Led 2 (sing led) lights gold,
and what looks like multiple leds
light gold nothing goes to monitor.
Any Ides?? can file a ticked tomorrow
if noone recognizes this issue
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Mine has those lights light up often too, not sure what they mean…
Also the fan does stop a lot, I guess the system is power efficient enough it doesn’t need to run often.
As for no output, did you try the other plugs? which are you using?
Thanks for the info. The desktop
is in a cool room and I let it sit on
and the fan turns on and of to
regulate temp. That all works good.
I am hitting f2 like crazy on start, and 58
still blank screen. Tomorrow, I will
verify my cable on a different computer.
At least the fan seems to correctly
cycling to keep things cool.
Thanks again
please wait couple minute, maybe it is ram training issue. usually it take from 2-5 minutes on first boot
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Indeed, the first boot can take a while. Give it at least 10 min. Only then I would make any further tests.
If you have a keyboard with backlight, this is a nice additional indicator of what is going on. Make sure the backlight is turned on, on another system (if possible), observe if the backlight turns on, when you press the power button of the Desktop, while the keyboard is connected. Does the backlight turn on and if so, does it turn off after a few seconds again? If it does turn off again, than your boot appears to be failing indeed.
The fan is not a good indicator as it does not necessarily spin during operation (if your OS is at idle, the fan likely is turned off, as it is not needed then).
PS: I had also boot problems once, for me it helped to completely reformat the SSD, including the boot partition.
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Thanks, I was a bit lazy and just started. I pulled out my cheap build keyboard and old simple monitor that I use for builds, or major updates. Power was expected. It takes awhile to get the bit screen each time.
- power up - nothing on screen
- small “_” top right of screen
- then display, “no bootable device found”
- then boot selector
- “I insert USB “
- select USb drive on boot menu
- plug in ethernet network cable
- install ubuntu with safe graphics (no issue)
- at end of install, pull usb card and reboot
- no graphics on reboot
will dig in more later, thank you
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Did you follow the FW guide on how to install ubuntu on there hardware?
If it is not working, you probably need a more up-to-date Linux kernel.
You might also need to turn off secure boot.
Good Question James,
I did go ahead and disable secure boot,
I also changed the quick boot delay from 0 to 10 to give me time to interrupt boot with F2 or F4
- I think hardware is ok
- I just downloaded 24.04 desktop that is supposed to include the the ufe kernel version, but don’t trust that
- Framework desktop boot process looks goo
- a coupble minute delay at bootup to check everything with “_” at upper left
- Framwork banner
- 10 second delay to give time for F2 or F8 if needed (not needed no)
- Ubunter banner flash
- spirility boot
- black screen
Likely need to update UFE in recovery console, (Ubuntu does not display GRUB since only one kernel option)
Now I just need to get into recovery mode, then select root option.
I tried left + shift when framework banner came up → goes into normal boot cycle, then black screen
I tried to keep hitting ESC when the Framework banner came up. I got a blank “grub> prompt”
Need to find out how to get
“grub → menu with recovery option” so I can boot into a console in root, so I can update kernel with latest gfe options
Any tricks on what to press after Framework flash to get into recovery mode with the freshly downloaded 11/15/2025 Ubuntu 24.04 desktop version?
Thanks, getting there, very nice machine, looking forward to getting it set up for AI development work.
I think, if you install “linux-image-oem-6.17”, it should then work.
So, when you see the blank screen at the end, try CTRL-ALT-F3 or CTRL-ALT-Fn-F3 should get you to a console login.
You can then login, and install the updated kernel.
Thanks very much
I wasn’t able to get to boot in 24.05, so I installed 25.10 along side it, and then that gave me the recover option in grub, I did the updates in that, and then was able to boot into ubuntu desktop. Working on adding packages and more deep updates,
All is running now, and just have more setup work to do. Thanks for all the help, This is a great small machine, will be perfect connect to my development laptop for local AI work.
Thanks again!!!
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I got ubuntu 25.10 working, so I went back to 24.04.
All is working on 24.04 desktop with default GNome now, after much help from ChatGPT 
I did edit the Grub default startup to add nose
- install latest 24.04 from ubuntu site
- on first boot, be patient, give it 10 minutes for first boot
- after “_” goes away at boot, hit F2 until Framework screen comes up
- Hit Settings section
- Disable secure boot (unless you are running or will be booting to windows)
- Change boot delay from 0 to 10 seconds to give you plenty of time to edit bios is future
- On boot order, make sure your boot USB stick is selected device
- continue
- keep hitting Esc key to get to grub menu
- When grub menu comes up, hit ‘e’ to edit grub boot section
- you will get a screen full, go to line that starts with linux add “ nomodeset “ to end of line
- F10 to save
- Let boot process go and you will boot into basic graphics
- update firmware to 3.0.4 (was 3.0.3 at ship)
- sudo apt update
- sudo apt upgrade -y
- Go to chatGPT and ask how to enable AMD provide graphics for AI for graphics 8060S
- Rise repleat with ChatGPT
- drop any errors from the install back into ChatGPT and it will guide you what to do next
- When you reboot, keep editing grub boot and add “ nomode set “ until all AMD install graphics work.
Hardware: Desktop with 128mb mem, 2 Samsung 9100 pro ssd
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