I have the Framework 16 laptop (Windows 11) and got the 250gb expansion card several months back. Over 90% of the time the card will not be recognized by windows and thus I cant access the storage. On rare occasions it will be recognized and I have access to the storage, I currently have Baldurs Gate installed on it. But with it often not being accessible, I cant reliably use it. Why is it usually not recognized? What can I do to fix this? I thought about maybe changing which slot its in, but I like where all my ports are set up currently.
in what slot is it in?
They suggest not to put any other modules in top 2 slots. Since those slots are suitable for the USB C modules for charging since they can handle 240W better.
So try moving 250GB Expansion card in each 4 slots bellow try with like
middle left and see how it goes then bottom left and then middle right and then bottom right.
If all 4 positions causes issues with 250GB expansion card then fault might be 250GB expansion card itself.
Another alternative is to try the expansion card module on another laptop and see if it also drops there some times, if it does there too. Then it’s forsure a issue with expansion card and not the laptop.
Previously it was in the middle right slot. I’ve actually moved it to the top left slot (The only one I wasnt using) and it seems to be working now. Will update if there are any further problems.
you are not supposto put it in top row. left and right since those are only meant for USB C module to charge 240W.
But if you have any other laptop try it on that laptop and see if it drops there if not then it might be OS itself putting something on sleep after some time or so.
Well I may not be supposed to, but its the only other slot I wasnt using and it seems to work there. Will it have some kind of negative effect on the laptop if I keep it up there? I dont have any other laptops to try it with.
Well, that is a dose of useless mis-info. I suggest you go and check the diagram that shows the usage of those slots, they are capable of a lot more than just charging the laptop.
There is no reason to not use the top row for high current devices, because that row does have extra current capability.
Well that is what image says in mail i got from framework themselves, where it suggest not to put any other modules except USB C ones in top row.
Since it also has warning 
symbol on them aswell.
All I can say is what I’ve noticed from recent changes. When moving the expansion to the top left slot, it did start to work the majority of the time. However about 1 or 2 days later, I’ve suddenly got issues with my GPU overheating which you can read the details in my other post about “GPU skyrocketting to 95%+ usage, etc”. I cant say for sure if swapping the expansion slot is what did it, but im at the tail end of fixing the GPU issue after reinstalling my drivers, dusting the laptop and taking out all of the slotted cards besides the charger port. So its still a mystery, but there’s a chance the expansion card was related to this recent issue in some way.