Windows 10: windows battery drain in sleep mode with connected standby disabled

yeah the title says it all

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High battery drain during Modern Standby sleep, no obvious culprit

I take a different approach from Denis. Rather than trying to disable Modern Standby I adapted it to suit my needs.

I have two 'almost new' laptops. One supports Modern Standby, the other (cheaper) one doesn't.

While I cannot remove Modern Standby, I could tame it. To save on battery power I like all my laptops to sleep (or standby) on closing the lid, then hibernate after 20 minutes if I don't return to them.

My first step was to reduce power drain in modern Standby by disabling network connectivity in Modern Standby.

Enable or Disable Network Connectivity in Modern Standby in Windows 10

Next I set Hibernate after in Power Options. This setting is missing by default on a Modern Standby install of Windows 10/11, so first add it back.

Add or Remove Hibernate after from Power Options in Windows

Then I could make my Modern Standby laptop behave like all my other machines.

 

the battery is getting drained

I don't know.

If you checked it really was sleeping when you thought it was then I'd suggest running a battery report to see how degraded the battery is.
Run and interpret a battery report - my post #2 - TenForums


Best of luck,
Denis

 

Battery drains while on sleep mode.


even mine has a slow battery drain, using Win 8.1. Even when powered off, not in sleep or hibernate, but off. It still uses the battery to keep the clock going.
Turn off fast start, as suggested, hibernate over sleep as it uses less power, and if you aren't going to use it for several hours, shut it off.