when I stress my Framework 13 Laptop AMD 7840U under any OS, I can hear sometimes a nasty but weird noise, sometimes quiet, sometimes loud, and it goes away after 2-3 minutes. It sounds like a motor boat or a small airplane engine.
Unfortunately, I can’t upload some mp3-samples here, until a system admin will allow the upload of mp3 files.
Does anybody have had such a weird fan noise too? I already contacted the support.
Can’t really judge if it’s the same sound, but I also had some buzzing noises coming from the fan assembly and have received a replacement part which will hopefully resolve the issue. Maybe it’s the same sound, maybe there’s some other way you could share it? Also, mine was a 12gen Intel, but the assemblies seem to only differ in the heatsink part, not the fan part.
EDIT: Having a look at your MP3 file, it seems to be the same sound that I was experiencing. I suppose the bearings are at fault and hopefully the design wil be updated for future models. Support will most probably want to send you a replacement fan&heatsink module, but only after some other debugging, so please follow their instructions as well.
As I am still waiting for my replacement to arrive this week, I will post by the end of the week whether it helps or not.
That’s good to read. Framework support did sent me also another heatsink&fan kit which will arrive hopefully tomorrow.
Added: After receiving the replacement kit from Framework and installing it, the “weird fan noise” is gone. Now the laptop is as I want it: fast, silent (most of the time).
Thanx VERY MUCH for the fast delivery to the support team of Framework
I believe that I suffer from similar issue with my FW13 AMD. I bet that the ballbearings of the fan is the culprit. I contacted support with this. First they asked me to upgrade BIOS to 3.05 version but as I suspected, this did not resolve the issue.
Yeah what is it with this update your bios to fix fan noise? Is there a version of the BIOS that over pushes the fans? Same issue with my 11th gen intel board just started. Now they want me to pop the on board batteries for a full board reset? I am like I will happily do that while I replace the damn fan which clearly has a longevity problem based on the posts here. Hopefully the newer version is better but I am not optimistic.
