I cannot thank you enough for this, my fw13 7048U was bricked trying to upgrade from 3.03 to 3.07 last week, yours was the first thread I saw when I came to the forum, I ordered:
- Amazon.com: ACEIRMC SOIC8 SOP8 Test Clip For EEPROM 93CXX / 25CXX / 24CXX + CH341A 24 25 Series for EEPROM Flash BIOS USB +1.8V Adapter + Soic8 Adapter Programmer Module Kit (1 sets) : Industrial & Scientific
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJQ8KQK2
and opened a ticket with framework. They asked a few questions (my LED sequence was wggggggggggggrbgbgbggg
, my screen wouldn’t turn on at all, didn’t show what yours did) and for me to try all the troubleshooting steps I’d already tried, then said sorry, out of warranty, buy a new $500 mainboard.
So amazon shipping was delayed and those items arrived today, I compiled the latest flashrom from git because the latest released version can’t flash this chip. Then I ran this on arch linux:
# flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi --wp-status
flashrom v1.6.0-devel (git:v1.5.0-36-g0cad6dfd) on Linux 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q256JW" (32768 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Protection range: start=0x00000000 length=0x00000000 (none)
Protection mode: disabled
# flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r bob1.bin --progress
flashrom v1.6.0-devel (git:v1.5.0-36-g0cad6dfd) on Linux 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q256JW" (32768 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Reading flash...
[READ: 100%]...done.
# flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -r bob2.bin --progress
flashrom v1.6.0-devel (git:v1.5.0-36-g0cad6dfd) on Linux 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q256JW" (32768 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Reading flash...
[READ: 100%]...done.
# sha1sum bob*
2f2cee73a97863862effcae28deb8ff2474c0143 bob1.bin
81f34a15a89beb737759080eba7cfa94295a7686 bob2.bin
But those two reads were different, so I kept reading to bob3.bin and bob4.bin until finally I got 2 identical reads. This is when I rigged up something to hold it down because flashing and reading take forever and my fingers hurt.
That’s a pair of helping hands holding the pogo plug and a stack of heavy ceramic coasters on top. Don’t bump the table because the coasters could destroy your machine.

Then I wrote the new rom, but with verification turned off, because it’s slow and I like doing it manually:
# flashrom --programmer ch341a_spi -nNw orig/fw-bios-3.07-from-capsule.bin --progress
flashrom v1.6.0-devel (git:v1.5.0-36-g0cad6dfd) on Linux 6.13.2-zen1-1-zen (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at https://flashrom.org
Found Winbond flash chip "W25Q256JW" (32768 kB, SPI) on ch341a_spi.
Reading old flash chip contents...
[READ: 100%]...done.
Updating flash chip contents...
Fixing total value of stage 2 progress on the fly.
[READ: 0%][ERASE: 100%][WRITE: 100%]...Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Fixing total value of stage 1 progress on the fly.Erase/write done from 0 to 1ffffff
Then I read the rom back, and verified the sha1sum matched what I just wrote.
Then I put the ram+nvme back in and plugged in the power and it works.
I can upload the bad firmware for whoever wants it.