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I recently received the Pineberry Pi SSD HATs.? I have mounted the top HAT on my RPI5 with a Samsung 256GB 2042 NVMe SSD.
Following PineberryPis instructions I made the NVMe drive recognizable by the OS (/boot/config.txt) and modified the EEPROM boot order to boot from the SSD.
I used the Raspian DiskImager software to copy my SD Card to the SSD.
It all was painless and now my RPI5 boots from the SSD with Raspian Bookworm.
The difficult part was finding / modifying a case to put it in - I used a Geekworm case and broke off a segment to allow the SSD HAT standoff to mount to the RPI behind the USB sockets.
The HAT is a well designed great product.
Merry Christmas to all.
Edd - KD5M

Hello Edd,

Thank you very much for your report.

And, thank you for mentioning the Geekworm RPi5 case.
Is the case you modified?

Geekworm Raspberry Pi 5 Heavy-duty Aluminum Passive Cooling Case (P573)
$14.99

I was a bit surprised to see Geekworm's RPi5 PCIe M.2 offerings:


Geekworm X1000 Pcie M.2 Key-M NVMe SSD PIP PCIe Peripheral Board for
Raspberry Pi 5 $15.99


Geekworm X1001 Pcie M.2 Key-M NVMe SSD PIP PCIe Peripheral Board for
Raspberry Pi 5 $32.99

Best regards,
Larry
WB6BBB


On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 18:02:38 -0800, "Edward Seeliger"
<eseeliger@...> wrote:

I recently received the Pineberry Pi SSD HATs.? I have mounted the top HAT on my RPI5 with a Samsung 256GB 2042 NVMe SSD.
Following PineberryPis instructions I made the NVMe drive recognizable by the OS (/boot/config.txt) and modified the EEPROM boot order to boot from the SSD.
I used the Raspian DiskImager software to copy my SD Card to the SSD.
It all was painless and now my RPI5 boots from the SSD with Raspian Bookworm.
The difficult part was finding / modifying a case to put it in - I used a Geekworm case and broke off a segment to allow the SSD HAT standoff to mount to the RPI behind the USB sockets.
The HAT is a well designed great product.
Merry Christmas to all.
Edd - KD5M

GM Larry and all.
I used the Geekworm P394 9 layer acrylic case that I found when searching on Amazon. I removed an acrylic finger from one of the layers that interfered with one of the support standoffs behind the USB ports for the SSD HAT. The Pineberry Pi HAT fits well over the active RPI cooler. You will need some extra M3 standoffs to put the top plate of the case on.
I don't recall seeing the P573 aluminum case - after looking at the pictures that case is not compatible with the RPI active cooler or the SSD HATs - those cooling pods that stick into the interior of the case are the problem.
I just wanted something to keep the bottom / top of the board protected.
The Geekworm NVME SSD HATs are certainly cheaper than the Pineberry Pi boards.
I have not yet mounted the bottom 80 mm Pinebery Pi HAT to an RPI5.
Merry Christmas all.
Edd - KD5M

Edd,

Many thanks for mentioning the Geekworm P394 RPi5 case.


I've ordered one too.

Best regards,
Larry
WB6BBB


On Fri, 22 Dec 2023 10:57:39 -0800, "Edward Seeliger"
<eseeliger@...> wrote:

GM Larry and all.
I used the Geekworm P394 9 layer acrylic case that I found when searching on Amazon. I removed an acrylic finger from one of the layers that interfered with one of the support standoffs behind the USB ports for the SSD HAT. The Pineberry Pi HAT fits well over the active RPI cooler. You will need some extra M3 standoffs to put the top plate of the case on.
I don't recall seeing the P573 aluminum case - after looking at the pictures that case is not compatible with the RPI active cooler or the SSD HATs - those cooling pods that stick into the interior of the case are the problem.
I just wanted something to keep the bottom / top of the board protected.
The Geekworm NVME SSD HATs are certainly cheaper than the Pineberry Pi boards.
I have not yet mounted the bottom 80 mm Pinebery Pi HAT to an RPI5.
Merry Christmas all.
Edd - KD5M