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02-06-2017 06:01 AM
I've applied all of the updates from HP including the Sphinx update and all appropriate Microsoft updates to the OS. I'm finding an unacceptable amount of battery drain again. The last week has seen a new wrinkle, the photo ID feature is choking after a nap and I need to reboot or log in with my password. Just one more disappointment.
02-06-2017 04:40 PM
@ssdboy wrote:hp released new spectre 13 laptops with 4k display and windows ink support models are ac013dx ac023dx ac033dx, i think they might have fixed the issue in these laptops.
You "think" this has been fixed? Speculation isn't all that useful. Do you have any hard evidence? Given that HP hasn't fixed it in the late 2016 x360, nor in the previous version x360, what reason is there to believe they suddently figured out the problem when all that has changed is a different screen resolution?
Facts matter, in politics as well as tech forums. Write again when you've got solid evidence.
02-07-2017 01:08 AM
> Given that HP hasn't fixed it in the late 2016 x360
Call it a fix or call it a workaround, whatever you call it the Sphinx fix definitely solved the power drain issue in my late 2016 x360 and a number of other people have reported the same results.
I too wish there was a better understanding of the issue so that HP could roll out a BIOS fix that takes care of everybody but I guess we're just not there yet.
02-07-2017 01:55 AM - edited 02-07-2017 01:56 AM
@Demogo wrote:... HP could roll out a BIOS fix that takes care of everybody but I guess we're just not there yet.
So if we're not there yet, you consider that a fix? Watchdog507 says he's applied all updates including the Sphinx fix and his is draining battery "again" (his word). You call that fixed?
I heard the Ford Focus has a problem where owners can't turn the engine off, resulting in gasoline usage when the car isn't being used, and the car runs itself completely out of gas after not being driven for a week. Not to worry, though. Ford has a fix, but it only works on half the vehicles. The "fix" has no effect on the other half. Your car works, but you know of many that do not after the "fix" is applied. Would you call that fixed? Would you buy a second one for your spouse? Would you recommend a Focus to your friend?
Or perhaps you are just incredibly selfish and uncaring. Hey, yours seems to work, at least for the moment. Who cares about everyone else's car? Or expensive computer?
