Framework Laptop 16 AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series — BIOS 4.01
Downloads
Section titled “Downloads”- Fixed an issue that unexpected 35W CPU power limit when AMD dGPU is in BOCO mode.
- Update G-Sync VK key for NVDIA 5070 12G Graphic Module.
- Widescreen rendering is now available in the BIOS setup menu.
- Updated input module app to 0.3.16.
Component Versions
Section titled “ 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_401_9b2a0b1 | Updated |
| PD | 0.0.22 | |
| NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 PD | 0.0.22 | |
| AMD PI | StrixKrackanPI-FP8 1.1.0.2d |
Windows Driver Component Versions
Section titled “ Windows Driver Component Versions ”| Driver | Version | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Chipset Driver | 8.01.20.513 | Updated |
| AMD Graphics Driver | 26.3.1 (v32.0.23033.1002) | Updated |
| NVIDIA Graphic Driver | 596.49 (v32.0.15.99649) | Updated |
| Realtek Audio Driver | 6.0.9986.1 | Updated |
| Realtek Audio Console | 1.53.394.9 | Updated |
| RZ717 WiFi Driver | 5.6.0.4444 | |
| RZ717 Bluetooth Driver | 1.1043.0.555 | |
| Goodix Fingerprint Driver | 3.12804.1.290 | Updated |
| AMD DRTM Driver | 1.0.18.4 | |
| Camera Driver | 10.0.22000.20357 | |
| Realtek MEP Opt-in Driver | 10.0.22000.10003 | |
| AMD MEP_ext Driver | 32.2.0.1 | |
| MEP Driver | 2.0.16 | |
| Framework EC | 0.0.0.6 | |
| Realtek Ethernet | 11013_20_07272023_08042023 | |
| SD Card Reader | v4_5_10_201 | |
| 2nd Gen uSD Card Reader | v4_5_10_202 |
Installation
Section titled “Installation”You can check your current BIOS version following the steps here to determine if you are on the latest release.
Framework firmware is published to LVFS and updates via fwupd, which ships by default on most modern
distributions.
fwupdmgr refresh --forcefwupdmgr get-updatesfwupdmgr updateWindows
Section titled “Windows”- Download the Framework Laptop 16 AMD Ryzen™ AI 300 Series BIOS 4.01 Windows Installer.
- Run the
.exeand click "Yes" when prompted to reboot. - Wait for the firmware progress bar to complete — the system will reboot automatically. Do not interrupt.
- Download and install the Windows Driver Bundle v2.00 for your system if you are currently using a previous Driver Bundle release, or you are installing the Driver Bundle for the first time.
EFI Shell Update
Section titled “ EFI Shell Update ”- Download the EFI Shell Update v4.01.
- 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.
- Attach a charger to your device while updating.
- Boot your system while pressing F12 and boot from the thumb drive.
- Let startup.nsh run automatically.
- Follow the instructions to install the update.
Known Issues
Section titled “ Known Issues ”- Intermittent CPU frequency lock at 600MHz following S3/Modern Standby resume
Reporting Issues
Section titled “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.