Framework laptop 16 fully dead

I just installed the new driver bundle and I started the BIOS update and I walked away from my computer for 5 minutes and come back to my laptop fully dead. The laptop was plugged in the entire time and the charger is still operational.

No lights, charging light does not turn on, fingerprint sensor will not turn on. When I disconnect battery and reconnect I see a quick flash of white light from the side LEDs then nothing

sorry for typos, i was doing it on my phone

Update. I disconnected the rx7700s module and now the laptop turns on and is fully operational. Somehow the bios update broke my GPU. I will do some investigating to see if it somehow shorted the power rails or smth else.

What BIOS version are you now have installed.
There are several versions to look for. You will find them in the BIOS screens using F2 at boot up. Maybe one of them has not completed the update.

E.g.

BIOS 4.02 Updated
EC ec_402_c8091da Updated
PD 0.0.21 Same
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 PD 0.0.22 Updated
AMD PI 1.2.0.0c Same

What is EC, PD and AMD PI now showing?

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i installed 4.02. not sure what other versions are, i reinstalled the 7700s module and now it works ?!?!?!?! I have zero clue what i did but now it works……

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