Framework Desktop Ryzen AI MAX 300 BIOS 3.03 Release STABLE

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Highlights

  1. Updated PD to 0.0.0E.
  2. Added Framework’s dbx key and updated the default CA of Windows Secure Boot to Microsoft UEFI CA 2023.
  3. Widescreen rendering is now available in the BIOS setup menu.
  4. Added support for Chinese and German strings in Console Redirection.
  5. Fixed an issue where hardware encryption on OPAL drives could cause a missing boot drive on subsequent reboots.

You can check your current BIOS version following the steps here to determine if you are on the latest release.

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Downloads

Windows

Download Link SHA256
Framework_Desktop_Ryzen_AI_MAX_300_BIOS_3.03.exe 774B7FD0D5EDF9D2F6FC1FBC69AC1192F12941F4E9467DB79C67EF57C18B6A3A

Please do not interrupt power to your desktop while the update is in progress.

Instructions for Windows Installer:

  1. Run the .exe.
  2. Click yes to reboot.
  3. Wait for the firmware progress bar to complete, and then the system will reboot.

Linux/LVFS

Please do not interrupt power to your desktop while the update is in progress.

Please note that you must update with a charger attached, then run::

fwupdmgr refresh --force

then

fwupdmgr get-updates

then

fwupdmgr update

Linux/Other/UEFI Shell update

Download Link SHA256
Framework_Desktop_Ryzen_AI_MAX_300_BIOS_3.03_EFI.zip 2471417A7B96ABDA9150E8284C66B5BB3682BFF0141D63C135EDF717FA3ABD8E

Note that if you use the EFI shell update with Windows, you should suspend Bitlocker if enabled before updating using the EFI updater.

Please do not interrupt power to your desktop while the update is in progress.

Instructions for EFI shell update:

  1. Extract contents of zip folder to a FAT32 formatted USB drive. Cleanly unmount the drive before physically removing it, otherwise the BIOS update may not function correctly.
  2. Set the ESP flag for the FAT32 partition.
  3. Boot your system while pressing F12 and boot from the thumb drive.
  4. Let startup.nsh run automatically.
  5. Follow the instructions to install the update.

Security Fixes

None

Enhancements

  1. Updated PD to 0.0.0E.
  2. Updated EC to ec_303_fed8eaf.
  3. Added Framework’s dbx key and updated the default CA of Windows Secure Boot to Microsoft UEFI CA 2023.
  4. Widescreen rendering is now available in the BIOS setup menu.
  5. Added support for Chinese and German strings in Console Redirection.
  6. Added support for SAMSUNG’s 128G LPDDR5 K3KLALA0EM-MGCU with MEM_ID GPIO detection.

Fixes

  1. Fixed an issue where hardware encryption on OPAL drives could cause a missing boot drive on subsequent reboots.

Component Versions

This BIOS update is a bundle of updates to multiple embedded components in the system.

Not all of them use the same version number.

BIOS 3.03
EC ec_303_fed8eaf
PD 0.0.0E
AMD PI StrixHaloPI-FP11 1.0.0.1b

Reporting Issues

To report issues we have created a public issue tracker on github. GitHub · Where software is built We hope that this is a better way to track issues with community involvement moving forward as we have found it difficult to both gather relevant information about issues people are reporting on the forums, and track the issues through their lifecycle in a transparent way.
If you do experience an issue with the update that is related to your system firmware, please post as complete a description as you can, including relevant system information, and external peripherals. Please note that we do not currently have a SLA for responding to issues on github, but we will be reviewing them through the bios release process, and will review them for future updates as well.

If you have an issue regarding hardware, broken devices, returns, etc, this is not the place, please contact support.

Known Issues

  • Only 1.5A profile is supported on USB type C, 3A will come later.
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Wide screen works now on my G9. Having issues with the PD profile, will report the issue on the github. Still checking out other features.

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I was testing 3.03 while it was in beta. Do I need to do anything special to upgrade from beta to stable?

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I downloaded the new version, but it seems to be identical to the beta version.

(CRC32: 25E5A875
MD5: 7E3FFECDC1B958B2D6E0B2DD97FEB9E6
SHA-1: E5FBD00C0EDABF91E31E46B5DEECA49DE765A8C7)

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I think that is the approach FW take.
Put it out as BETA first, let people who feel like it try it out.
If it judged OK to be fully released, they mark the same software as stable, without changing it.
If they did change anything, the image with those changes would need to start the process again, ALPHA->BETA->STABLE.
It seems a pretty sensible approach to me.

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Firmware update notification just popped up in CachyOS - nifty. I just started the update. I have an Intel SSD - 660P 2TB that would disappear after reboot. I don’t believe it has any encryption, but maybe it’ll fix that too. It happens on another Ryzen AI MAX 395 machine I have too. Can confirm widescreen looks fine now - not that I really cared too much about the BIOS/EFI being stretched. Edit: Can confirm it did NOT fix the 660p not showing up after rebooting.

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Updated mine following the linux instructions without issue.

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Since the release SHA256 matches the beta SHA256 I’m assuming Desktop Issue - New 3 amp power profile does not work. [3.03 BETA Bios] · Issue #111 · FrameworkComputer/SoftwareFirmwareIssueTracker · GitHub was not yet addressed?

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Trying to update from within a proxmox installation 9.01 with kernel 6.17.1-1-pve and I get “Warning: UEFI ESP partition not detected or configured” . Any ideas why?

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Ok found the problem, needed to install udisks2. Discard my question

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