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Review: Framework Laptop finally gets an AMD Ryzen config—and it’s pretty good (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago

30% better than any Intel gen, wow.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So.. a fixable issue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 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.