# Issues with power usage

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/issues-with-power-usage/12261>\
**Category:** Framework Laptop 13\
**Created:** [December 14, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/issues-with-power-usage/12261 "2021-12-14T16:27:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/issues-with-power-usage/12261/9 "2022-01-18T00:52:43Z")

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Solved.

Issue was that I was running `linux-zen`, strangely. With `linux-zen`, the CPU wouldn’t get past C3 and idle power usage was 7-13W. With regular `linux`, the CPU reaches C8 and idle power usage is ~5W. Strange that `linux-zen` did that, but ok ig

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