• LiveLM@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    If they really cared about users not getting frauded they could just make the Raspi firmware show an ugly bright unskipable warning when detecting a mismatched RAM chip but still allow it to fully use the new RAM after acknowledgement.

    Besides, and please correct me if I’m wrong, if fraudsters are already bothering to un-solder and resolder the ram chips, couldn’t they also flash a patched EEPROM to bypass this anyway?
    Even if they don’t do a good job, they only need the board to work for long enough to fool the buyer.