Continuing to methodically check out my #FrameworkLaptop 16 since their QC seems iffy. Noticed my ambient light sensor didn't work.
Under the microscope, it was pretty clear why: it's missing.
Not "missing" as in not installed -- "missing" as in "has been physically torn from the circuit board, destroying pads in the process." At some point in assembly before its protective cover was glued on.
After discussing the pros and cons between the 13" and 16" #frameworklaptop options w/ Andrea, I decided I cared more about weight than GPU.
AMD version pre-ordered! I also love that I could skip ordering a charger since I have a USB-C dock on my desk and I can get a multi-port USB-C charger for any travel needs. Less waste in the world is always a good thing.
Tentatively got in the queue last week for a Framework Laptop 16 w/ all the dials turned up on every spec (besides storage and OS, which I'll buy and install separately)
I've never spent this much on a laptop, but I'm hoping that its repairability and modularity will help it be my laptop for the next 5-7 years, particularly when it comes to battery replacements and ports.
It's also on the latest USB-PD spec, which will mean breaking through the 100W limit while maintaining a USB-C connector. Kinda scary to think how much trust I'm putting in a USB connection though, tbh :a2bsweat:
For ~both people out there who care: after some more Linux-level power management work, the #FrameworkLaptop 16 baseline power consumption with the display on at all is about 5.8 W (EPP set for "power", wifi on, display at 60Hz system idle). That's about 14hrs. (Screen off: 3.43 W/24hrs)
Backlight up to an indoor level for me: 6.2 W / 14hrs
Screen to 165 Hz: +1.5W.
External USB keyboard because the keyboard Framework sent you is broken: +1W.
After only 13 years, I am retiring my #Thinkpad#T420s. It did a great job over all these years and I upgraded it to the max, completely disassembled several times. But it was showing its age. I just set up my new personal device, a #FrameworkLaptop 13 DIY Edition (AMD) by @frameworkcomputer - that's a new kind of maintenance-friendly, repairable notebook. Order, delivery, assembly, setup, migration were a blast. No issues, and the installation of @manjarolinux worked out of the box. :awesome:
Running #Debian on the #Frameworklaptop. Again, I'm too lazy to do extensive ricing now, but this is what I have so far
And if you are overly detail oriented, yes I am very worried about the weather for the next few days
Not sure how to best alt text this since there's so much info... but if alt text isn't clear, this is a relatively basic KDE setup with minor tiling via kwin. Theme is Sweet Theme (KDE version).
I need the #Unifying#dongle (lower latency), but don't want it sticking out and losing a whole slot.
So I'm going to throw a USB hub and the peeled dongle on a PCB and hope it all works out :D
As a further experiment, I routed the USB A SS lines past the hub (USB 2 D+/D- connected to port 1 of the hub).
Not sure if this will play nice with USB drivers, but it's worth a try.
... Und ich schiele ja auch schon seit Jahren auf die Framework Laptops. Leider (und zum Glück) funktioniert mein aktueller noch gut. Aber sollte ich bald etwas neues kaufen müssen, wäre Framework auf jeden Fall in der engeren Auswahl.
A bit disappointed with #FrameworkLaptop / @frameworkcomputer . I got my AMD laptop 13 today but it was shipped with BIOS 3.02 which has major bugs on #linux Given I was on batch 5 I was hoping it would come with 3.03 which fix most of the issues. 5 hours later, a lot of hacking on fwupdmgr, 2 different distros and still can't get fwupdmgr to update the BIOS. All because the wrong bios was flash at the factory
Hooray, my s2idle tests on the #FrameworkLaptop 16 have finished running!
In case you were wondering,
Yes, the system is capable of going into s2idle (or whatever AMD calls it today) out of the box on Linux.
Average system power draw in sleep appears to be 72 mA. This is with the power LED pulsing; I will try shutting that off next.
At the battery's design capacity of 5,491 mAh, this is about 3 days. That's not long enough for me, so I'll try a deeper (but slower to resume) sleep state.
The refund for my Framework 13 is complete! It was a pretty easy process from start to finish. It took about 4 days from the laptop's delivery to the "Refund successful" e-mail.
I was also able to do a partial refund, keeping a few of the expansion cards and use them in the Framework 16 instead.