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01-02-2021 12:22 PM - edited 01-02-2021 12:26 PM
I've noticed a long while ago that the battery life when unplugged from the charger lasts LESS than 1 hour which is unbelievable! I thought this was normal, but I realized that it was way too low when I looked at other laptop that have batteries that can last over 6 hours, I don't know if this is normal on this model or the battery is defective and I need help to decide on that.
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1. I mainly watch YouTube videos when i plug the charger off
2. No, there is no background process that's using too much recourses , when i open up taskbar, the laptops idles at around 10% CPU usage, even while using Chrome
3. the worst part is, I use the lowest brightness setting all the time!
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01-25-2021 09:49 AM - edited 01-25-2021 09:50 AM
I think I know why my battery is draining so fast, I looked on HWiNFO64 and the battery wear is at 50% which probably tells why this happened , the battery could only hold 50% of what it used to when the laptop was new, looks like I need a battery!
01-03-2021 12:40 PM
Sounds like you are streaming videos while running on a battery. That is most likely the cause of the battery drain.
I have resource monitors running on my laptop and when I do streaming, the four cores of the processor are at nearly 100% each! What do you think that would do to a battery? Run it down quickly, of course.
If you're going to do streaming, you need to have the laptop connected to the wall mains.
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01-03-2021 10:49 PM - edited 01-03-2021 10:50 PM
Thanks for the help!
but I'm really disappointed in how hp neglects lower end laptops in terms of battery life
I've seen a lot of laptops on the internet that last well over 6 hours while streaming videos, like the xps 13,lg gram, even gaming laptops like the hp omen
I really hope hp fixes this issue and improves the batteries on laptops like mine since they are unbearable.
01-25-2021 09:49 AM - edited 01-25-2021 09:50 AM
I think I know why my battery is draining so fast, I looked on HWiNFO64 and the battery wear is at 50% which probably tells why this happened , the battery could only hold 50% of what it used to when the laptop was new, looks like I need a battery!
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