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Oh there we go, modular GPU add in boards. Heyoooo! And they support other stuff! I wish the framework site was up, as I want to see what this specification l
by brucethemoose2 4y ago
Oh there we go, modular GPU add in boards. Heyoooo!
And they support other stuff!
I wish the framework site was up, as I want to see what this specification looks like. If you look inside an Asus Zephyrus or whatever, the cooling setup needed to support such a thing in a thin laptop is mad. The 13", for instance, has a pancake sized 2D headspreader + liquid metal TIM, which very much goes against repairability. The 16" is a wall of heatpipes. I wonder how framework is addressing this.
EDIT: specification is here, but down at this moment: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionBay https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/ExpansionBay
- Tade0 4y agoI repasted and changed the fans in my Zephyrus (turns out mattress pumps and fans don't mix) and fortunately the whole heatsink assembly comes off in more or less one go. It is bulky though. Moreover, this bulk is not enough to keep the keyboard from getting really hot under load.
- brucethemoose2 4y agoThe newer ones are much trickier because of the liquid metal TIM. You want to avoid lifting it off the CPU/GPU if you can.
- nrp 4y agoThe Expansion Bay interface repository is now up (as well as the Framework website).