So a while ago, I made a post asking if the BE200 would work with the Intel laptops and I got mixed answers so I decided to ask the support team themselves. After consulting with framework support, this is what they said:

“We understand that you want to know if the Intel BE200 will be compatible with the Framework Laptops.

For now, we have yet to test this and can’t guarantee its compatibility on our Framework Laptops. While we cannot promise or speculate on the possibility of including these in future iterations of our product, we appreciate your suggestion and will pass these along to the appropriate department.”

They did not actually take that long to reply, I’ve just been really busy lately.

  • chic_luke@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I just cannot find enough specs online. It seems to be supported on the standard m.2 form factor (encouraging, as you can get an Intel AX210 on an old T480 as of today, so these things generally have had a degree of retro-compatibility) but I can’t seem to find info on whether it is a stand-alone interface, or CNVi. In the former case - I think it is very very very likely to work, even on AMD variants. On the latter - requires 12th gen or higher, but it should work, assuming the CNVi interface hasn’t really changed in the 13th gen (which has so far been 12th gen but more efficient and no real changes)

    There should be no harm in trying out. In the worst case, I’d try to Google to see if there is any known way to reset the CNVi firmware state on Insyde BIOS if you want to be super careful but I doubt it would cause permanent damage. On AMD there is really nothing bad it can do - there is no CNVi firmware to touch so the worst thing that can happen is it does not detected as a WiFi adapter and that’s the end of it.

    No way around trying. Someone has to do it first.

    • GreyXor@alien.topBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I have AMD 13 and a BE200, what can I do for testing it/break it/ make it work ?

      • chic_luke@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Have you already tried installing it? All we need is literally someone to install the BE200 instead of the RZ616, try to boot the laptop with it, and see what happens

        If you are using the BE200 right now and it works and it gets detected then it’s golden, and we know the BE200 works on AMD boards!