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Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops

In-warranty and out-of-warranty Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards confirmed to be affected will be replaced. In-warranty and out-of-warranty Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards confirmed to be affected will be replaced. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Some Framework Laptop 13 owners with last-gen AMD chips have reported that a recent BIOS update is bricking their laptops on both Windows and Linux. The BIOS update causing this issue is version 3.20 for Ryzen 7040-series mainboards, released back in July and still available on Framework’s site at the time of this writing. Upon running the update, some users reported their laptops getting stuck on the update screen. While some users on Framework’s community forums reported that the company was sending them replacement mainboards under the on

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Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops

In-warranty and out-of-warranty Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards confirmed to be affected will be replaced. In-warranty and out-of-warranty Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards confirmed to be affected will be replaced. Posts from this author…

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Framework says it’s addressing a BIOS update that bricked some of its older laptops

In-warranty and out-of-warranty Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards confirmed to be affected will be replaced. In-warranty and out-of-warranty Laptop 13 7040-series mainboards confirmed to be affected will be replaced.…

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