100% FW supplied
I love it!
That makes things simpler. Try the re-seat if it’s not showing in the BIOS.
Same results
Still says “A media driver your computer needs is missing”
Media driver missing is usually not a hardware issue but an issue with the USB drive. I’d usually recommend Rufus or WoeUSB if you’re on Linux, but since you’re using a mac… Maybe there’s a different setting in UUByte you can try? Or you can get your hands on another computer to flash using Rufus
What setting should I be looking for?
The only place I see my SSD mentioned is in the boot devices menu, it’s not mentioned anywhere else.
I would make sure to use Partition table MBR and type FAT32.
I know I used FAT32 but I’m not sure about MBR. Trying that now
EDIT: That did not help. Making a trip into Minneapolis to visit my son. He has a windows computer so that will fix my issue.
SO frustrating!!!
Next step is reaching out to FW directly. What are your experiences with that?
Drat. Hopefully formatted from a Windows computer will work, Windows installers can be finnicky in my experience.
Framework support is great, but they’ve got about a week’s backlog of support tickets at the moment, so it may take a bit for them to get back to you.
Given the question, there’s a distinction between USB-C and USB 3.
How old is that ISO? i.e. Not all Windows 11 ISO are the same.
Update: SUCCESS!
Arrived at my son’s apt & he had me up within 15 mins.
Answer to ALL the frustration was using a usb actually formatted on a windows machine.
Awesome! It’s surprising how Windows 11 seems to have gotten more difficult to install compared to Windows 8/10.
For the record, Windows 11 will not install on a system with an MBR partition table. You need to use GPT. I suspect that was the issue (which could explain why re-doing it from a Windows machine fixed it)
Hey glad you had success installing windows. Could you mark this topic as solved?
I hope you enjoy your Laptop.
Done!