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
    2019-09-10T05:09:55+00:00

    This thread is REALLY long. Has anyone tried anything that worked? If so, what were the steps? I would like to try a few potential fixes!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-10T05:02:42+00:00

    It seems I had Updates turned on again and my Surface updated Firmware (and Windows?). Got the same problem again now, too.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-09-09T16:36:09+00:00

    Hey Everyone,

    I posted a possible "fix" on the Surface sub reddit and a couple people have reached out to me and told me it has cured their battery issues...

    Didn't work for me.

    I followed these instructions to the letter, I left my Surface Pro 6 with a 100% charge last night and woke up this morning to 69% remaining...

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-09-07T13:16:12+00:00

    Yes, as I've said. Disabling updates can only be a temporary workaround until MS fixes this issue. :)

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