From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 23/05/2024 09:44, Pancho wrote:   
   > On 23/05/2024 09:03, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   >> The Natural Philosopher  writes:   
   >>> No problems with wimpy power supplies? apparently pi's and ssds take a   
   >>> lot of current at boot time   
   >>   
   >> It’s the official PSU.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I bought a Pi5 without the official PSU, or even a Pi4 official PSU. It   
   > would run for a minute or two and then crash. Completely unusable. It is   
   > now fine with the official PSU.   
   There is an entry in config.txt that 'tells' the pi that it has a high   
   power power supply.   
   Otherwise it has to do an appl-ish sort of negotiation with its PSU to   
   see if it is.   
      
      
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