Framework Laptop 13 AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series — BIOS 3.08

Downloads

File Release Date

Windows BIOS v3.08 Installer 2025-03-31 Framework_Laptop_13_Ryzen7040_BIOS_3.08.exe SHA256 · A34538F7F166CE43D8D0739AF75145A49EF2420F7D8D31B5197363C512638EE2

EFI Shell Update (BIOS v3.08) 2025-03-31 Framework_Laptop_13_Ryzen7040_BIOS_3.08_efi.zip SHA256 · 4509CB16AB7E5CBD480113A6FA53EB578E5F8E828EC9B62788B8EF03D68BCE6E

BIOS

3.08

Released 2025-03-31 · 15.7 MB

Beta

Highlights

• Fixed the battery extender setting overwriting battery charge limit on boot

Component Versions

This BIOS update is a bundle of updates to multiple embedded components in the system. Not all of them use the same version number.

Component	Version
EC	ec_308_ec916	Updated
PD	0.0.1C
AMD PI	1.1.0.3

Installation

Caution

Once updated to 3.08, you cannot downgrade to the previous version

Battery Extender Functionality

With the high energy density on the 61Wh battery, leaving it at 100% state of charge for an extended period of time can shorten the lifetime of the battery. To prevent this, we have added a new feature that automatically limits the maximum state of charge if the system is left plugged into power for more than 5 days. The timer is reset after the system is disconnected from a power adapter for more than 30 minutes.

Battery Extender Duration	Battery State of Charge
0-5< Days	99% → 100%
5-7 Days	90% → 95%
>7+ Days	85% → 87%

This functionality also reduces cycling of the battery by allowing the battery to discharge by several percent before charging again. Note that in addition to this automatic setting, you can also manually set a lower charge limit on your battery in BIOS to further preserve battery longevity.

This feature can be disabled or enabled in the BIOS Advanced menu.

• Battery Extender: This option is enabled by default. If disabled, the system will always keep the battery fully charged.
• Battery Extender Trigger: This option sets the number of days that must pass before the battery state of charge is reduced automatically to extend the battery life.
• Battery Extender Reset: This option sets the number of minutes that the system is running on battery before the extender is reset, causing the system to charge to 100% when attached to power again.

Battery Charge Limit Functionality

This release modifies the battery charge limit functionality to add a 5% float range. This allows us to reduce the number of microcycles on the battery when the CPU turbos.

Previously, the battery would be held at the target state of charge, so if a large power draw happened for a short time, such as when the CPU turbos, the battery would drain slightly and then charge again. Introduced in this version, the battery will not start to charge until the battery has dropped 5% below the charge limit.

As an example, if the user sets the battery charge limit to 80%, the battery will maintain a state of charge between 80% and 75%. And will not charge up to 80% until it has discharged to 75% while the system is on.

If this is activated while the battery state of charge is above the limit, the battery will discharge without drawing power from the adapter until the upper limit is reached.

You can check your current BIOS version following the steps here to determine if you are on the latest release.

Note

You must update with a charger attached.

Linux

Framework firmware is published to LVFS and updates via fwupd, which ships by default on most modern distributions.

# Enable LVFS testing channel
fwupdmgr enable-remote lvfs-testing

# Refresh updates and install
fwupdmgr refresh --force
fwupdmgr get-updates
fwupdmgr update

Caution

LVFS may not update if the battery is at 100%.
If you experience issues, discharge to 95%, plug AC back in, then re-run fwupdmgr update.

Windows

1. Download the Framework Laptop 13 AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series BIOS 3.08 Windows Installer.
2. Run the .exe and click "Yes" when prompted to reboot.
3. Wait for the firmware progress bar to complete — the system will reboot automatically. Do not interrupt.

EFI Shell Update

Note

If you use the EFI shell update with Windows, you should suspend Bitlocker if enabled before updating using the EFI updater.
1. Download the EFI Shell Update v3.08.
2. Extract contents of zip folder to a FAT32 formatted USB drive. Cleanly unmount the drive before physically removing it, otherwise the BIOS update may not function correctly.
3. Attach a charger to your device while updating.
4. Boot your system while pressing F12 and boot from the thumb drive.
5. Let startup.nsh run automatically.
6. Follow the instructions to install the update.

Updating a Mainboard without a Laptop

This release supports standalone updates without a battery attached. After rebooting, please follow the onscreen instructions to update your BIOS when in standalone mode, which will require moving the power source between both sides of the Mainboard to allow PD firmware to update correctly.

Caution

The power and display output must be connected to the same side during standalone updates. Failure to do this may result in no display output during the update process.

1. Ensure that standalone operation is enabled in the BIOS advanced setup menu.
2. Connect the external display to upper left port.
3. Connect the power to the lower left port.
4. Run the updater from EFI/Windows updater.
5. After rebooting into the updater, the update will commence. The updater will update the BIOS and EC.

6. The Updater will update the PD controller that is not connected to the power source.

7. You will see one PD controller will fail the update with the X, and "Update Complete" is displayed, but the BIOS will restart. At this screen, the BIOS update will stop. You must disconnect the display and power source, and move them to the other side. * Connect the display to the top right port. * Connect power to the bottom right port.

8. Press the power button, and the second PD update will complete.

9. After this, the system will reboot, and your BIOS update is complete.

Known Issues

• BIOS display output may not show up in standalone mode when booting the first time. To work around this, boot into the OS and restart pressing F2 to enter the setup menu.
• When updating in standalone mode, there may be no display output after updating one side's PD firmware. Connect power and display on the same side when performing a BIOS update in standalone mode.
• Connecting with iPhones over Type-C may be unstable.

Reporting Issues

Please use the public issue tracker on GitHub to report issues.

If you experience an issue with the update that is related to your system firmware, please post as complete a description as you can, including relevant system information and external peripherals. Please note that we do not currently have a SLA for responding to issues on github, but we will be reviewing them through the bios release process, and will review them for future updates as well.

Please contact support if you have an issue regarding hardware, broken devices, returns, etc.

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