# Sporadic audio issues when using 3.5mm expansion card

**URL:** https://community.frame.work/t/sporadic-audio-issues-when-using-3-5mm-expansion-card/83786
**Category:** Community Support
**Tags:** audio-issues, framework-laptop-16-amd-7040
**Created:** [August 1, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/sporadic-audio-issues-when-using-3-5mm-expansion-card/83786 "2026-08-01T00:31:46Z")
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### Author: ![Andrew\_Moise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Andrew\_Moise](https://community.frame.work/u/Andrew_Moise)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/sporadic-audio-issues-when-using-3-5mm-expansion-card/83786/3 "2026-08-08T04:30:09Z")

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There are a decent number of people in a FW16 Linux category thread with this issue:

> [@\[TRACKING\] Audio expansion card connection sometimes unreliable](https://community.frame.work/t/tracking-audio-expansion-card-connection-sometimes-unreliable/62951):
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> Which Linux distro are you using? Debian Which release version? Testing Which kernel are you using? 6.12.8 Which BIOS version are you using? 3.05 Which Framework Laptop 16 model are you using? (AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series) Ryzen 7 7840HX While I always boot with the Audio expansion card inserted, sometimes Debian either forgets it ot refuses to use it after a while, not sure. Plugging anything into it just isn’t registered by the system. Unplugging it and plugging it back in leads to these log m…

I’m experiencing this and actively trying to track it down on my system. I am curious with some questions about your experience of it, too (primarily whether your system has done this since you got it, or if it was fine for a while and then started doing it at some point).

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