# Or Framework 13 12th Gen Intel i7-1280P sometimes running slow - suggestions for fixing the 400 MHz bug

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**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Tags:** intel-12th\
**Created:** [March 21, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/or-framework-13-12th-gen-intel-i7-1280p-sometimes-running-slow-suggestions-for-fixing-the-400-mhz-bug/81450 "2026-03-21T23:11:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/or-framework-13-12th-gen-intel-i7-1280p-sometimes-running-slow-suggestions-for-fixing-the-400-mhz-bug/81450/23 "2026-11-03T12:52:05Z")

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Ah, sorry to hear your mainboard has given up. I agree that one would want more than four years out of a laptop.

However, I’ve had a Dell melt in a similar timeframe, so I suppose it is hard to generalise: the question is not whether one product lasts as long as it should, but what the failure/QC curve looks like for a production run of 250,000 instances of the same model. The paradox of course is that even if the failure rate for Frameworks is good compared to the industry mean, that is of little consolation to the Framework consumer who needs to buy a new mobo.

Relating to the thread topic, my eyebrows were slightly raised to see that a [fix for the 400 MHz bug](https://community.frame.work/t/framework-laptop-13-pro-intel-core-ultra-series-3-bios-3-04-release-stable/85762) was released five days ago, and I think it probably warranted a bit more fanfare. Something along the lines of “very sorry for the bother everyone, we think this one is finally resolved” etc. But, hey-ho, hopefully it is.

Is your existing RAM DDR4 or DDR5? I am hoping the latter, so you can repurpose it. However, either way, at least you don’t have to buy a full laptop - which is largely not an option with the big hardware manufacturers.

On repurposing the board, you could always try selling it in the marketplace for a song. Maybe someone might try to bring it back to life?

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