Device USB2.0-CRW (Generic) consumes lots of energy

[frisbee]

After upgrading to Nadia, on my UX32VD the device "USB2.0-CRW (Generic)" consumes around 9 Watt according to powertop (more than half of the total energy consumption). This was not the case in Maya but I don't know what exactly has changed.

According to information on the web, this device is the card reader. I would be happy to disable it altogether but didn't managed to do this yet. Any hints?

According to lsusb it should be device 003 on bus 001.

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0139 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Card reader
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b330 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd

[bny§]

hi

I know this is old but did you find how to do that ?