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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Mark Tyson

Raspberry Pi 5 RAM-doubling upgrade demoed — going from 4GB to 8GB with the wave of a soldering iron

MadEDoctor Pi 5 RAM upgrade.

An electronics upgrade and repair wizard has demonstrated how to boost the Raspberry Pi 5’s RAM quota. MadEDoctor shared a brief video on YouTube where they removed the 4GB RAM chip from a Raspberry Pi 5 and soldered on an 8GB alternative, commonly used on the older Raspberry Pi 4. No esoteric tools were used during the process, just a good quality soldering iron and hot air rework station, as you can find among our Best Soldering Irons and Stations 2024 page.

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