My laptop's battery drains so fast

title said it all.
now, i only got around...1 hr with power saving mode (used to be atleast 2 hrs, and up to about 3 hrs)
is there anything i can do to get better battery life?

PS:
my laptop is an MSi GE60 2PE
battery: 4 cell. 4400 mAh

 

this post from a couple of years ago talks about a battery calibration utility by MSI:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...013-owners-lounge.722196/page-15#post-9260020
I didn't find the utility itself, maybe built-in to your OS.

hth, RA

EDIT: you need to choose your OS, but this is the utility DL page:
http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GE60-2PE-Apache-Pro.html#down-utility&Win8.1 64

 

Your battery is dying, that's the only reason.

Download "batteryinfoview" from Google search and check the wear level and capacity of it.

 

Or try BatteryBar.

See:
https://batterybarpro.com/basic.php

 

I use battery bar... I would recommend that too

 

I've tried this but... the calibration takes forever to finish. is this normal?

 

okay.... i've installed batterybar and it says
full runtime: 1:27
battery wear: 31.2 % of 48,840 mWh

what does this mean? :\
what should i do to replenish the lost 32%?

 

PS: i bought this notebook on november 2014. so... it is still kinda new

 

Calibration program takes a while since it will fully discharge/charge battery at least once, I would leave it running overnight. battery life should be about 300-500 full cycles (more if partially discharged/charged), so if you run constantly on battery in about 180 days, you could be past half lifetime, also battery could be defective so I would run calibration for sure no matter how long it takes and then see what to do next. Not sure how the warranty works for battery.

 

Don't use the MSI calibration utility. They drain the battery at such a high discharge rate it's not good for the battery. Just set up a new power profile, and set it up to shut down at 3% battery remaining, don't let it sleep, and let it idle overnight and shut down on its own. That will give it it's best calibration. If you use your laptop on battery a lot then you will definitely lose battery run time over time.

Also, when on battery where you get 1hr is it running high performance or balanced or power saver?

 

I would add that to do the full calibration you need to boot into the BIOS after Windows shuts down and then let the computer run until it turns off. Then plug in the PSU and let the battery charge to full. Complete discharge enables the chip in the battery to reset the empty point and needs to be done from time to time although fully draining the battery causes some wear, which is why Windows shuts down before this happens.

Also, if the computer is less than 6 months old and the battery is already over 30% wear then you should be able to get it replaced under warranty. Can I ask what the daily battery usage pattern is? does the computer spend a lot of its time plugged into an AC socket or are you using the battery once or more per day?

John

 

power saver, doing some normal office work. sometime tops to 1,5 hrs if im lucky

 

If you have 33% wear and the battery lasts only 90 minutes then at 0% wear, or 50% more capacity, you will only get 135 minutes of run time. I agree at 6 months, 30+% wear should be replaced by the factory. They will however, under support, have you calibrate to be sure it is a battery and not just a poor charge issue.