Apparently the motherboards are designed to be functional when used standalone as a single board computer. More details here: https://frame.work/blog/the-upgra

Apparently the motherboards are designed to be functional when used standalone as a single board computer. More details here: https://frame.work/blog/the-upgradeable-mainboard https://frame.work/blog/the-upgradeable-mainboard Key quote: "One additional design consideration we emphasized is maximizing reusability. The mainboard is fully functional by itself outside of the system. This means that if you upgrade the mainboard in your Framework Laptop, you can take the replaced one and use it as a high performance single board computer. [...] We’ll offer the mainboard by itself in the Framework Marketplace [...]"