Framework Laptop 16 High-End GPUs?

[MJ1]

@Wewdly

From what they said, it seems that the connector is rated pretty low on paper, but the testing they did demonstrated that it passed 2000 cycles.

I believe you misread or misunderstood.
They did not say that they tested this connector, the expansion bay connector, and it passed 2000 cycles. That was a pogo pin connector, a different type of connector. It was just an example of how there may not always be extensive testing behind a cycle count on a datasheet. Framework might ask for the expansion bay connector to be tested to higher cycles, but they haven’t said they’ve done that yet. I do think they very likely will ask for more testing, but we’ll have to wait & see.

Expansion Bay connector durability - #30

@nrp

Shared on Reddit:

That is the rated durability of an off the shelf connector from the same supplier. Two notes on this:

1. We’re developing our own semi-custom connector with the supplier specifically to make it better for end-user handling.
2. The cycle life in datasheets is rarely comprehensive. We’ve had instances where the datasheet on a connector (I think it was a pogo connector) said 100 cycles, and we asked the supplier to retest to 2000 cycles and found the connector passed that too.