Battery drain overnight while shutdown

Anonymous
2019-08-17T15:39:13+00:00

Lately, after I shutdown (full shutdown, not sleep or hibernate) my fully charged Surface Laptop 2 at night, I turn it on in the morning and find that the battery has lost around 25% power overnight! What's going on and how can I fix this? 

The laptop is only about 6 months old and the battery seems to be in good health. 

I've reported this on the MS Feedback Hub. Please upvote it so that it gains attention: https://aka.ms/AA5w24b

Also be sure to report there as well if you are experiencing this issue.

Surface | Surface Laptop | Power and battery

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Barb Bowman 80,805 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2019-10-11T17:10:26+00:00

Please see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4469839/surface-laptop-2-update-history

This should be available on Windows Update:

October 10 release

The following updates are available for all Surface Laptop 2 devices running Windows 10 April 2018 Update, version 1803 or greater:

Windows Update History Name Device Manager Name
Surface – Firmware – 145.501.139.0 Surface System Aggregator– Firmware<br><br><ul><br><li><span>145.501.139.0 helps improve battery life.</span></li></ul>

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-02T14:58:25+00:00

    I know. I believe you. But I'll believe MS only when a definite fix is available.  ;)

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-02T14:50:52+00:00

    As I said, MS directly acknowledge the issue and will release soon an update. 

    I saw also that end of last week some article on this issue appeared on the web, so there is already the web tam tam.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-09-02T14:49:01+00:00

    I am also noticing that my Surface battery icon is not showing a charge connector plugged in and not showing the device being charged, instead it acts as if I am using battery only. I guess back to the same problem again.....

    About this, I had the exact same issue. I guess also that after you unplug from charger, you do not see the % getting down, but you have to change the power settings to have it updated?

    But after this morning fresh installation (actually fresh from 1809 then upgraded to 1903), at least that issue has gone.

    See instantly if a charger is plugged and the battery is nicely loosing % as intended.

    I suggest you to do a clean install.

    Also, OT, this fresh installation fixed some Wifi issues I had too

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-09-02T14:46:54+00:00

    But the thing is, do we even know the cause of the issues? Who's to say what change could actually help inadvertently. (shrug).

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