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===Laptop 16 Overheating:===

Early models have liquid metal as the thermal interface between the CPU and its heat sink, which is known to degrade, leading to worse and uneven heat transfer<ref>{{Cite web |last=@zachary_stout |date=2024-08-04 |title=Uneven CPU thermals! |url=https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=Framework Community |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251008161122/https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |archive-date=8 Oct 2025}}</ref>. ~~Later models replaced it with~~ PTM7958 phase change ~~materials~~, ~~early users can~~ request ~~PTM7958 for free~~, ~~however~~ removing the liquid metal can be challenging.{{~~Citation needed~~}}

Early models have liquid metal as the thermal interface between the CPU and its heat sink, which is known to degrade, leading to worse and uneven heat transfer<ref>{{Cite web |last=@zachary_stout |date=2024-08-04 |title=Uneven CPU thermals! |url=https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=Framework Community |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251008161122/https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |archive-date=8 Oct 2025}}</ref>.

Framework eventually changed to using Honeywell's PTM7958 phase change material, and the company provided a form for Laptop 16 owners at the time of the production change to request a phase change pad to replace their laptop's liquid metal.

<ref>

{{Cite web

| title=Our first new Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay module!

| url=https://community.frame.work/t/our-first-new-framework-laptop-16-expansion-bay-module/61888

| website=Framework Community

| date=2024-12-16

| access-date=2026-03-09

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250818092408/https://community.frame.work/t/our-first-new-framework-laptop-16-expansion-bay-module/61888

| archive-date=2025-08-18

}}

</ref>

However, removing the liquid metal can be challenging - Framework's provided guide to replace the liquid metal with the PTM7958 pad rates the operation as "difficult", with 40 steps and an estimated time between 30 minutes and an hour.

<ref>

{{Cite web

| url=https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Liquid+Metal+-%3E+PTM+7958/402

| title=Liquid Metal -> PTM 7958

| website=Framework Guides

| date=2025-04-07

| access-date=2026-03-09

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260303171447/https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Liquid+Metal+-%3E+PTM+7958/402

| archive-date=2026-03-03

}}

</ref>

One owner described the process as "quite a chore", though they only ended up taking "20-30 minutes to finish".

<ref>{{Cite web

| title=Framework Laptop 16: Replacing Liquid Metal with PTM

| url=https://linhpham.org/blog/2025/framework-laptop-16-replacing-liquid-metal-ptm/

| author=Linh Pham

| date=2025-09-09

| access-date=2026-03-09

| website=linhpham.org

| url-status=live

}}</ref>

==Positivities ==

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 ===Laptop 16 Overheating:===
-Early models have liquid metal as the thermal interface between the CPU and its heat sink, which is known to degrade, leading to worse and uneven heat transfer<ref>{{Cite web |last=@zachary_stout |date=2024-08-04 |title=Uneven CPU thermals! |url=https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=Framework Community |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251008161122/https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |archive-date=8 Oct 2025}}</ref>. Later models replaced it with PTM7958 phase change materials, early users can request PTM7958 for free, however removing the liquid metal can be challenging.{{Citation needed}}
+Early models have liquid metal as the thermal interface between the CPU and its heat sink, which is known to degrade, leading to worse and uneven heat transfer<ref>{{Cite web |last=@zachary_stout |date=2024-08-04 |title=Uneven CPU thermals! |url=https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-01-14 |website=Framework Community |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251008161122/https://community.frame.work/t/uneven-cpu-thermals/55614/1 |archive-date=8 Oct 2025}}</ref>.
+Framework eventually changed to using Honeywell's PTM7958 phase change material, and the company provided a form for Laptop 16 owners at the time of the production change to request a phase change pad to replace their laptop's liquid metal.
+<ref>
+{{Cite web
+| title=Our first new Framework Laptop 16 Expansion Bay module!
+| url=https://community.frame.work/t/our-first-new-framework-laptop-16-expansion-bay-module/61888
+| website=Framework Community
+| date=2024-12-16
+| access-date=2026-03-09
+| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250818092408/https://community.frame.work/t/our-first-new-framework-laptop-16-expansion-bay-module/61888
+| archive-date=2025-08-18
+}}
+</ref>
+However, removing the liquid metal can be challenging - Framework's provided guide to replace the liquid metal with the PTM7958 pad rates the operation as "difficult", with 40 steps and an estimated time between 30 minutes and an hour.
+<ref>
+{{Cite web
+| url=https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Liquid+Metal+-%3E+PTM+7958/402
+| title=Liquid Metal -> PTM 7958
+| website=Framework Guides
+| date=2025-04-07
+| access-date=2026-03-09
+| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260303171447/https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Liquid+Metal+-%3E+PTM+7958/402
+| archive-date=2026-03-03
+}}
+</ref>
+One owner described the process as "quite a chore", though they only ended up taking "20-30 minutes to finish".
+<ref>{{Cite web
+| title=Framework Laptop 16: Replacing Liquid Metal with PTM
+| url=https://linhpham.org/blog/2025/framework-laptop-16-replacing-liquid-metal-ptm/
+| author=Linh Pham
+| date=2025-09-09
+| access-date=2026-03-09
+| website=linhpham.org
+| url-status=live
+}}</ref>
 ==Positivities ==