Battery draining on Framework 13" with AMD Ryzen 7 (784040) and Fedora

Framework Laptop 13 Linux
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Hey there!

I am running the 13” with AMD (AMD Ryzen 7 7840U) as a side computer. It is basically unusable like that:

  • After being powered off, after about a week, I would just get a black screen and I have to hold down the power button for several seconds to somehow reset or reboot and after about 1-2 minutes, it would boot normally.
  • Or, the battery is just empty. I powered it off with about 55%, and 10 days later, the battery is empty.
  • Suspend is even worse (obviously?), because it drains the battery even faster.

I am at a loss. I cannot bring this Laptop with me on trips, because I know I cannot just open it up and get work done. Every single time, I have to jump through hoops to get it powered on again.

Am I the only one? Is it a Linux issue? I was thinking of getting the 120Hz screen, but with these issues, I might just want to sell it :frowning:

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Linux doesn’t put all devices into the right state at S5 and hardware will consume more battery than it should at S5. I have a patch series that should improve this, but there is a lot of push back on it right now.

But to see if it would help you - could you try putting the machine into S4 instead? That will put all devices into the right state when turning off.

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Please elaborate? Or at least link the patch set so I can read what’s wrong.

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What’s behind the pushback?

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Risk of regression.

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