Framework 13 (12th gen) won't boot (CoolerMaster case)

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Hi,

After having upgrade my Framework from Intel to AMD, I decided to buy a CoolerMaster case and use my “old” Intel 12th gen mainboard in it. The mainboard does not have any issues, and I was able to use it normally until the replacement occurred.

I am now unable to make it boot when installed in the CoolerMaster case. I have 64GB of RAM, and I understand that the system needs some minutes to train it, so I left it running for at least 5 minutes but nothing happened.

All I see are two solid green lights (one on each side of the mainboard) when I hit the power button, and I also hear the fan speeding up, but nothing comes up on the screen. I already tried resitting the RAM sticks, and booting with only one of them installed, to no avail. When I plug a keyboard and try to hit F2, nothing happens either. I’m using a 100W power brick, as recommended.

Has anyone experienced this issue before? I tried searching on the forum but couldn’t find a post that matched what I’m seeing.

Thanks.

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You likely forgot to enable standalone mode. Without standalone mode enabled, the system will not boot if a battery is not detected. You will have to put the mainboard back in the FW13 (at the minimum connect the battery), then change the BIOS settings to enable standalone mode

If there is no setting to enable standalone mode, then put the mainboard back into the FW13 and install the latest BIOS version.

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Thank you for the reply and apologies for the delay in getting back to this thread.

I found the issue: for some reason, the Wi-Fi card I was using (Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 No vPro®, bought here on Framework) was causing the problem. I don’t know exactly the reason, as I was unable to get any output when I turned the computer on. Maybe it’s because the Wi-Fi card is “vPro”, while my Intel chipset isn’t? Not sure.

Either way, I believe this thread can be marked as “Solved”. Thank you.