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The new and upgraded Framework Laptop

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1680 points etbusch | 2 comments | 19 May 22 12:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source
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Oxodao ◴[19 May 22 12:58 UTC] No.31434021[source]▶
There are "battery life improvement" will those be available to 1st gen Frameworks motherboard or is it hardware related ?

And do anyone know if the bug in the HDMI card preventing it to go to sleep is still a thing / need a firmware update / is hopeless ?

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1. nrp ◴[19 May 22 13:03 UTC] No.31434080[source]▶
We have a firmware update in testing to improve shut down (S5) drain. For s0ix, we are investigating firmware paths to reduce power consumption. The card itself actually does go to into a low power state, but the USB4/TBT4 retimer stays in a higher power state. That is something we were able to fix in a combination of hardware and firmware on the new 12th Gen Intel Core systems for s0ix/Modern Standby. We're investigating paths to improve this that would work for 11th Gen as well, but nothing final yet.
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2. ZeroCool2u ◴[19 May 22 13:31 UTC] No.31434405[source]▶
Congrats on the launch! FW is on my shortlist for my next laptop.

Would you consider having someone on the team do a more in depth technical write-up of the work that went into the battery life optimization? I'd personally be very interested in reading that as a long time Linux laptop user.