Re: Homebrew pi400

On 11/12/2024 16:46, Daniel wrote:

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes:
 

Daniel wrote:
>

Jeff did a teardown on his second channel and soldered a m.2 socket
hoping it was properly designed. He found the power lines weren't traced
in so no power.

>
There were some nearby component missing too, maybe the Rev1 board has
bugs, and they need a Rev2 (or whatever) but his soldering job looked
relatively clumsy (bridged pins etc).

 Yeah, it was pretty bad, at least he was honest about it.
 I am sure things were missing to keep the circuitry disabled and I'm no
engineer.

Why would you put support chips on if you were not going to install an M.2 socket anyway?
I think he called it right in that this is a bare bones model, and more upmarket versions will emerge in due course.
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