In a recent video [Jeff Geerling] addresses an issue discovered with the Raspberry Pi firmware, specifically how since around 2024 the firmware locks down what RAM size and even module is supported.
Recent reports have drawn attention to Raspberry Pi firmware that can prevent users from replacing or upgrading the RAM on Raspberry Pi versions 4 and 5, as well as on Raspberry Pi Compute Modules.
Raspberry Pi setzt RAM-Umbauten per Firmware Grenzen. Die Sperre betrifft nicht nur Upgrades – und ein alter Bootloader hilft nur bedingt.