Captain’s Log — The Voyage of the Framework Desktop

You’ll all be pleasantly surprised at what this little machine can do.
From the moment I set it up last week, it’s been running like a calm sea at dawn — quiet, steady, and far more capable than its size suggests.

Of course, every voyage has its storms. I managed to short an M.2 SSD in the PCIe 4 slot — turned out the board’s power rail was a bit temperamental and didn’t keep constant flow. I simply cut the line, changed course, and moved on. Then one of the rear USB 3.0 ports went silent — I’ve troubleshot that thing till I was blue in the face. My solution? Tossed the wired keyboard overboard and sailed on with a Bluetooth helm instead.

And yes — there was that night I found myself stranded in emergency-mode boot. Three long hours later, after patching every leak and resetting every flag, she came roaring back to life.

But here’s the truth: even with a few rough waters behind me, I’m impressed beyond measure. The Framework Desktop feels like a ship that invites tinkering — every fix teaches you more, every glitch becomes a victory. There are hills to climb, yes, and a few mountains to conquer — but the valleys are pure bliss when everything hums in perfect harmony.

This machine isn’t just a workstation — it’s a companion for builders, quiet yet powerful, ready to chart new courses into the world of AI and for the past week heavy use in AI and no noise - just a whisper pleasant quietness. If my course changes - I will let you know but for now smoooooth sailing everyone.

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Love the creative take on your experience. Thank you for this :blush:

Safe travels Captain :saluting_face:

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@Milobay Thanks for the update.

Was the M2 to PCIe extension board having the power issue or the motherboard? A SSD should draw <10W power and I would be surprised if it’s the motherboard that couldn’t handle it. How did you notice it’s a power problem?

Asking because I’m planning to use the PCIe slot to add more USB ports and storage.

Now tell us please, what was the original prompt and what LLM did you use to come up with this text? :slight_smile: Based on the style, my guess would be either ChatGPT or one of gpt-oss ones.

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Did a USB port fail @Milobay? As in the physical port is faulty?