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| Date | Provider | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2026, 9:18 PM | Hacker News | 7.5 | Fixing a bricked Framework laptop
A Framework 13 AMD 7040 series laptop was bricked by BIOS update 3.20, and Framework support offered no fix outside of buying a CA$500 replacement motherboard despite widespread reports of the same issue since March 2025. The author successfully recovered the laptop by manually flashing the BIOS chip using $20 worth of tools, documenting the entire process in detail. Why: If you own a Framework 13 AMD 7040, you should avoid BIOS 3.20 until Framework acknowledges the flashing failures, and you can save hundreds of dollars by using this $20 SPI flashing method if already bricked. |
| 20 Aug 2026, 4:21 AM | Ars Technica | 3.0 | Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops
Framework reportedly acknowledged user complaints that a BIOS update is bricking its Ryzen 7040-series laptops. The article text was not captured—only the headline and cookie-consent boilerplate are available, so details on scope, cause, and remediation are missing. Why: If you or your team uses Framework Ryzen 7040 laptops as dev machines, hold off on BIOS updates until the issue is clarified; otherwise there is not enough information here to act on. |