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I love the form factor, but the battery is my second biggest gripe with my Framework (after fractional scaling still not supported by many apps). Even after tweaking settings ad nauseam, I cannot get the suspend battery life to last more than 12-16 hours.

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https://community.frame.work/t/test-results-for-standby-batt... seems like those expansion cards are the main suspend battery draw. Too bad, they look very handy.

If that's for an 11th gen model, that's taking into account the problems with HDMI/displayport extensions, and either not using them, or using the beta firmware update?

The limited suspended battery life is admittedly rather annoying for me as well, but it doesn't seem as bad as it is in your case.

The killer for me is USB-A. Each draws about half a watt while the laptop is suspended, more than it usually draws when the laptop is turned on! With a 55 Wh battery, that really eats into your standby time (although I still usually get multiple days).

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