The service relies on Node.js and can fail if specific network ports (like 1042) are already reserved by Windows or another application.
In some cases—especially on ASUS ROG laptops with dual GPUs—the message appears for at startup and never returns. This is actually normal behavior : The Framework Service is briefly claiming exclusive access to read the GPU power rail or EC thermal data. The service relies on Node
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This drains residual charge and resets the EC, often clearing the "busy" state. The service relies on Node
The service relies on Node.js and can fail if specific network ports (like 1042) are already reserved by Windows or another application.
In some cases—especially on ASUS ROG laptops with dual GPUs—the message appears for at startup and never returns. This is actually normal behavior : The Framework Service is briefly claiming exclusive access to read the GPU power rail or EC thermal data.
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This drains residual charge and resets the EC, often clearing the "busy" state.