showed the 16GB of RAM, but boot up halted after the rainbow screen. The Pi 4B booted when installing RISC OS, but the operating system only saw 4GB of RAM.
    In theory, we might assume a successful Raspberry Pi 5 upgrade to 16GB of RAM could be possible with firmware modifications. However, we must be satisfied with 8GB of RAM for now.

    • @odifolreuys-im9dw
      @odifolreuys-im9dw Месяц назад +4

      So it is firmware 🧓🏻👵🏻💣☢️🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

    • @JeffGeerling
      @JeffGeerling 16 дней назад +5

      Nice work getting it to that stage though-hopefully they add support at some point (and maybe an official 16GB version!).

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  16 дней назад +1

      Thanks Jeff! Love your work!

  • @mrlithium69
    @mrlithium69 13 дней назад +1

    This is the kind of engineering I love to enjoy
    You proved a lot here, Subscribed!

  • @FauxFaFox
    @FauxFaFox Месяц назад +2

    When I saw a video linked in an article I'd would have expected it to be more popular. I certainly wasn't disappointed though.

  • @aZz7eCh
    @aZz7eCh 26 дней назад +3

    Made it 5mins in then realised brain cells were melting together.

  • @almightyproblemslayer5528
    @almightyproblemslayer5528 Месяц назад +3

    Could be a voltage or trace length matching issue with the PCB. I am thinking they would have included upgraded ram if there wasn't a constraint. I think they wanted to stick to the specific form factor. 🤷‍♂️

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад

      As the current firmware can read the chip manufacturer and its size, I am hoping electrically everything should work. Looking at the data sheet it appears electrically everything would match up to the 8GB chip but the 'Die Addressing' is what is different. Page size, array prefetch, number of rows, configuration 256Mb x 8DQ x 8Banks.

  • @BrianDuffy-zl2ul
    @BrianDuffy-zl2ul Месяц назад +2

    Bro, im almost understanding you my friend..im a newb and love it ...thx

  • @SpeccyMan
    @SpeccyMan 25 дней назад +5

    Turn your phone camera 90 degrees. Landscape mode makes all the difference and it is the default for REAL cameras for a reason!

  • @chrissold5957
    @chrissold5957 17 дней назад +1

    Sorry for your fail, but in a 35 min video, which is certainly to long you could mention this debug setup a little.
    After you don't show it: is it the pico debug probe?

    • @tfemby
      @tfemby 11 дней назад

      Taking a look at 27:56 it doesn't look like the Pico debug probe because the PCB on the probe he's using is red as opposed to the regular green. What he's using doesn't seem to to have the couple of JST connectors that the pico probe has as well.
      My best guess would be a FT232RL USB to TTL convertor.

  • @James_T_Quirk
    @James_T_Quirk 24 дня назад +3

    WHY ? Orange Pi 5 + is a Octa-Core (8) Core CPU.GPU, NPU with 16GB Ram, I like my Raspberry Pi's but its only a quad core...

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  24 дня назад +1

      @@James_T_Quirk only discovered orange pi 5 after I bought a raspberry pi 5, I enjoy modding and tinkering.

  • @ravendrow83
    @ravendrow83 10 дней назад

    Try changing the "just for show" strapping resistor to 16k ...would be worth a try

  • @kainkamote917
    @kainkamote917 26 дней назад +1

    Here is a sub for all that effort :)

  • @74LS_NE555
    @74LS_NE555 23 дня назад +1

    thanks for posting the trials and failures as well , a lot of hardware hacking results in blue smoke and failure

  • @Mbro-dq2do
    @Mbro-dq2do 5 дней назад

    Well whats your Pi idle at temp wise?? After all this?? Or whats your general operating temp?

  • @BrianDuffy-zl2ul
    @BrianDuffy-zl2ul Месяц назад +1

    Its like a good movie....im a 3rd in to this....hope it dont cause distruction...😅😅

  • @Mr.1.i
    @Mr.1.i 18 дней назад

    Attempt to upgrade Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB of RAM results in a bricked Pi. Even though the CPU supports it, the Raspberry Pi 5 refuses to play nice with extra memory. We've seen our fair share of attempts to upgrade the memory on the Raspberry Pi single-board computer (SBC), some of which have been successful.

  • @oliverer3
    @oliverer3 24 дня назад +1

    Do we know that the BCM2712 SoC is actually capable of addressing 16GB of RAM?
    I've found while designing boards for similar SoCs that it's not too uncommon to be limited to an 8GB address space.

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  24 дня назад

      @@oliverer3 no I'm not sure just it can handle bandwidth speeds of up to 17GB/s

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  24 дня назад

      @@oliverer3 Addressing Capability: The ARMv8-A ISA confirms that the bcm2712 is capable of addressing 16GB of RAM, as it supports a 64-bit address space.. got that from the robot lol

    • @oliverer3
      @oliverer3 24 дня назад

      @@handymandan4736 I'm not certain of this but I believe that's the maximum a chip based on the armV8-a instructions set can be designed for, more specifically 16GB per core cluster not something that is guaranteed.
      As an example the rockchip RK3568 is based on the same architecture and can only adress up to 8GB while the highest end chip in that series the RK3588 with two CPU clusters and no stops barred can address 32GB. Again all of them sharing the same armV8-a ISA.
      So I could see it being misleading.
      The BCM2712 using cortex-a76 cores does make it more likely that it can address a larger amount of RAM though.
      Again do take this with a major grain of salt, I design PCBs not CPU architectures so I could be completely incorrect.

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  24 дня назад

      Yeah that depth of knowledge is beyond me and I can find a datasheet on the bcm2712, I haven't received a response from a pi engineer saying it just not possible, like with the pi 4.

  • @Mbro-dq2do
    @Mbro-dq2do 5 дней назад

    Amazing video dude. Im sitting here with my pussy ass raspberry pi 5 and 4 and CM4 with only 8GB RAM

  • @seanj1984
    @seanj1984 Месяц назад +3

    1g has 1k 2g has 2k 4g has 4k 8g has 8k ...

  • @luzm7918
    @luzm7918 25 дней назад +1

    good job

  • @tubegor
    @tubegor Месяц назад

    It may be power supply, 8GB version has additional power supply, which 4 and 2GB versions do not have.

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад +2

      Possible maybe, but the pi 5 as a very powerful power management IC so I would think power isn't really the issue, plus the 8 and 16gb chips have the same power ratings

  • @Hypoengg
    @Hypoengg 22 дня назад

    here i'm saving to buy just one pi 5, and this guy is breaking them like they cost nothing

  • @microlinux
    @microlinux 22 дня назад

    yeahhh, no. just get an rk3588 with 16 gigs or more

  • @playwithG91
    @playwithG91 26 дней назад

    how much to have you build one for me so I can experiment with the bootloader?

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  26 дней назад

      @playwithG91 where are you located? Just yesterday demoded my second Pi 5 16GB to a 8GB so to have functioning Pi and not two paperweights lol

    • @playwithG91
      @playwithG91 23 дня назад

      @@handymandan4736 I'm located in Portland Oregon.

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  20 дней назад

      @@playwithG91 not sure how to DM you, but if you cover the costs for parts I'll do it for free. Or you could send me a bootloader to try tho I'm not sure how you'll get around the eprom signature check??

    • @playwithG91
      @playwithG91 18 дней назад

      @@handymandan4736 do you got Discord?

  • @Mr.1.i
    @Mr.1.i 18 дней назад

    You said errm that many times that you hardly make sense

  • @KlopsKopp
    @KlopsKopp Месяц назад

    Did you use some Flux?

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад +1

      Solder flux paste for the clean up, not to remove,

  • @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk
    @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk Месяц назад +1

    Flash the chip with the boot

    • @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk
      @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk Месяц назад

      The whole memory is on the old chip so the software is on the old chip so you would have to flash the boot up on the new chip to run the firmware

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад

      ​@@InspirationalOctopus-pi6dkit's a ram chip not a rom chip

    • @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk
      @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk Месяц назад

      @@handymandan4736 still have to be flashed

    • @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk
      @InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk Месяц назад

      @@handymandan4736 you gotta register it some how

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад

      @@InspirationalOctopus-pi6dk correct I have loaded the latest bootloader firmware from raspberry Pi, stil the same result. I can just flash it, the bcm2712 boot rom checks for a firmware signature

  • @ray-charc3131
    @ray-charc3131 Месяц назад +1

    I have a RPi 5 4Gb, i like and want to upgrade it to 8Gb... instead of selling it and buying a new piece Pi of 8Gb, of course i have none of these skill and tools in this kind of work

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад +1

      @@ray-charc3131 I find it satisfying to be able to take something and mod it make it better, but definitely would not recommend starting out on the pi 5 just start with smaller smd chips and slowly work your way up, I started with a cheap gas soldering iron and just removed the tip, it had enough hot air for small stuff but was really good practice.

  • @cameronrich2536
    @cameronrich2536 Месяц назад +1

    Spit it out already sheesh. Falling asleeeeeee

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад +2

      @@cameronrich2536 lol yeah wasn't the best, might need to hit skip a few times

    • @Aeronkat
      @Aeronkat Месяц назад +1

      What a joke people are these days! Do you have any idea how difficult it is to do a video like this? It's not just record and done. He is doing everything he can to relay this information clearly.
      This is important! He is explaining why this doesn't work, so that others don't make the same mistake, or so that the community can investigate further, and hopefully find a solution.
      If you don't want to watch and listen to a seasoned engineer talk technically about shit you don't understand? This probably isn't the kind of content you should be watching

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan 25 дней назад

      @@Aeronkat Maybe you can explain the spurious S in explaining. 😉
      If you cannot spell, maybe you shouldn't be commenting!
      As for the video, there is a reason why professionals use a script.

    • @Aeronkat
      @Aeronkat 24 дня назад

      @@SpeccyManThank you for pointing that out for me UwU
      I give you a one out of ten for your vigilance sir. Although, I can't help but notice you too had to edit your comment. Out of all three paragraphs I wrote, I had to edit one thing. You however, wrote three sentences. So, I'm going to have to take away a point, sadly for your inadequate position to have pointed it out in the first place.
      I thought the UK had developed a rather prestigious reputation for their proper English skills. 🫢
      Oh well(⌒_⌒)

  • @martinparker9044
    @martinparker9044 Месяц назад

    £10 for x1 of the bricked Pi5’s

    • @handymandan4736
      @handymandan4736  Месяц назад

      @@martinparker9044 it's not bricked.. Yet.. I can reinstall the old chip and it'll work fine, waiting a little while longer in the hope that maybe a firmware update will be released that supports the higher ram, probably be released with a pi 5 B+ version...

    • @martinparker9044
      @martinparker9044 Месяц назад +1

      @@handymandan4736 fingers crossed and I look forward to your next video.

  • @GronaldoSr
    @GronaldoSr 11 дней назад

    Great effort, but terrible video

  • @stephenjohnstone9940
    @stephenjohnstone9940 25 дней назад +1

    Ish!Ish! New sub here, keep on keeping on! Xx