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wao0uunotoday at 9:00 PM1 replyview on HN

Official power supply is sold separately. Pis work fine with unofficial USB-PD power supplies but will limit maximum current for USB devices. I have two Pi 5's and one 4 and they all are perfectly stable when powered with an old Lenovo laptop charger.


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hedoratoday at 9:28 PM

It's still a huge pain point. I keep a magic "correctly sized, but provides clean power" USB charger with my Pi in a drawer, because I know that, if I lose that charger, I'm buying a replacement. It's unclear to me why they're so borderline. Maybe USB-C would help?