512MB Revision Number

[tomwilson]

Hi,

I've just got a second Raspberry Pi, its 512MB Rev 2

When using the command 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' i get a revision number of '000e', is this correct? My other Pi has a numbered revision.

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Hardware	: BCM2708
Revision	: 000e

Also when i use 'free -m' i get 486M total ram, should this not be 512M?

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             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          486M       116M       369M         0B       9.9M        54M
-/+ buffers/cache:        51M       434M
Swap:          99M         0B        99M

Thanks!

[SN]

revision is in Hex so 'e' is as valid as a number

and no you won't get 512Mb as some is taken up for video memory

[tomwilson]

thanks! it came with an orange protective sticker on the HDMI socket, is this meant to be removed?

[drgeoff]

thanks! it came with an orange protective sticker on the HDMI socket, is this meant to be removed?

I would guess yes as I never seen such a sticker on an HDMI socket on a RPi or any other piece of equipment. Clearly, if with the sticker in place you cannot insert an HDMI plug into the socket, it is definitely meant to be removed.

[Rubber131186]

thanks! it came with an orange protective sticker on the HDMI socket, is this meant to be removed?

I would guess yes as I never seen such a sticker on an HDMI socket on a RPi or any other piece of equipment. Clearly, if with the sticker in place you cannot insert an HDMI plug into the socket, it is definitely meant to be removed.

I think its this sticker and its on top the HDMI socket. My Raspberry Pi came from Element 14 also with the revision 000e Hex to Dec would =14 I thought revision 5 was the newest?

[dom]

I think its this sticker and its on top the HDMI socket. My Raspberry Pi came from Element 14 also with the revision 000e Hex to Dec would =14 I thought revision 5 was the newest?

13, 14 and 15 are all currently being produced. It depends on which factory it came from.

[kalehrl]

Mine is 000f hex, 15 dec so it seems to be the newest one from RS Components.