I’m configuring a Framework 13, and while selecting the ports, I came across a question that I couldn’t determine from the pictures, product pages, or configurator:

Is there a dedicated USB-C port for docking and charging? That is, to say, if I don’t choose USB-C for at least one of the expansion ports, will I still be able to plug it in to a USB-C dock? If not, how will I charge the laptop? Is there a dedicated charging port?

  • renegadesporkOPAEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    Thank you! That’s what I suspected from the pictures, but I was able to select 0 USB-C ports with no warning, so I was confused.

    • ferret@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      4 days ago

      If you were particularly insane, you could choose to simply remove one of the modules and raw-dog the mb usb-c when you wished to charge. You can’t “lose” your ability to charge the device.

    • florian@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 days ago

      Well, there is.

      From the Expansion card selection step:

      We suggest ordering 4 or more Expansion Cards, and that at least one is a USB-C Expansion Card for charging the laptop.