Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
1
Time Required
00:10:00 - 00:20:00
Prerequisite Only
This guide is only used as a prerequisite for other guides and is not a complete or useful guide when viewed independently.
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Insert the Expansion Cards of your choice. With keyboard face up, this configuration supports USB4/DP for the upper left and right slots, USB 3.2 only for the lower left slot and USB 3.2/DP for the lower right slot. All ports can be used for charging via USB. A diagram of Expansion Card compatibility can be found here.
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Note that certain Expansion Cards when placed in the back two slots will currently result in higher power consumption. Check the KB article for more detail on this.
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Plug the USB-C power cable into the USB-C Expansion Card.
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Turn the Framework Laptop over, open it, and press the power button. If you're using Windows, you may need to re-activate Windows after you replace the Mainboard.
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The first boot will take longer than normal as the system does memory training. The more memory you've installed, the longer this could take (on the order of a minute or two with 64GB!)
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