Microsoft Driver Bug Saps Core Duo Power

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited January 2006 in Science & Tech
According to tests by THG, connecting a USB 2.0 device to a Core-Duo notebook causes it to lose more than one hour of battery time.
Munich (Germany) and Westlake Village (CA) - Connect any USB 2.0 device to your notebook and lose more than one hour of battery time: Tom's Hardware Guide's tests of a Windows-based Intel Core Duo mobile processor platform revealed a serious power consumption issue that, according to Intel, is caused by a Microsoft driver bug - a bug that has been known by Microsoft for some time, but kept from the public eye until today.
Source: Toms Hardware Guide

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  • QCHQCH Ancient Guru Chicago Area - USA Icrontian
    edited January 2006
    A Microsoft BUG.... no way!!!! Sounds lke MS is working on a fix though... Good find Omega. :thumbsup:
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