15z Ryzen 5 battery life not good. (Vega 8)

[pblackv12]

Basically my battery life on this new notebook stinks. I don't do any heavy lifting at all, it's mostly browsing and SOME lightweight gaming for maybe 15 mins here and there and the battery takes a dive. Even without the gaming it seems to require too much juice from the 15.6" screen and Vega 8 graphics... could this be typical?

For example, I've been browsing just not from a 100% battery to 91% in less than 20 mins.....  ???

Thanks for your comments.

[Raj1788]

@pblackv12

Welcome to the HP Support Community

To increase the battery life on your laptop try the steps recommended below.

Make sure no applications are running in the background.

You can check the applications running in the background by going to task manager on your PC.

 
Try updating BIOS on your PC and check if it helps.

Update the BIOS using this link: http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp87001-87500/sp87191.exe

Also, try calibrating the battery on your laptop and check if it helps.

Refer to this article to know more information about calibrating the battery. Link: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c04700771

Also, you can update other drivers on your PC using HP support assistant.

Refer to this link: https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c03467905 for using HP support assistant.

Refer to this link: https://support.hp.com/ph-en/document/c04700771 to know how to run a battery test and calibration on your laptop.

Battery cycle life is the total number of discharge-charge cycles (Figure 1) a battery yields before it can no longer hold a useful amount of charge. Estimating the cycle life of a rechargeable Li-Ion battery is difficult because cycle life is affected by the average operating temperature of the battery and its energy discharge rate.
Basically, higher temperatures and higher energy discharge rates decrease battery cycle life. The operating temperature of the battery depends on the air temperature as well as the heat generated by the notebook itself and by its immediate environment, such as a docking station. The energy discharge (drainage) rate depends on the type of applications running on the notebook and by its power management settings.
For example, running compute-intensive applications such as CAD, gaming, and DVD movies drains the battery faster and decreases its cycle life more than running word processing applications.

Keep me posted, how it goes!

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