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‎12-17-2025 10:40 PM

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When my spectre laptop is running on battery, the system becomes extremely slow and almost unusable. Basic tasks lag significantly. However, when I connect the charger, the laptop immediately starts performing normally and works fast.

 

I also noticed that when I try to set the thermal profile to "Performance" (via HP Command Center or system settings), it displays a message stating “this mode is not supported when on battery, please plug in your ac adaptor”, and I am unable to increase performance while on battery.


Request your help with the following:

  1. Is this aggressive performance throttling on battery expected behavior, or is it a fault/misconfiguration?
  2. How can I increase or normalize performance while on battery?
  3. Are there any BIOS settings, firmware updates, power management settings, or HP utilities that need to be adjusted or updated?


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