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How to tell which Raspberry Pi 4 RAM size do I have?

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How to tell which Raspberry Pi 4 RAM size do I have?

So...which Raspberry Pi 4 RAM size do I have? If your Raspberry Pi is already up and running, you can easily check for the memory size within the OS (Raspbian or Raspberry Pi OS) by running the followig command in terminal: free -h However, if your Raspberry Pi is sitting in front of you right now, you can simply look at the marking on the RAM chip. Refer to the picture below (2GB version shown): At the time of writing, the marking code is as follows: 1GB - 4HBMGCJ 2GB - D9WHZ 4GB - D9WHV 8GB - D9ZCL Have fun!

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Headless Raspberry Pi using SSH and VNC

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Headless Raspberry Pi using SSH and VNC

When it is not convenient to work directly on the Raspberry Pi or when the Raspberry Pi doesn’t have a display attached to it (known as a headless Raspberry Pi), you can still work on it from another computer remotely. Remote Raspberry Pi Access using SSH (command line) The first option is to connect to the Raspberry Pi over SSH (Secure Shell). SSH allows you to remotely gain access to the command line of a Raspberry Pi from another computer over the network or the internet (if your network is setup for it). SSH only allow command line, not a...

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