Framework Laptop 16 Ryzen AI300 BIOS 3.05 Release STABLE

Framework Laptop 16
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Highlights

  1. Updated input module app to 3.15.
  2. Modified the F2 key in the F12 Boot Menu to go to the setup menu instead of the settings menu to allow easier navigation to secure boot settings.
  3. Enhanced the Power On AC behavior, allowing the feature to work correctly without requiring the system to boot into the Operating System at least once for initialization.
  4. Fixed an issue where the POST memory diagnostic was limited to a maximum of 64GB.
  5. Fixed an issue where the system was unable to boot from partially locked self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
  6. Fixed an issue where the CPU frequency could become locked at 600MHz under energy(battery) saver mode.
  7. Fixed an issue where text strings were truncated at the bottom of the scroll bar area.

Note:

  • With BIOS 3.05, you can downgrade to a previous version.

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_Laptop_16_Amd_RyzenAI300_BIOS_3.05.exe 544E020FA79DBEA16142F5AE4B15E7C8490FBEB976E2AA4B9265B8AE1C151B53

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.
  4. If you are updating a system in standalone mode, please pay careful attention to the standalone update process below.

Please note that you must update with a charger attached.

Linux/LVFS

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

fwupdmgr refresh --force

then

fwupdmgr get-updates

then

fwupdmgr update

Please note that you must update with a charger attached.

LVFS may not update if the battery is 100% charged. LVFS uses the battery status to determine if it is safe to apply updates. However if our battery is at 100% and the charger is off, we set the battery charging status to false. In this case you can discharge your battery a few percent, then plug in AC again and run fwupdmgr update.

Linux/Other/UEFI Shell update

Download Link SHA256
Framework_Laptop_16_Amd_RyzenAI300_BIOS_3.05_EFI.zip 5DD2E2F00AA1ED2BCEC77779553C5D4F91D94A47CC7406B11206669E18CE1319

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

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. Attach a charger to your device while updating.
  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

N/A

Enhancements

  1. Updated input module app to 3.15.
  2. Modified the F2 key in the F12 Boot Menu to go to the setup menu instead of the settings menu to allow easier navigation to secure boot settings.
  3. Enhanced the Power On AC behavior, allowing the feature to work correctly without requiring the system to boot into the Operating System at least once for initialization.

Fixes

  1. Fixed an issue where the POST memory diagnostic was limited to a maximum of 64GB.
  2. Fixed an issue where the system was unable to boot from partially locked self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
  3. Fixed an issue where the CPU frequency could become locked at 600MHz under energy(battery) saver mode.
  4. Fixed an issue where text strings were truncated at the bottom of the scroll bar area.

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 3.05 Updated
EC ec_305_178a77d Updated
PD 0.0.22 Updated
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 PD 0.0.22 Updated
AMD PI StrixKrackanPI-FP8 1.1.0.2d Updated

Reporting Issues

To report issues we have created a public issue tracker on github. Issues · FrameworkComputer/SoftwareFirmwareIssueTracker · GitHub 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

  1. Intermittent CPU frequency lock at 600MHz following S3/Modern Standby resume
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CPU Frequency Stuck at 600 MHz
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We are still investigating the intermittent 600MHz CPU frequency lock occurring after S3/Modern Standby resume. Once we have a verified fix for this behavior, we will include it in a new BIOS release. Thank you for your patience as we finalize the solution.

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It is really good to see the good clarity on what it fixed and what is not. Particularly around the 600Hz issues. Well done. :slight_smile:

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Sadly this bios update did not solve the slow boot issue.

I’m still getting 32-35 seconds of boot.

Same symtom where it stays black for 32-35 seconds before framework logo appears. I hoped this was fixed in this beta update of bios, but it seems it wasn’t :confused:

It was mentioned on the github issues section by a user that this issue will be fixed in the next bios update for framework 16 and desktop.

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Is there an effort to resolve this issue on the gen 1 boards?

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@JakeSully
Did you work out which of the various reasons causing the 600Hz your one was?
Which issue here is you one or most like your one?

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I reported the slow boot issue there and link to it is:

Another user did similar report for the framework desktop and staff confirmed the issues on FW 16 and desktop is the same issue and will be fixed in next bios update.

Also here is the Desktop report issue:

FW Desktop 3.04 slow grub/linux boot · Issue #138 · FrameworkComputer/SoftwareFirmwareIssueTracker