Battery drain while in sleep mode (Windows 10)

Anonymous
2016-01-19T04:18:18+00:00

Hello

I have an Asus GL551. It original had Windows 8.1 on it but I upgraded to Windows 10 a few months ago. Ever since it has been running Windows 10 the battery will drain completely within 10-12 hours while in sleep mode. When it had Windows 8.1 this was not an issue. There would still be plenty of battery power even after a few days of not being used and in sleep mode. 

I suspect that is is coming out of sleep mode periodically and draining the battery. Just the other day I had been watching a YouTube video. When It finished I closed the lid of the laptop putting it to sleep. About two hours later, with the lid closed the laptop started playing the Youtube video all by itself. I had not touched the computer and the lid was still closed.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Kevin

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Sleep and Power on, off

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-12T16:54:01+00:00

    Hi,

    You can follow the steps below on how to save more energy during sleep mode:

    1. Type Power Options in the search bar.

    2.  You click Change plan settings depending in your Preferred plans.

    3.  Click Changed advanced power settings.

    4.  Click Sleep.

    1. Choose the Power saver on the drop down menu.

    Let us know if you need further assistance.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-11-26T20:39:01+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for sharing your concern on Microsoft community.

    We appreciate you for trying the troubleshooting steps.

    As the issue still persists, I suggest you to try creating a new power plan and check if it helps

    Refer to the below link:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/power-plans-faq#1TC=windows-8

    Note: Applies to Windows 10 as well.

    Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.        

    I have same problem with my brand new Lenovo laptop. The link above has nothing to do withbattery.   This is what I did;

    I changed "Power button" function to put the computer to Hibernate mode and "Closing the lid" to put the computer in Sleep Mode.

    This way, when I leave the laptop overnight and I don't want to shut it off, the power button saves me a lot of time as well as battery.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-05-13T10:37:15+00:00

    Hi Kim,

    Thank you for sharing the update. I appreciate your time and effort you put in to fix the issue. If some drivers are not compatible, I suggest you to install the drivers in compatible mode and check. Follow the steps to install the drivers in compatibility mode.

    • Download the drivers from the manufacturer’s website.
    • Right-click on the installer and click on "Properties".
    • Click on the ‘compatibility’ tab and check the box "Run this program in compatibility mode for” and select previous Operating System from the drop down.
    • Click on ‘Apply’ and click ‘OK’ and run the file to install it.

    Hope it helps.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-05-05T22:08:32+00:00

    For me it was the drivers, I just did a clean install. Some drivers aren't compatible.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-01-21T08:51:33+00:00

    Hi,

    Thanks for sharing your concern on Microsoft community.

    We appreciate you for trying the troubleshooting steps.

    As the issue still persists, I suggest you to try creating a new power plan and check if it helps

    Refer to the below link:

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/power-plans-faq#1TC=windows-8

    Note: Applies to Windows 10 as well.

    Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

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