Error 331 BIOS update FW 13 intel 12th gen

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I can’t seem to get the BIOS updated on my framework, I had tried it with a partial success to 3.17. Unfortunately, as I later found out that USB drive was dying, and flaked out.

Target Version “03.17”
Comparing to BIOS version “03.04”
Comparison Result:  1
Updating bios
Target Version "310"
Comparing RTM23 version "207"
Comparison Result:  1
Need to update Retimer 23
Target Version "310"
Comparing RTM01 version "207"
Comparison Result:  1
Need to update Retimer 01
Inter (R) FW Update Version: 16,1,35,2545
...
Error 331: Full FW Update using same version is not allowed. include -allowsv to command line to allow it

BIOS version

dmidecode | grep -A3 'Vendor:\|Product:' && lshw -C cpu | grep -A3 'product:\|vendor:'
	Vendor: INSYDE Corp.
	Version: 03.04
	Release Date: 07/15/2022
	Address: 0xE0000
       product: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1280P
       vendor: Intel Corp.
       physical id: 4
       bus info: cpu@0
       version: 6.154.3

I’m pretty sure that my new USB is working correctly, and FAT32’d

gdisk /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.8

Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.

Command (? for help):

gparted also shows the GPT/FAT32 partition

ls -la /media/bob/BIOS/
total 52393
drwxr-xr-x  3 bob bob    32768 Jan  1  1970 .
drwxr-x---+ 3 root   root          3 Nov 20 17:30 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob    86280 Apr 24  2025 CapsuleApp.efi
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob    27272 Apr 24  2025 CyPDADlt1.efi
drwxr-xr-x  3 bob bob    32768 Nov 20 17:24 efi
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob 36130244 Apr 24  2025 Framework_Laptop_13_12th_Gen_Intel_Core_capsule_signed_allsku_3.17.cap
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob  2232676 Apr 24  2025 Framework_Laptop_13_12th_Gen_Intel_Core_Retimer_port01_310.cap
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob  2232676 Apr 24  2025 Framework_Laptop_13_12th_Gen_Intel_Core_Retimer_port23_310.cap
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob   748296 Apr 24  2025 framework_tool.efi
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob  9964728 Apr 24  2025 FWupdate.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 bob bob  11... Read more
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Tried this with the 3.08 version as well, but now that’s telling me the FW did get updated.

Feels like I’m just stuck

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Welcome.

What BIOS version does your system say you are running at the moment?

Have you read this thread? Getting an error saying "Error 331: Full FW Update using same version is not allowed. Include -allowsv in command line to allow it." when updating to newest bios?

Have you tried doing a BIOS update to 3.18 ( Framework Laptop 13 - 12th Gen Intel Core BIOS 3.18 Release STABLE ) or 3.19 ( Framework Laptop 13 - 12th Gen Intel Core BIOS 3.19 Release STABLE )?

I’m assuming you’re running Linux.

Have you also logged a support ticket? https://knowledgebase.frame.work/contact/contact-us-rJfw7Ryglx

Note: I’m just another user and don’t work for Framework.