Framework 13, 11th gen. i5 Ubuntu 24.04 What voltage does the RTC battery need to reach before I should expect a reset procedure to function? it’s at 3.0v now still won’t boot. maybe i’m performing reset wrong? after reset procedure , or without, here’s how it behaves: plug in power orange L…

support had led me to believe that my fw 3.02 11th gen needed a 56wh battery. unsure if the 61wh would suffice to test the theory that my fw 3.02 11th gen just needed a battery to boot. mentioned above, I tried an aftermarket battery. which was doa. waited for the framework 56wh battery to be …

[image] Public Beta Test: 11th Gen BIOS v3.06 + Driver Bundle 2021_10_29 Framework Laptop 13 Its time for another BIOS update. This BIOS has a number of fixes and a few new features and is required to use the new mainboard with the Tempo audio codec. The Driver bundle kee…

Ok, so that theory’s back on the table. thanks. my laptop was shipped about 10 days before that bios update announcement.

summary: new mainboard works. battery bad. likely old mainboard will work too with battery. will get new battery and prove that out [image] fessyfoo: Ok, so that theory’s [bad battery] back on the table. thanks. Update. ended up getting a used mainboard. and the machine booted. (…

[image] fessyfoo: i did get ectool installed . (after some trouble finding out how) Hi, If you did install that version of ectool Try: sudo ectool battery 0 (With a zero at the end) It outputs a few more lines of info. specifically, something like: Desired voltage 17800 mV Desi…

hmm. I didn’t get the "Desired " values. (realized i had built the dhowllet version , rebuilt the jcdutton version still didn’t work ) framework1 ectool/build ‹jcdutton*› » sudo ectool-jcdutton battery 0 interfaces:0xffffffff comm_init_dev being used /dev/cros_ec EC result 3 (INVALID_PARAM) Batter…

[image] fessyfoo: or possibly one cell actually is lower.. I may open it up out of further curiosity. battery is definitely dead [IMG_0580] I was able with some hot air, a spudger, and care to peel back the bottom cover just enough to get a multimeter on the individual lipo cell tabs. (b…

[image] i can’t buy a battery?

That has been an issue for a while. I wonder how long until they get stock to other warehouses? I think the issue is shipping restrictions for lithium batteries that are not installed in a product. They probably have to ship (literally on a ship) batteries to local warehouses, where they can be s…

[image] BigT: I see the 55Wh seems to be in stock teah, when you try to buy the 55wh it says the above. “you can only purchase it when combind with a laptop”

Oh, bummer. I thought only the 61Wh was out of stock. Hopefully Framework is pushing to get batteries back in stock. Thanks for the clarification.

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

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fessyfoo March 24, 2026, 4:30pm 40

bios update from 3.02 to 3.17 went well.

and now the board boots without a battery attached.

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