Framework Laptop 13 Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 1 — BIOS 3.04

Downloads

File Release Date

Windows BIOS v3.04 Installer 2024-10-24 Framework_Laptop_13_Intel_Core_Ultra_Series1_BIOS_3.03_3.04.zip SHA256 · 04b341b7ef1b419345b0919cb09497cfe5a45e267768af3a4d40d07574cf6200

EFI Shell Update (BIOS v3.04) 2024-10-24 Framework_Laptop_13_Intel_Core_Ultra_Series1_capsule_signed_allsku_3.03_3.04_EFI.zip SHA256 · 020502033e76f28d25ddb03c70926e69587ca515e1ec4b65f74e08fa1ef38c01

BIOS

3.04

Released 2024-10-24 · 15.6MB

Stable

Highlights

• Thunderbolt certified
• Fixed ALS sensor communication failure
• Added automatic battery life extension if the system is attached to AC for several days
• Fixed two security vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-45236 and CVE-2023-22613

Installation

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.

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 Intel Core Ultra Series 1 BIOS 3.04 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.

Known Issues

• If external ports are disabled in the BIOS, they can still function if the wifi/bluetooth device is disabled/enabled.

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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