Possible to.build AMD without wifi or bluetooth internal?

Framework Laptop 13
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Hi with the pre-order AMD risen 7040 builds, is it possible to put it together without internal wifi and bluetooth? I’d like to use these as USB connected options when needed…

I pre-ordered the Ryzen 7040 series…

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You can remove the wifi card pretty easily. But ordering one without wifi is not an option. The reason is probably a combination of things. One issue is that the overwhelming majority of people do want a wifi card. And at one point, the wifi was an install-it-yourself option. But the antenna connectors on internal wifi cards have to be handled carefully, and they were getting damaged at too high a rate, if I recall correctly.

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Hey do you know if the bluetooth is removable relatively easily as well? Thanks for the info!

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Bluetooth is built into the wifi card.

Oh, and welcome to the community.

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Thank you. Loving the concept and looking forward to putting one together whenever this preorder is ready <3

I suppose I can disable wifi and bluetooth in bios as well? Would love a hardware switch like there is for the microphone? Or is there one for wifi and bluetooth too?

[I just searched and confirmed the hardware kill switch is for the microphone but not for the wifi/bluetooth]

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There is a BIOS option to disable wifi & bluetooth.
BIOS Guide: Security > I/O Interface

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For Intel, yes. For AMD, TBD.

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and even if there isn’t a BIOS option on the AMD boards, we do know that they use the same kind of wifi/bluetooth cards as the intel boards, so it will be relatively easy to remove the card and just use a USB one instead.

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