Replacing parts with battery power can be dangerous. In the Guides, there’s no mentioning of battery removal or disconnection before removing the RAM or SSD
Please add the instruction of “battery disconnect” in BIOS menu in the “Shut down the Framework Laptop” paragraph.
In fact, they specifically state to leave the battery connected:
”You should keep the Battery connector plugged in unless you need to replace the Battery, Mainboard, or Speakers. This connector is easy to accidentally damage, so it’s better to not handle it.”
Also, the 12 instructions state specifically to keep the battery connected while inserting the ram as well. You might need Framework to clarify before adding instructions that may be unnecessary.
You can disconnect the battery in the BIOS menu without physically disconnecting the battery. Replacing RAM with the battery still powering the mainboard may cause damage
I happened to stumble on this thread fairly late, but I am going to be the necro as I am genuinely curious of framework’s stance on your comment. To your point, battery can be disabled in bios without physically removing it. Wouldn’t that be considered safer for tinkering with hardware?
The embedded controller gates power to the rest of the machine, and it has its own RAM; it does not need to power the system RAM when the system is quiescent. There is no power to the RAM when the laptop is powered off, even when the battery is still connected.