I was surprised when I watched LTT video about tour in GPU manufacturer when I saw this
Framework seems to be producing those but those are nowhere to be found.
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I know right!? After I saw that, I was wondering when confirmation of production was announced, and then wondered if maybe Linus let it slip early? So first thing I did was look and now I’m here.
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Glad to see I’m not the only one who saw that. I watched it last night and was like “Oh cool they’re making the dual M.2 for the expansion bay!” Now this isn’t something I need, I have more need for the GPU, but I’m excited none the less!
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Also wondering if this was a sanctioned “leak”.
I’d assume so give that in their latest blog post Framework described it as a “sneak peek”.
Yeah, but didn’t LTT’s video came out BEFORE Nirav posted his blog? 
Any more news on this? I’ve been checking the store literally every day since the LTT video was made to see if this is available.
There is no need to check the marketplace every day. We will be sharing more about that module soon and probably won’t add it to the marketplace quietly. 
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Still checking 
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Hahaha, I love the dedication. I’ll come here and tag you when we have an update
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Still waiting 
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Waiting to
But take time you needs! I would be passiant 
They were already being manufactured like 2 months ago, and I’m sure the LTT factory tour was filmed even a bit before that… Maybe I’m wrong but it shouldn’t take that long to put a PCB in a box and get them ready to ship. I feel like I’m purposefully being tormented or trolled at the moment
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There have been problems with the m.2 expansion bay. Evidenced by a BIOS update being needed for them to work.
So my guess is that they wish to get the BIOS update out before trying to sell the items so that they don’t get a torrent of support emails.
I see. I’m guessing it has something to do with PCIe bifurcation? I’d imagine they’d want to get the CPU to do that rather than adding a PCIe switch to the board. If that is the case I’m guessing one of the m.2 slots does indeed work while the other slot is going to need the bios update.
If that’s the case it would still be nice to be able to get my hands on one to have another functional m.2 slot for now, and just wait for the bios update to be able to use the second port. Even if I can’t boot off of the second drive that would be fine.
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Does it even slightly work?
Our lab just dropped $100,000 on a PCB fab suite, I want to try something.
Appreciate that the absence of Destroya returning with news likely means that there is none… but I am one of who knows how many prospective customers holding off making a purchase pending the release of the M.2 expansion bay… in my case it is the one feature that takes this machine past the capabilities of my LG Gram 16, which has a pair of 2280 sockets provided.
May I ask if there would be any possibility of Frame.Work considering some form of roadmap update to the main blog? Many other tech companies do this, so not unheardof. It would be really helpful to me, from a budgeting perspective, to know when I’m going to need to have the funds ready to make a purchase.
Thanks in hope.
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I don’t think we can provide a roadmap at the moment, but I definitely understand why you are requesting this.
It sounds like the product may be severely delayed (due to technical or supply-chain issues) or just completely killed.
I really want to see more FW16 parts and software/firmware come out, but it’s been slow going after launch. Hopefully we get some cool new stuff in the marketplace for 2025… or maybe even Christmas.