FG
💻 Software

Which consumes more power: hard drive or SD card/card reader?

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202612396 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

If I want to maximize the battery life on my laptop, where should I store my programs: my magnetic hard drive or my 16GB SD card? If you say hard drive, does a card reader draw significantly more power when a card is inserted (but not accessing it) vs. left empty? If you say sd card, are there sign…

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: Which consumes more power: hard drive or SD card/card reader?

Low Risk

Wikipedia's article about Secure Digital (SD) says this : The power consumption of microSD cards varies by manufacturer, but appears to be in the range of 66-330 mW (20-100 mA at a supply voltage of 3.3 V). Specifications from TwinMos technologies l…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment