13" Ryzen 7040: Blinking LED color pattern on startup

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Hi all, I own a Framework 13" Ryzen 7040 Laptop (BIOS 3.05).

Yesterday I replaced the display with the new 2.8K version. Even though the laptop seems to be running normally, I now have the blinking LED color pattern on startup.

About ~15s after powering on, the LED on the left side starts blinking in a color pattern. The pattern is as follows:

1xW, 11xG, 2xO, 1xG, 3xB, 4xG

W: White
G: Green
O: Orange
B: Blue

What does the pattern mean? My Linux starts normally - I haven’t noticed any problems while it’s running. Thanks for the help in advance.

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quick update:

  • Resetting the BIOS didn’t fix the problem
  • RAM seems OK, memtest86 runs without error messages
  • The error only appears with the new 2.8k display. I used the old display for testing purposes again and the problem described doesn’t occur…

Any suggestions what to do?

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Atleast for the 11th gen Intel there’s this guide, I think the code format is guite generic and I doubt they have changed it:

Basically then by that guide, there’s a orange blink on Internal display initialized OK part, meaning the initialization failed. (Whatever that may mean, I don’t personally know.)

I’d probably place a support ticket for that.

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Hi all,

at this point I would like to give a short update for anyone who may encounter the same error.

The official support was very helpful and came to the conclusion that there is a need to replace the Display.

The blinking LED shows the error code 12 - Internal Display Initialized failed.

Cheers

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I’ll just note here that I’ve had exactly the same symptoms with my DIY FW13 7840 with 2.8k display.

I have a request in with support for this.

Same symptoms are reported here, too:

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Even though the Framework support was very accommodating, it couldn’t solve the problem with my 2.8k display - I hope you have more success.

They ended up sending me both a replacement display and a new AMD motherboard as the issue with the replacement display persisted.

I did everything they suggested. I reset the mainboard several times and finally removed all the components one after the other that could be unplugged. I removed the Wifi module, disconnected the webcam module, disconnected the speakers, the audio board, did a RAM and SSD swap… nothing helped.

As soon as I connected the 2.8k display the same error orrcurred every time.
So I returned all parts and received a refund and am continuing to use the stock display.

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My situation is that support have just ordered a replacement 2.8k screen.

I’ve also taken many steps with them in diagnosing this issue, so we’ll see what happens once the replacement is in place.

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Displaying the BIOS code for display not initialized is a known issue on the 2.8K displays. Framework is trying to address it with a BIOS update though that is in beta form currently. If the display is functioning correctly other than the BIOS code; it is likely a false positive. Replacing the display will likely result in the same BIOS error code.

It may be helpful to purchasers that there is a known BIOS codes that may come up and that internally the issue is being addressed by engineering though a final fix has not been rolled out.

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The new beta bios does seem to fix this, i haven’t seen any of these blinks after I upgraded my bios when it was released.