I’m curious about the modifications Framework made to the Gen 13 mainboard to reduce battery drain when using expansion cards. I’m comfortable running bodge wires on my mainboards if it enhances battery life. I have extensive soldering experience and can even manually reball RAM chips on a small scale. I’ve done so for some MacBook Airs in the past. Any hints or insights would be greatly appreciated! If Framework were to disclose this information, I’d be eager to test it out!
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Alright, I seem to have misunderstood. I was expecting changes to the mainboard itself, not the expansion cards, particularly given the high power drain through USB-A. I’ve already made these modifications to not just my HDMI card; it’s not overly complicated. Still, thank you for the hint. If there are any improvements that can be made directly to the board, I’d be interested to know.
According to the article, the battery gains came in 3 categories:
The first was moving to a higher capacity 61Wh battery in the i7 configurations. The second was taking advantage of the efficiency improvements that Intel has delivered with 13th Gen. The final way was through firmware and electrical changes [to the expansion cards].
None of the improvements are stated as coming from hardware changes to the mainboard design.