13" AMD 7040 and Wifi 7

Framework Laptop 13
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Please include the drivers in the driver bundle so I don’t have to download 3rd party drivers from ASUS ROG. More people will install this way if you don’t, and more support cases might be harder to deal with in the future as result…

If you can’t support this module, don’t sell it. Framework is supposed to be upgradable and modular. This is neither without ASUS involvement at the moment…


Explain why the drivers on this page: https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/downloads-for-motherboards/drivers-amd-mediatek-wifi-bluetooth/td-p/857576 installed and worked well, but the Official Framework driver bundle for my 13" AMD 7040 bundle 2.07 from here https://knowledgebase.frame.work/en_us/framework-laptop-13-bios-and-driver-releases-amd-ryzen-7040-series-r1rXGVL16

The ASUS ROG forum drivers from that thread worked for your AMD RZ717 (MediaTek MT7925-based Wi-Fi 7 module) because they are specifically built for the RZ7xx series (including RZ717/MT7925/MT7927). The latest packs there (as of late 2025) include:

  • Wi-Fi driver version 5.7.0.4755 (October 2025)

  • Bluetooth driver version 1.1044.0.557 (October 2025)

These are clean, driver-only packages tailored for AMD-rebranded MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 chips, commonly used in ASUS desktops/motherboards and compatible with the same hardware in laptops like yours. When you manually install them via Device Manager, they match the exact hardware IDs of your RZ717 module, so Windows loads them properly → resulting in functional Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.In contrast, the official Framework Driver Bundle v2.07 for the AMD Ryzen 7040 Series is designed exclusively for the stock Wi-Fi module that ships with those laptops: the AMD RZ616 (MediaTek MT7922-based Wi-Fi 6E module). It includes:

  • RZ616 Wi-Fi driver version 3.4.0.1355

  • RZ616 Bluetooth driver version 1.1043.0.555

These drivers are for the older RZ6xx series chips and do not include support for the newer RZ7xx/RZ717 hardware. When you installed the bundle (or even the AMD auto-detect tool), it couldn’t find matching drivers for your swapped-in module → leaving the “Network Controller” and “Generic Bluetooth Adapter” with yellow exclamation marks in Device Manager.Framework does not officially certify or support the RZ717 on 7040 Series mainboards (it’s the default module only on the newer Ryzen AI 300 Series laptops). That’s why their driver bundles don’t include RZ717 support — even though the card fits physically and can work with third-party drivers like the ASUS ones.This is a common pattern with MediaTek/AMD Wi-Fi chips: OEMs (like Framework) bundle drivers only for their validated hardware, while community/shared packs (like the ROG thread) provide broader compatibility for the underlying MediaTek chips across brands. The ROG drivers being newer and more feature-complete for Wi-Fi 7 also helps with stability/performance on your setup.If you encounter any issues with the ROG drivers later (e.g., sleep/wake problems), you could try even newer versions from sites like Station-Drivers or OEMDrivers, but the ASUS ones are proven reliable for many Framework users in similar swaps.

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It’s supported in the driver packages for the Framework Systems that the store lists it as compatible with. It is not listed if you filter only parts compatible with the laptop 13 with AMD 7040 series. I guess using the Wi-Fi module from a different Framework laptop isn’t officially supported, which means you are on your own when it comes to finding the correct drivers. If you find that so hard to do, maybe you should have either stuck to the officially approved selection of parts or chosen a different laptop manufacturer.

FWIW, I found the best source for up-to-date drivers for the RZ717 and RZ738 to be the Microsoft Windows Update Catalog. Just search for RZ717 (or RZ738). But they download as CAB files, which you have to manually extract and then manually install.

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Thanks for the microsoft links, I like that better. My drivers are already ‘latest’ so I wasn’t able to force update (probably the same version), but those watching this thread, consider this instead of the ASUS forum download links.

I guess my point was, these drivers work. Might as well put them in the bundle. If this hardware isn’t supported, I’d love to know why, because it seems better than the Wifi6 module which I had issues with (Bluetooth mostly).

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It’s a shame Mediatek don’t make things as easy as Intel do.

There are web pages you can go to for the latest Intel Wi-Fi and another for Bluetooth, and they download as simple EXE files.

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There are two sets of RZ717/RZ738 drivers in the Windows Update Catalog. They seem to be alternatives.

Myself, I decided to use the ones where the version numbers began with 25 and the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers have the same version number. The other set uses numbers that resemble the version numbers of the actual driver.sys files. I think the actual driver.sys files are the same which ever set you use.

The .inf files are organised a bit differently between the two sets, I didn’t notice any difference in the functioning of the two sets, but I could have missed something.