Framework 16 BIOS Update LFKN6.04.01 bricked my laptop

[Xiao_Jin_Ling]

I bricked my Framework Laptop 16 recently, got it fixed! The circumstances are not identical but it might still help.

[SOLVED] Framework 16 not booting after disrupted BIOS update

RESOLVED: I chatted with one of the volunteers on SalemTechspert’s Discord (shoutout to Sim!) and he confirmed my suspicion that the BIOS was corrupted and I needed to flash the BIOS using an external programmer. I brought my laptop to a local laptop repair shop, provided them with a copy of the BIOS bin file extracted from the EFI Updater shell capsule file using UEFITool as well as a copy of the BIOS bin extracted from the exe installer (the latter was built by Sim). The technician desoldered…