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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by bserge on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @01:47PM (#28607601)
I've only had laptops for over a decade. And I had system board failures.

Honestly, I'd rage if I had to throw it out together with the perfectly good CPU, GPU/VRAM and maybe half the RAM and pay for a used replacement board with all of those integrated.

Or what, buy a rework station and risk damaging them or having them work improperly due to shit soldering skills?

I guess I could learn to fix the board itself. But that's pretty hard, there are no schematics, no components for most laptops, failures are not evident and one component can lead to a cascade of failures across the board. A used board was $100. Now they're ~$500 because there's a CPU and GPU there.

My next computer will be a desktop in a handcrafted case (I'm also trying to fit a Li-Ion battery/UPS between the PSU and components).

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by bertjk on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:21PM (#28608032)
> (I'm also trying to fit a Li-Ion battery/UPS between the PSU and components)

This should totally be a thing. I wish it was a thing. It doesn't even have to provide hours of runtime, just needs to be enough to handle the occasional stupid California brownout.

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by jhickok on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @03:00PM (#28608545)
Out of curiosity, wouldn't a conventional consumer UPS take care of that?
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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by callmejoe on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @03:56PM (#28609177)
yeah. but it's more efficient to have the battery be on the output side of a PSU, since that's gonna be DC.
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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by topspin on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @09:13PM (#28612062)
You might want to reconsider. I've found a separate UPS to be invaluable because, as you'll find, just getting power to the box is not sufficient. Other devices need power as well, especially network switches and displays.
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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by bserge on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:53PM (#28608449)
Yeah, it is the most efficient way to power everything (no conversion losses). 30 minutes is enough tbh.

The battery will fit in an empty PSU case, I just need some custom cables and connectors for the passthrough, my biggest problem is charging and switchover. Looks like I will need a custom board for that. I thought it'd be easier heh

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by y4mi on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:04PM (#28607818)
Why handcrafted instead of the framework laptop? Are you just itching to do that project, or is there some other issue you had with getting the laptop from them?
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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by bserge on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @02:50PM (#28608410)
It's more future proof. And performance is unmatched. Handcrafted because I want the smallest, lightest microATX case. Should I share the design? I have it ready in SolidWorks.

I will still need a laptop away from home and/or as a portable display, that'll be one of my old 17 inchers or the cheapest one I can get (Haswell gen lol).

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