alt Hacker News> You know, a RPi 5 1GB is $77, 4GB is $109, 8GB is $170 and 16GB is $385. None of it makes sense, especially if anyone starts a reballing shop.
Reballing the RAM of the Raspberry Pi is blocked by its firmware:
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?p=2380887#p2380...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49786689
https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom/issues/761
EDIT: See also https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/raspberry-pi-ram-lock... linked under https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50429356
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kiddico • today at 6:46 PM
How incredibly lame of them
That's where the community always comes in handy. Those who can reball those many chips can flash some ROMs, change many things - no less.
Here's a handy post on how people are dealing with it.
https://hackaday.com/2026/09/22/raspberry-pi-ram-restriction...