Windows 10: Critical Battery doesn't seem to work as configured and 20-30 minutes Battery Drain

I've been using my laptop for 4 years.

Strangely, my battery has been acting weird with its hibernation/sleep and it's really uncomfortable.

Last time whenever it hits 25%, my laptop hibernated itself sometimes with no warning. All I can do during this situation is to keep an eye on the battery and charge right before it hits the certain battery %.

Unfortunately though, my battery always lasts for 20-30 minutes whenever I unplugged after fully charged, which drains battery unknowingly a little fast. I don't know if it's the applications and files doing that, but it might be something else, I don't know.

These situations happened a few months ago, and the hibernation gets worse as it's now hitting at 40% before hibernating.

Another thing is that I can't seem to change the Critical Battery Level in Power Option, and I assume it's the main problem of this.


Is there any way to fix this?

:)

 

Failing battery or draining issues?


Bang! Problem solved! I also posted this in Neowin: Do I have a failing battery? Or is a program draining the heck out of it? - Surface Pro 3 - Hardware Hangout - Neowin Forums

I was suggested to reinstall the drivers. Device Manager didn't expressed any anomalies, but reinstalling the drivers yielded outstanding results. The device now lasted 4 hours and 23 minutes. The last hour and 23 minute was with the device playing music in Media Player Classic with the display always-on at 100% brightness and the volume 80%.

Thanks for everything *Biggrin *Biggrin *Biggrin

 

Re: battery power options not working as configured

Re: battery power options not working as configured

I have an HP Pavilion DV7 running Windows 10 w/latest build

Problem: Power settings are not working as I have configured them using win 10 Advanced power options "Battery"

Settings: Critical battery notification "on"
Low Battery Notification "on"

Critical battery action "shutdown" Low battery action "do nothing"

Critical Battery level "9%" Low battery level "20%

Reserve battery level "9%"

PROBLEM - The battery icon displays something other than what it is set in the power options i.e. 20% and then the Low Battery message appears and immediately goes into shutdown. This happens no matter what the battery icon displays (i.e. 26% 75%, 30%, etc)
I have performed the following ...

Windows 10 trouble shooter for battery, HP trouble shooter for battery, SFC trouble shooter report/fix, uninstall/reinstall battery drivers, (holding power button down for 30 seconds) installed a new battery with same results! After plugging in my laptop
and restarting, the icon then displays 9% which is the "Critical power % setting. So, is the battery display icon wrong? or is win 10 using the critical battery setting for low battery action instead of what the the low battery action is set to? The only power
setting that I use that is working is the Sleep action setting. Also, after shutdown occurs the battery charges to 100%. However, if charged before the shutdown occurs, it only charges to 99%.

After further testing I also noticed the following ...

After the shutdown occurs, and plugged back in to recharge, it gets to 100%. When I let it go down to the low battery level, the low battery message appears and it does NOT shutdown. However, after recharging it again, and running the battery back down to
the low battery level, it again, displays the message and automatically goes into shutdown. So, it appears that when you let the battery drain down to low battery level, whatever it is set to, it will recharge to 100%, but if you charge it before it drains
down to low battery level, it only charges to 99% and automatically goes into shutdown before you have a chance to plug it back in. This makes it very difficult to know when this will occur, so I have to keep it plugged in all the time.

Has anyone else reported this problem? If so, what’s the fix?

 

battery will be drained to zero in 30 minutes !!! each two or three days ?

hello guys,

my nokia lumia 920 start acting strange lately, every two or three days after full charging the battery will drained to zero in less than 30 minutes !!! but as i mentioned not all the time some time the battery will remain for two days after a full charge also
i noticed the area around the the camera lens will be warm at draining time any idea or help ?