• The Hobbyist
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    651 year ago

    The battery life in arstechnica’s review stands out as different and lower compared to 2 other reviews (pcgamer and techradar):

    https://lemmy.zip/comment/3284894

    It might be due to the use of the USB-A ports on the backside of the laptop which are known to have some abnormal power draw, which framework is currently addressing.

    • @ThetaDev@lemm.ee
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      71 year ago

      Do they now have additional USB ports on the back side? Or do you refer to having USB modules plugged in?

      • @Abbrahan@lemmy.world
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        101 year ago

        They were talking about the usb modules. The back two on either side (the ones closest to the screen) have an issues where the USB 4 Type C to USB A adapter is not fully going to sleep when nothing is plugged in. So ArsTechnica’s reviewer most likely had one of the USB A modules plugged into those two USB 4 ports which causes their apparent poor battery life.

        • The Hobbyist
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          1 year ago

          Indeed. On both the picture at the top of the article and at the bottom, do we see them having the USB-A expansion card in the slot closest to the screen. If that’s how it was configured for the battery test, it would show battery life in a non-optimal configuration.

          Edit: this is only an issue on the AMD board.

          • @Abbrahan@lemmy.world
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            41 year ago

            I believe Framework said they are looking into fixes for this issue, either with firmware patches or if neccesary a hardware revision of the USB A module. Current workaround is just to not put USB A into those two back slots.