Framework Laptop 13 Ryzen 7040 BIOS 3.06 Release BETA - Held

Framework Laptop 13
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@eau
I do not have experience with OpenBSD 7.6 on Framework 13 AMD.
The symptoms you see, keys repeated etc. has been seen on Linux, and it has been in relation to some power save settings.
Disabling power save features for the keyboard seems to mitigate the problem on Linux.
Maybe you can try the same on OpenBSD.
Another mitigation is disabling the keyboard auto-repeat.
Something that might help a bit.
Disable key autorepeat:
xset r off
Enable key autorepeat
xset r on

By switching it off, it should stop the repeat aspect, but wonā€™t help with the missed keys

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BIOS power save settings or OS power save settings? ok Linux, so OS but we never know :slight_smile:
do you know which power save setting was involved?!

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may I know the firmware version of your fingerprint scanner? I updated the bios and my fingerprint scanner wasnā€™t updated.

Fingerprint Sensor:
      Device ID:          23ec719b6aabc2d2dac5176c232f0da7a21881b0
      Summary:            Match-On-Chip fingerprint sensor
      Current version:    01000334
      Vendor:             Goodix (USB:0x27C6)
      Install Duration:   10 seconds
      Serial Number:      UIDXXXXXXXX_XXXX_MOC_B0
      GUID:               1e8c8470-a49c-571a-82fd-19c9fa32b8c3 ā† USB\VID_27C6&PID_609C
      Device Flags:       ā€¢ Updatable
                          ā€¢ Device can recover flash failures
                          ā€¢ Signed Payload

$ fwupdmgr refresh --force 
Updating lvfs
Downloadingā€¦             [************************************** ]
Successfully downloaded new metadata: 2 local devices supported


$ fwupdmgr get-updates 
Devices with no available firmware updates: 
 ā€¢ Fingerprint Sensor
 ā€¢ SSD 990 PRO 1TB
Devices with the latest available firmware version:
 ā€¢ System Firmware
 ā€¢ UEFI dbx
No updates available
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so if I set the battery limit to be 80%, will the battery extender be useful?
Are the percentages (above) based on the capacity of the battery or the battery limit?

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same, set the limit to 80%, I recall the LED alternating occasionally before the BIOS update, but not changing color constantly. If I put it under load, it might be amber for a while then white, then amber again.

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Some additional details: The charging LED was alternating at a rate under <1 second when the battery was already at 80% with the battery extender settings mentioned above. Using a 100W Anker charger.

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Updated tonight on Kubuntu Plucky (Debian sid isnā€™t bleeding-edge enough for me), through KDE Discover. This is the first time Iā€™ve seen a firmware update through Discover and I must say itā€™s pretty cool!

The update went smoothly, though afterwards my particular monitor setup was acting a bit funky. Specifically, an external 4k monitor that was connected via a USB-C to DisplayPort adapter was unstable. Disconnecting and reconnecting resolved that, but it got me rejiggering my monitors to discover that my docking station now works in different configurations. I still canā€™t reliably get dual 4k outputs from it with Wayland (comment about Linux kernel 6.13-rc1 upcoming though - Iā€™m currently on an Ubuntufied kernel 6.11), but I can now use one output attached to it and the other attached directly, both using the rear ports (which previously was hit or miss, mostly miss).

Hopefully this will resolve my random reboot issues, though Iā€™ll have to do some video calls to know for sure.

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We are going to hold this release at BETA and not promote to stable due to an issue we have found related to the battery extender function. The top post has been updated with more details.

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for people who installed this bios update already, should we disable the battery extender and wait for the next update?

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You can find more information at the top of the post.

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Iā€™ve been having stability issues since upgrading to 3.06 BETA. Multiple blue screens with memory errors in the past few days.

Also, 3.5mm headphone jack is not being recognized when inserting trs stereo headphones. Only trrs headsets are being recognized.

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Thatā€™s incredibly weird. Are you sure the jack plug isnā€™t just dirty or something?

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If you did install the 3.06 BIOS, you may need to reinstall the AMD drivers. I found that using the AMD online installer got rid of all the weird issues I had in Windows after the update.

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Bios updates with LVFS
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Hello,
AMD 7040 ryzen 7 + 64GB RAM BIOS 3.06 BETA Windows 11 23H2
I did not found anything on this topic related to the ā€˜issueā€™ I am experiencing, so here goes:

  • first boot after installation - white screen - no longer occurs after another reboot
  • I suddenly noticed I have 8GB vRAM (compared to 4GB on 3.05) (GAMING mode)
  • when I change the vRAM setting in BIOS to ā€˜AUTOā€™, windows 11 does not boot up (white screen) consistently

I guess this means this update has a ā€˜hidden featureā€™ of setting vRAM to 8 if >=64GB RAM, but this screws up somehow the 2GB mode

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on BIOS releases, would it be possible to release a Changelog to have visibility on changes?
It would be helpful to troubleshoot side effects ( ex: and avoid silent changes on how device are reported back to the OSā€¦ )

For people using OpenBSD, here the patch, fixing the keyboard detection/handlers as they moved to ACPI:
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=172841287007678&w=2

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Here you are:

ā”œā”€Fingerprint Sensor:
ā”‚     Device ID:          23ec719b6aabc2d2dac5176c232f0da7a21881b0
ā”‚     Summary:            Match-On-Chip fingerprint sensor
ā”‚     Current version:    01000334
ā”‚     Vendor:             Goodix (USB:0x27C6)
ā”‚     Install Duration:   10 seconds
ā”‚     Serial Number:      UID462D5A5A_XXXX_MOC_B0
ā”‚     GUID:               1e8c8470-a49c-571a-82fd-19c9fa32b8c3 ā† USB\VID_27C6&PID_609C
ā”‚     Device Flags:       ā€¢ Updatable
ā”‚                         ā€¢ Device stages updates
ā”‚                         ā€¢ Device can recover flash failures
ā”‚                         ā€¢ Signed Payload
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When I ā€œdisconnect batteryā€ and then re-power it up, most UEFI settings are remembered, but it always goes back to the default UMA setting (512MB out of 32GB), even though I set it to UMA Gaming Optimized (4GB out of 32GB).
This was a problem since the original UEFI, to the current 3.05.
Is this fixed yet? I donā€™t see it mentioned anywhere.

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The new driver for amd is now being auto installed by windows update, so the issue with 96GB framework 13 devices is becoming a problem as windows update is bricking machines.

When is the 3.07 beta due? Itā€™s priority has somewhat increased

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You can prevent that, here is an example.

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I use this to hide specific Windows Updates.

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