Subj : Re: Pi 5 and NVMe SSD
To   : Pancho
From : The Natural Philosopher
Date : Thu May 23 2024 10:58:51

On 23/05/2024 09:44, Pancho wrote:
> On 23/05/2024 09:03, Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> 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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