Windows 10: Battery drains after shutdown.

I have a brand new Asus E210ma with Windows 11 S. I have shut down completely, but the battery went from 65% down to 35% overnight. It has done that the few nights I've had it.Help! I love the size but this is driving me crazy. I am not using the standby and wish it had hibernate available. Gayle

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Battery drains during Sleep/Shutdown

Hi Rahul,

If you are experiencing battery drains during Sleep or Shutdown, we need to check your battery settings and perform a battery saving. There are two related categories that we need to visit. These are the Power & sleep. Follow the steps below:

• Open the Action Center and click System.
• Select Power & sleep.
• Choose your desired time for Screen and Sleep.
• Under Related settings, click Additional power settings.
• We will be prompted to Power Options' control panel.
• Select Change when the computer sleeps.
• We need to customize our power plan, choose between Balanced (recommended) or
  Power Saver.

Let's proceed with battery saving, battery saver feature is the same kind of tools that can be found in mobile phones and tablets. It is off by default and won't turn on if your device is charging. These are the steps:

• Go to the Action Center and choose System.
• Click Battery saver.
• Select Battery saver settings. (Note: Battery saver is set to turn on at 20%, but you can set that higher or lower.)
  
• Adjust the Battery saver to your desired percentage.

Using these two processes will definitely improve your battery's life.

Let us know if you have other concerns.

 

My laptop battery drains when completely shutdown

Messerschmitt & W10 tweaker,

I have seen in several threads about your unusual battery drain the suggestion of reinstalling the battery driver. I have never had to do this myself.
- I do urge you first to disconnect the battery from the computer to get a final confirmation that the drain is only whilst connected.
- Then use the procedure suggested by nopivnick & Razor Support in delete battery drivers - MSAForum [it's the second post in the set and is dated 15th July 2017].You will notice that nopivnick had other problems, such as varying reports of Design capacity, but nothing else posted detracted from that battery driver replacement procedure.
I think I have seen similar recommendations in TenForums but I didn't keep any links to those threads.

Best of luck,
Denis

 

My laptop battery drains when completely shutdown

Thanks Denis, that thread was an interesting read and I had been pondering the corrupted driver idea already.

I find it most interesting that SOC behavior appears to vary considerably between a normal GUI initiated shutdown and a Command line shutdown. It makes me wonder if the GUI initiated shutdown is a true shutdown or not.

The fact that the SOC doesn't change much with the Command line shutdown is encouraging and that my battery may not be pooched. I'll try a few more tests and report.

Then again, if the battery driver has become corrupted, all these apparent behaviors could be suspect and/or erroneous.

I believe this is directed at the OP and can't comment other than to say, I believe his/her MSI laptop is the same as mine as far as having an internal battery. Yes, the best test is charge, remove & shelf it and test 24, 36 or 72 hours later to see if the battery holds charge.

I know I have many tests I can use before I pop this laptop open to disconnect the battery. *Smile

Thanks Roland, I'm hoping the AZ grief is somewhat finished other than my GF having to be on blood thinners for the immediate foreseeable future. Hopefully, the migraines will subside in time.


The OP's battery may well be toasted and possibly also my battery. Given that there's a huge difference of change in the SOC between the Windows GUI initiated shutdown and a Command line shutdown, I'm looking for another solution besides replacement.

I thought if the OP tries the test I suggested, it may very well confirm the battery is requiring replacement or that the battery issue is similar to my laptop's problem.