support had led me to believe that my fw 3.02 11th gen needed a 56wh battery.
unsure if the 61wh would suffice to test the theory that my fw 3.02 11th gen just needed a battery to boot. mentioned above, I tried an aftermarket battery. which was doa.
waited for the framework 56wh battery to be in stock again, and now it isn’t even listed.
finally found a friend with a 56wh battery to lend.
and.. with the functional battery the 3.02 bios 11th gen board actually booted. Yay.
it was just a bad battery all along.
so you called it @BigT thanks!
Also, i suspect the 61wh battery would have done the trick as well.
now. to figure out how to bring this old bios up to date.