Re:Framework 13 with AMD Ryzen 7040 Series Makes for a Great...
by starkparker on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @01:34PM
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There are community threads with details — there are more things to worry about than just the power supply, but it's the biggest and weirdest one. The AMD boards also don't ship with a RTC battery for regulatory reasons, and they use a two-pin connector instead of a bare coin cell. There are further port limitations for connecting a display when no OS is installed or the mainboard wasn't initialized in the laptop case.
The Intel boards also recommended 100W if there's no battery; the AMD issue is that _even with_ a 100W supply, performance is capped, and with a smaller power supply you might not be able to boot at all.
https://community.frame.work/t/recommended-watts-for-amd-coo...
https://community.frame.work/t/resolved-mainboard-standalone...
https://community.frame.work/t/amd-board-solely-in-the-coole...
The Intel boards also recommended 100W if there's no battery; the AMD issue is that _even with_ a 100W supply, performance is capped, and with a smaller power supply you might not be able to boot at all.