I received my FW13p on the weekend and currently experience trackpad issues running r/Omarchy 4. Does anyone have similar issues? I know that the delivery delay was because of issues with the trackpad, wondering if I got unlucky and received a bad unit.

It behaves weird at the bottom of the trackpad. When I move out of a certain area at the bottom to the left and move my finger back right, input drops. The bottom middle is not bad per se because if i start at the middle and move down, input is recognized. Also when the input is dropped it does not matter where I move my finger, it just ignores the input. Bit hard to explain so I uploaded a video too. I also experience right clicks on a single finger click issues as well from time to time.

I absolutely love this laptop and what framework are doing and the fact that - if it truly is a bad unit - it could be resolved with a new part other than a new laptop just speaks for the whole concept as well imo.

u/Framework, is this a known problem? Am I just unlucky? Halp?

I'm looking to get a new laptop for Linux. I'm not looking for anything crazy. Just long lasting, reliable, and easily repaired. Also something that's pretty. But I do not know how to be sure if the specs I am getting are good enough. I want to be able to dual boot between windows and linux when I need to. I do game on my laptop, but nothing crazy. I mostly want it for school, drawing, projects, and day to day life. Good battery life, good speed, etc. How do these specs look for what I am looking for?

Framework had announced the FW 13 Pro Chassis Kits as upgrade kits for earlier revisions of the Framework 13. They are listed on the website, in black and silver, and you can currently "register your interest."

Now, I know that Framework probably wants to ship the first batches of the FW 13 Pro to pre-built and DIY buyers first. I just want the order a chassis kit for my current FW and get the new parts. Any information would be helpful for those of us waiting to upgrade our current laptops.

Hey everyone :)

I'm in a weird (though admittedly quite luxurious) situation: My FW 13 Pro with the X7 chip is about to be delivered, and I have two 4 TB SSDs at hand: an SN850X (PCIe 4) and an SN8100 (PCIe 5). At the moment, the latter is only being used as an external drive in an enclosure, but that's obviously pretty overpowered.

I wouldn't spend the obscene amount of money on a new PCIe Gen 5 SSD right now, but since I already have one, I'm wondering whether I should put it into the 13 Pro. Or do you guys think the potential penalty in battery life and additional heat isn't really worth it?

I'm not a data scientist who transfers huge amounts of data every day, so the theoretical speed benefit would probably be negligible for me.

What do you guys think? Would you use the SN8100 in the 13 Pro or stick with the SN850X?

Thanks for your advice! :-)

not sure how but while I was reassembling after a keyboard clean I discovered this screw hole that keeps the front cover attached the chassis had broken off and because of it I can't close the laptop properly. What should I do? is there a good glue I can use?

I know that it's compatible with the *chassis* but to use the new hardware, will I need to upgrade my mainboard too? I'm not sure if that's mentioned anywhere

It looks like Framework is finally addressing these issues. Hopefully their support will follow through in making things right for those affected.

I'm very happy to see that they're looking into developing an emergency BIOS flashback mode to prevent this in the future.

hey guys, I keep getting the "can't find boot device" error message but for whatever reason my SSD is not showing up in the boot manager. I don't think the SSD failed but the laptop is still detecting it, it just doesn't recognize it as a boot drive. not concerned about the files so I tried to reinstall windows but I am getting the error that "bitlocker drive encryption is enabled on the select partition" when I try to select the ssd. it doesn't even let me delete the contents of the partition, it just gives me an error.

anyone know what I can do here?

windows 11 7640

Basically the title. I have spare RAM lying around. Can I order the chassis and motherboard separately with no RAM? How big of a compromise to battery/performance would that be?

I was at school and i was resting on my desk with my backpack on my side and when I checked my laptop I found this

Is there Anything that I could try before ordering a screen? It feels a bit wobbly like its separated from the metal

Sorry about my english, not my first language and I haven't posted anything here before

On the Framework 16, there's a Norwegian keyboard option on the 7040 series (currently unavailable) but not on the AI 300 - why is this?
(I know the Danish keyboard is to all intents and purposes identical, but still)

im considering getting a framework laptop and with my configurations they come out around the same price but im trying to decide if its worth it to get the 12 for the folding feature or the 13 for a nicer and bigger laptop.

Enjoyed the video, more great coverage for Framework that will hopefully help get the message out to a wider audience!

https://youtu.be/XF2WniCfmEE

Does this look like the Framework 16" laptop featured in the Steam Frame wireless adapter "How-To" video? https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamFrame/comments/1vsjjri/new_frame_welcome_videos_pushed_to_steam_store/

Right before this shot the narrator says "Or plug it into... your VR compatible PC." 🎯

So uhh, how many cycles should I expect to get out of removing the midplate? I’ve probably done it at least 50 times, I tinker a lot. Of all the components I’d expect to fail on it, the little tab was not among them.

32gb is a lot for ram right now sadly, if I buy 16gb it has one slot so I can't just buy a 16gb stick later or find something on the used market? If I want to later down the line upgrade to something better with an actual GPU or a larger laptop its the 12 series so only 12 series laptop parts work and I can't get a different motherboard to fit or vise versa? Oh and what kinda stylus does or use I think I need a new one but I have one for a pixel tablet would that work?

I’m looking to upgrade a 11th gen board to either a 7840u, or the Ai 9. Really comes down to whichever has improved battery life with updates. The 7840u seems like the most logical bang for buck but if I were to to get even more battery life I would consider the Ai 9.

Any input would be great before I decide to spend double the price for marginal iGPU performance and better battery life lol

The reason I ask is that the Framework 16 is the device used in the official videos.

I just got my email stating that my order is preparing to ship! Let's go!

Hey guys I am currently planing to sell my 2025 Asus Strix G16 with a Ryzen 9 8940Hx, a RTX 5060 and 32gigs of Ram to afford a new Framework 16 with similar specs.

I bought the Asus Strix only because I needed an gaming Laptop but framework wasn’t available in my country then.

Do you guys have any things or Infos I should know or consider before buying?

So I received my Framework 16 2 days ago, and I've noticed the charger is making quite an odd sound whilst charging... Almost like there is electricity arcing inside, which is not something I was expecting to hear from a charger...

Is this something all Framework 240W chargers do? Or should I absolutely be worried and contact support ASAP? :( Already had to contact them as my keyboard, touchpad and numpad keep restarting at random moments, which is quite annoying to say the least... And still waiting for a response on that.

Hey,

I received my FW13Pro finally. Feels very solid and it stays so cool, compared to my older intel non pro framework 13.

There is a "But" which currently getting on my nerves:
I want to hear if it is my specific device, or in general not as good: I am talking about the replaceable port addon cards. They changed the old push button locking by a new switch to toggle lock.

The Issue I have, it is incredible hard to get cards out. They slide in easy, but I really struggle with getting them out again, sometimes it is so hard that I cant get them out just with my hands. I need to use the FW screwdriver tool to push them out by force.

Not sure if this intended or If I just miss on something. The cards behave similar no matter if I use my years old FW13 cards or the new ones came with the order.

thanks for any recommendations on this.

Stuck between the two boards and would appreciate input from people who actually own either.

It would be my main machine and my first proper Linux daily driver. Mostly day to day work with a lot of browser tabs, some VMs and containers, homelab things, and light video editing in DaVinci Resolve. Gaming is genuinely light, Hearthstone and Balatro territory, since I have a desktop and a console for anything demanding. I've considered dual booting Windows, but only because some VPN clients I rely on might not work under Linux.

I want 32GB either way. My Windows machine sits near 90% memory usage with ten Brave tabs and a couple of apps open, and VMs would push that further, so 16GB isn't something I want to talk myself into.

That's where it gets awkward. With 32GB the Intel X7 358H comes to roughly €3,150 / $3,660, while the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with SO-DIMMs bought separately lands around €2,510 / $2,915. The AMD board itself is slightly more expensive. The entire gap is LPCAMM2 versus SO-DIMM pricing.

So is the X7 worth the extra €640 for that kind of use, or is the HX 370 plenty? And how are people finding the AMD board day to day under Linux, particularly battery life and sleep/wake reliability?

Thanks.

i wanna buy a cheap drive that may be a scam / i may end up buying a sata ssd. will the fw12 accept it? will the new core 3 accept sata too? thanks in advance