Framework 13, help with power on issues. Prior to doing RTC battery substitute

[fessyfoo]

@BigT

Apparently, if they use the battery disconnect feature before disconnecting the battery, no voltage shows up, but the voltage does show up otherwise.

I’ve never gone into the bios. so one would think this means my battery should show voltage but it doesn’t.

also still not sure if i should expect it to boot with power but with a bad or disconnected battery.

@BigT

To rule out a shorted top cover, you could try turning on the computer with the input cover removed, using the power button on the mainboard itself

I just got the same suggestion from support.

Using the SW1 button on the mainboard results in a short pause in the flashing red lights. also activating the lid closed switch and using the sw1 button results in the same behavior illustrated above.

@BigT

What charger are you using to try to get it to boot up?

@James3

I would be curious to know what make and model of charger you are using.

It’s various apple chargers.

• A2452 100w
• 3x A1719 87w

Not sure where the original little black charger i got with the framework is. never ended up needing it.

@BigT

You could also try it with no SSD, and depending on your RAM configuration, you could try with one stick in each slot, etc. Basically, just try different hardware configurations to see if some piece of hardware is causing a system issue.

I have 1 stick of ram.
I tried:

ram in slot #0	ram in slot #2	SSD Installed
x		x
	x	x
x

no change.