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    Battery losing charge overnight

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by tron999, Nov 21, 2011.

  1. tron999

    tron999 Newbie

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    I noticed that my battery lost 7% of its charge overnight, while the laptop was turned off (not in sleep mode). I haven't done actual measurements from sleep mode, but it seemed to me it lost almost 30% overnight. It is also set to hibernate after 5 hours in sleep.

    Is this normal? My old laptop (xps m1710) never lost that much. I don't remember it losing this much charge when I first got the laptop (it's about 1.5 months old now)

    Yes, I did search, but could not find anything related to this topic.
     
    tron999, Nov 21, 2011
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  2. c69k

    c69k Notebook Deity

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    I have this also, charge drops 5-7 % over night. However, it does not bother me anymore as I took the battery out of the laptop couple of moths ago.
     
    c69k, Nov 21, 2011
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  3. niko2021

    niko2021 Notebook Evangelist

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    My battery drops like 10 percent when in sleep overnight, and I doubt it's because power is still being drawn while in sleep. I believe the excessive heat from the computer is killing the battery, so that it's holding less of a charge, which is something alienware either overlooked or just said screw it. Well that's my thoughts on it. A lot of people has suggested to take the battery out when you don't need it.
     
    niko2021, Nov 21, 2011
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    0204 Notebook Guru

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    i think when sleep definitely drains battery.. the more ram the more battery.. cause it needs to retain the memory state...
     
    0204, Nov 22, 2011
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  5. Fallout4

    Fallout4 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm in ur house...using ur Alienwares...
     
    Fallout4, Nov 22, 2011
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  6. manowarkings

    manowarkings Notebook Enthusiast

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    :D haha that's good !
     
    manowarkings, Nov 22, 2011
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    tmaxx123 Notebook Consultant

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    i turned off battery charging almost as soon as i got my m14x. My battery has been at the same charge for a few days now.....Doesn't go down, i think it went up one percent over a few days even though it says "not charging".

    i saved my battery as soon as i could :D
     
    tmaxx123, Nov 22, 2011
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    pspknightx Notebook Consultant

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    If turn off the laptop, the % didn't drop for mine.

    Not yet try the sleep mode
     
    pspknightx, Nov 22, 2011
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  9. yonireshef83

    yonireshef83 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi, 7% overnight seems a bit high. bullet number 9 in the page below explains it good:
    Battery Basics
    Try to use some of the free tools the internet has to offer to check for your battery's health.. a good tool is here:
    battery care
     
    yonireshef83, Nov 26, 2011
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