Tuesday, February 14, 2006

XP + Pentium-M / Core-Duo + USB 2.0 = Short Battery Life

Anandtech have posted a really interesting article about the Windows XP USB 2.0 power bug. Check it out here.

Basically if you have a Core Duo or Pentium-M processor laptop with a USB 2.0 device connected and you're running Windows XP then the chip cannot enter it's low power states. That results in about a 15-30% reduction in battery life. Surely you can just disconnect the device? Not in all cases. Some of these laptops have built in USB 2.0 cameras. Oooops. There is a 'fix' out there but it's not official as yet. If you own a Pentium-M or Core-Duo laptop I advise you to check out the article for more information.

---update---

Microsoft have released a fix.

4 Comments:

At 12:30 pm, Blogger James said...

Don't you just love the way that most laptop manufacturers slap those stickers all over kit, what a great idea!

 
At 2:49 pm, Blogger Aline said...

What I love is the user who doesn't take the stupid stickers off!

 
At 5:48 pm, Blogger James said...

Sometimes you just can't they're THAT sticky!

 
At 10:47 am, Blogger Aline said...

Yeah that stink big time!

 

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