New to Framework. Installed Windows 11 from a thumbdrive, but wifi would not connect. I proceeded without wifi. Windows got installed. Trying to get wifi going now. I’ve read that I should be able to enable wifi in the bios. I copied the AMD driver bundle to a thumbdrive and have run it on the Framework. Well, I got to the dos prompt and press enter to continue. Unsure of where to go from here. Went to bios and don’t see any thing about enabling wifi. This is a DIY ai300 laptop. The driver bundle on the ai300 page says “… designed to run on Ryzen 7040 boards only…” Thoughts?
Hi @Hank_Ruff,
Congratulations on your Framework machine. All the AMD boards from Framework do not have native Windows 11 drivers from the boot media. The WiFi card should automatically be enabled in the BIOS by default.
To get the WiFi drivers installed, run the AMD driver bundle and it should automatically install all the necessary drivers for the hardware (inlucding the WiFi adapter). A DOS prompt will appear and go through the different drivers line by line. It is essentially a script that runs each installer so the user does not have to run 13 different installers to get loaded for the hardware. The Framework Laptop may need to be restarted after installing the driver bundle.
The drivers for the WiFi card are likely the same base MediaTek drivers as the card used in the Ryzen 7040 boards which is why the page still refers to the 7040 boards.
Let us know what other issues you are coming across and we will try to assist as best we can. The forum is not necessarily ready by Framework staff; if the issue persists, feel free to file a support ticket. They are in the best position to help customers with support requets. Enjoy your new AI300 machine!