here's the evidence I switched wifi off and unloaded it's module iwlwifi and now ethernet shows high Wats I switched internal display totally and dispaly backlight still shows high Wats ower est. Usage Events/s Category Description 15.9 W 0,0% Device Display backlight 11.0 W 15,9 pkts/s Device Network interface: enp0s20f0u2u1i5 (cdc_ncm) 833 mW 6,6 ms/s 694,0 Timer tick_sched_timer 385 mW 30,4 ms/s 320,8 Process [PID 1937] /usr/bin/Xorg.bin -nolisten tcp -auth /run/sddm/{92cb42bd-59ed-4f40-8df3-0c837fb32379} -background none -noreset -di 170 mW 23,4 ms/s 141,3 Process [PID 2145] /usr/bin/kwin_x11 151 mW 52,4 ms/s 126,1 Process [PID 2641] /usr/bin/konsole