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The Natural Philosopher  writes:

> On 13/12/2024 23:55, Daniel wrote:
>> Theo  writes:
>>
>>> Theo  wrote:
>>>> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>>>> On 11/12/2024 16:46, Daniel wrote:
>>>>>> Andy Burns  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.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at:
>>>> https://www.jeffgeerling.com/sites/default/files/images/pi-
00-m2-socket-install.jpg
>>>> https://www.jeffgeerling.com/sites/default/files/images/pi-
00-pcb-bottom.jpeg
>>>>
>>>> I think there's a MOSFET and some decoupling capacitors missing (to the
left
>>>> of the middle larger hole), so the power isn't connected.  There may be a
>>>> pair of missing capacitors in series with the PCIe lane, but I can't
>>>> immediately see the footprints for those.
>>>
>>> Ah, I see them now.  To the right of the spot on the silver chip are four
>>> tiny spots for passives, oriented at compass bearing 135 degrees.  I can't
>>> tell from the photo or video whether they're populated or not, but those
>>> will be the series capacitors.
>>>
>>> Theo
>> I'm going to wait for someone to hack a working solution then copy
>> it.
> Wait for the Pi 501...with it all one the board already

I've heard rumor of it but is this confirmed?

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