Here is an experience with the AMD 13-inch unit I got:
I was very excited to get the Ryzen 7840 model until about three weeks later it demanded the BIOS Supervisor password change, not allowing the boot to proceed.
I changed the password, but in the process, the BIOS enforced the uniqueness of about the last ten passwords and the complexity requirements. Which, is mind-blowing, undocumented, and unwelcome. Security experts advise against these practices.
Naturally, I thought, such a drastic and undocumented feature was easy to turn off.
Wrong.
It took SIX communications with Framework support to get somewhere. In the process they either did not care to read the question or did not want to address the question. Those exchanges included Framework’s Head of Global Customer Experience.
The final result:
Hello Vlad,
This case was reviewed with our Engineering team and we can confirm that it is not possible to remove the enforcement of the BIOS password parameters.
Regards,
Framework Support
Wowsers
The password “expiration” did not yet happen again. But I can not imagine any large-scale purchaser would be happy to manage a mess these “features” will create at a scale. Attached are some illustrative images.
Naturally, the request here is to allow disabling all of the password enforcement as a whole - at least.