Windows 10: How do I fix the awful battery life on my laptop

I bought my acer swift x back in January of 2022. I used it to game for a few months until I got a real gaming desktop, and I always used my acer plugged in. I stopped using it as frequently, but recently I started using it for school back in august of this year. When I first started using it I was getting only 5 hours of battery life which I thought was pretty bad, but manageable, however all the sudden, last week I started only getting literately 2 hours of battery life on a full charge. I have literately all of the power saver settings on, the only application I have running is google chrom

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How to fix awful battery life

My battery life on my surface pro 5 only lasts about 10-20 minutes fully charged, even with brightness to the lowest, battery saver on 24/7, and no background apps running. When I test the maximum capacity of my battery, it is different every time, usually from 10% of the battery's indented life to about 60% of it. It goes up and down and up and down. I don't know how the max capacity can just go up and down like that randomly so exponentially. How to fix?

 

How to fix awful battery life

Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

I understand the issue you have, nothing to worry I am here to help, this is actually an issue with the Battery driver or a hardware-related issue on Battery, and for us to fix the issue, kindly follow the steps below:

Method 1. Reinstall Battery Drivers:

-Press the Windows key + X

-Go to Device Manager

-Expand the Batteries

-Right-click then uninstall all drivers there

-Restart the PC and check it again

Method 2. Restore default power options

-Press Windows key + R then type:

powercfg -restoredefaultschemes

-Restart PC and check.

Method 3. Run power, Troubleshooter

- Press Windows key + R then type:

msdt.exe /id PowerDiagnostic

- Click OK then follow the prompts to run the power troubleshooter

-Restart the device after

Note: If the issue persists, I suggest contacting a local technician to physically check the device for any hardware-related issues.

Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

Bernard

 

Laptop battery issue

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