Batch 7 - FW16 AMD-AI-300 - Guild

Framework Laptop 16
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Creating a guild thread for Batch 7. I can’t wait!

I was lucky enough to order my RAM the same day I submitted my pre-order on 10/20/25. I got my 96GB RAM kit for $279 from B&H. That same kit is currently $592 as of 11/23/25. DEAR LORD, I probably would have canceled my pre-order if I hadn’t bought the RAM in advance.

My order:

Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
DDR5-5600 96GB (2 x 48GB) - Crucial CT2K48G56C46S5 (purchased from B&H)
Samsung 990 Pro NVMe - M.2 2280 - 4TB (already owned)
240W Power Adapter
Orange Bezel
RGB US English (2nd Gen)
2 Orange Spacers
2 × USB-C (Translucent Orange)
2 × USB-A
1 × HDMI
1 x Audio

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And I just cancelled few days ago similar configuration. Well, decided to see what Panther Lake will bring in January (~Ultra 300).

I like many ideas of Framework, but Team Blue needs some support and Panther Lake seems to be looking good.

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What batch were you? I’m curious how many cancellations would need to happen to move me forward. One can dream!

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  • System: AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series - Ryzen™ AI 7 350

  • Expansion Bay Module: Graphics Module (AMD Radeon™ RX 7700S) (2nd Gen)

  • Memory: DDR5-5600 - 32GB (2 x 16GB)

Batch 7… hope they are early-mid December… avoid the delays etc

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I’m hoping for before Christmas but at this point, I don’t see it happening. We can hope!

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Hi from Germany,
It feels like ages waiting for Framework 16 but I can’t wait!

My order is:

- Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
  • Crucial DDR5-5600 64GB (2 x 32GB) – purchased from Amazon with my Framework order. The price is now 100 Euros up.
  • WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD 2TB (already owned)
  • 240W Power Adapter
  • Black Bezel
  • German (2nd Gen) Numpad Module
  • 2 x USB-C (Aluminium)
  • 2 x USB-C (Translucent Black)
  • SD
  • USB-A
  • HDMI (3rd Gen)

This is my first Windows laptop or PC since 2016. I’ve always been a Mac user but I need it for my studies and I wanted something future-proof.

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This is mine! https://frame.work/nl/en/share-my-laptop?token=b3813ecb866

I took the RAM and SSD out because I’ll try get 128gb inside this thing. I’ll also stream a unscripted unboxing for this whole process!

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I’m curious, how are you planning to fit 128GB inside? :smiley:

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By paying a lot of money for a 2x64 kit?

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Crucial 128GB Kit (64GBx2) DDR5-5600 SODIMM | CT2K64G56C46S5 | Crucial.com by buying this (i think it is the only kit at the moment)

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Yes that’s the one. I was more than ok with the 96 GB ram but if I get that much might as well max it out…

From what I heard looking around in this forum, it seems to work with other AMD boards and with the previous FW 16.

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crucial has supposedly validated it for the framework ai 300 boards as per their compatibility tool too

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I thought the RAM was limited to 96GB but good to know.

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I can’t say for sure, because I wasn’t being able to try it yet. But working in ML this could be a interesting addition that I must try. I’m willing to take the bet, even if I can’t return the ram.

Either way, if you want to see it live, I can let you know when I’ll stream the unboxing XD

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The 128 kits did work with the previous gen, since the memory-controller on the ai 300 chips seems to be a bit pickier than that it is not guaranteed it’ll work but very likely.

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This is what makes me cautious and makes me wonder if I should get a lower specced RAM from Framework so I can at least have a baseline in case it doesn’t boot with the 128gb kit.

Edit: I updated my order to include a 8GB ram stick just in case bringing my own RAM become a disaster (oh boy, the fun of unscripted unboxings!). But it also makes support less of a hell in case it doesnt boot as then it wont with only Framework-supplied hardware

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It was Batch 7

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I specifically went with 96GB RAM so if I have issues with the device and are working with support, they won’t complain about officially unsupported memory config.

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Good, please tell me (when you start using FW16) if your AMD fTPM gets *****d after few days of uptime.

See my topic for FW Desktop: TPM not working after longer uptime (Get-Tpm starts returning error 0x80284001) - #2 by sandie

Completely unacceptable thing for 2k+ computer. Is that popular AMD fTPM crap I am facing?

I have impressions that maybe some students are building hardware drivers for AMD. Hopefully they have taken over some Intel developers if I am not mistaken…

Unresponsive fTPM means for me simply non-working computer and I need to reboot to authenticate again to some services. But my passwords and passkeys are super-secure, because they are not available! :upside_down_face: (it drives me truly crazy!!!)

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technically the AMD AI 300 supports 256GB but no one has modules that reach that.