For the speakers, you should use the stock ones as they get a lot louder and sound better when paired with the AMD board. As for the wifi card, either will work. Personally, I decided to use the Mediatek one as per Support’s recommendation and I’ve found that the range and speeds are a lot better than the AX210. But you’ll find people who say different things about both.

There is minimal difference across brands for RAM power consumptions as they follow JEDEC standards. Increasing RAM capacity very slightly increases power consumption but it’s not noticeable. The best option is just to get the cheapest 5600 mhz kit (unless you want to game as well in that case you might want to look for a CL40 kit).

As with any shipping company, a small number of packages can get lost or damaged in shipping. You won’t really hear people post about positive experiences but you’ll definitely hear people about bad experiences. Realistically, if any shipping company lost or damaged a significant number of their packages, they wouldn’t be in business. I’ve had several deliveries through Fedex and not even one has been lost or damaged.

Only once the tech matures. Requiring 1 watt of power for every 4 watts of cooling is not efficient and would have an impact on battery life.

You should be able to transfer your license with no issue assuming you bought it from a legitimate source.

Do a fresh install through a USB stick. Make sure that you set the correct boot order in the BIOS

Have you tried enabling/disabling hardware acceleration to see if that fixes the issue? Also, check for updates in your browsers.

Have you tried installing the GPU drivers from AMD directly?

If you have an AMD Framework, the reason why it won’t connect to wifi is because there are no wifi drivers installed. To bypass this, press shift + F10 or function + shift + F10 which should open up a command prompt. Then type in this command oobe\BypassNRO and press enter. The laptop will restart and when you get to the network page, it should allow you to bypass it. When you finish setting up Windows, run the Framework driver bundle then you’ll have wifi.

Are you still within the warranty period? If you are, open a ticket with support. If you aren’t, you can try supergluing it back on.

If you use the Intel iGPU driver installer, the audio drivers should be bundled in there.

Ubuntu and Fedora are the 2 supported distros which the team constantly tests so either one would be the best.

In my opinion, that’s not a fair comparison. It sucks that your laptop got damaged in shipping but it can happen with any product. The important thing is that Framework will be issuing a replacement for you. Unless they specially said it would take a month, please be patient and allow the process to occur. Also, if you were in batch 10, there’s no guarantee that you would have received your laptop before the holidays.

Framework uses Fedex for delivery. Shipping can take up to 7 days however, some people have gotten theirs in 3-4 business days in other nearby European countries.

Yes, all Framework 13 mainboards can be used in the cooler master case.

Do not get the heatsink version. It won’t fit in the Framework laptop and there’s a risk of damaging the drive should you try to remove the heatsink.

Since you are in the EU, you should have 2 years warranty so write to Support and they may replace it under warranty. Even if they don’t, you only need to buy a replacement trackpad and not the whole input cover which should be cheaper. If you want to try to fix it, you can try realigning the trackpad. If you do attempt this, be sure not to overtighten the screws as you can easily strip them and make sure to apply enough downwards pressure.

I’ve been able to connect to 6 ghz wifi. Using Windows 11 pro on the 3.03 bios.

Framework laptops can draw up to 100 w but the laptop will only charge at a maximum of 60 w. The extra 40 w is additional headroom for the processor and will allow you to achieve its max performance.