Upgrading Pi from 3B to 3B+

Tularis · April 16, 2019 at 7:29 PM

Hey,

So I've got a new Pi the 3B+ can I just swap out the SD and the OS will see the "newer" hardware and extras and everything without having do anything? or do i need to reinstall?

Sorry for noob question

**Da Flex** · April 16, 2019 at 8:10 PM Official Post

Read the post on top of this sub-forum. It was made for you.

Tularis · April 16, 2019 at 9:28 PM

Indeed, No excuse for not see that!

So I just swapped it over and it all boots but Libreelec says the CPU is a ARM7 Processor Rev4 (v71) Is that right?

Will it just see all the new hardware bits and work better?

**Da Flex** · April 16, 2019 at 10:05 PM Official Post

Quote from Tularis

So I just swapped it over and it all boots but Libreelec says the CPU is a ARM7 Processor Rev4 (v71) Is that right?

Will it just see all the new hardware bits and work better?

The LE image is the same for 3B and 3B+. Hardware differences will be detected on boot sequence. Processor info is wrong, but it doesn't matters (you will have the extra speed, anyway). Your installation is fine.

Tularis · April 16, 2019 at 10:31 PM

Excellent, thank you so much!

**chewitt** · April 18, 2019 at 3:32 PM Official Post

As long as the LE release that you had installed on the 3B also supports 3B+ then you can just swap the card. If not, update to latest first and then swap and all should be fine.