Hello,
This will be a shorter post covering how I dealt with the overheating Framework Laptop 13.
Essentially I had bought the laptop pre-owned, and thus it is difficult to get a complete picture of how worn the computer was at the time of the purchase.
However, you can run simple diagnostic tools for your CPU, memory, SSD and battery to get an estimate.
What I noticed, essentially from the beginning, was how was the PC would become even from a medium CPU load. Trying a lot of things from a software point of view I decided to look over the hardware.
After a fruitful dialogue with the Framework support I decided to give it a go and replace the thermal paste.
This is how I went about it:
1. Unscrew the bottom screws, they are captive so they remain in the bottom part.
2. Carefully lift up the keyboard cover from the lower right corner, don't pull too much or you will hurt the touchpad cable.
3. Gently lift the connector for the touchpad cable from the motherboard (there should be a tab, you pull straight up)
4. With the cover off, you unscrew the fan using the T5 screw still, also remove the connector for the fan. One screw I couldn't get fully loose but it worked like a captive one.
5. Unscrew the heatsink, carefully remove it together with the fan. The heatsink has captive screws.
6. You will notice a lot of thermal paste probably, in my case it has solidified to such a degree that alcohol didn't remove it, I had to carefully scrape with away with the spudger and the cotton swab, together with the alcohol.
7. When it was dried I applied generously with thermal paste. Screwed everything back, plugged back the touchpad cable, put the keyboard cover back and put the screws back in the bottom part of the PC.
The computer showed a lower temperature, but most importantly I could no longer feel the burning heat.