Acer Aspire E15 Battery Life Concern

Redicebergz

Hello! I recently purchased the Acer Aspire E15 E5-576G-5762 and I have enjoyed it quite a bit; really great for the price. The one problem I've encountered is that the battery life is nothing near what it claims. The website claims 14 hours and review testing claims about 10 hours with normal usage and video playback. I'm getting more around 4-6 hours just with like 8 chrome tabs browsing and like nothing else in the background. CPU is running between 35-45 degrees normally (via CoreTemp).

I made one upgrade to the machine when I got it, and that was adding another SSD in the 2.5 inch bay as well as added another stick of 8gb  ram. I tried removing both and returning it back to normal specs, with no noticeable improvement. Fans also spin pretty loudly with just simple video playback... so I have no idea what's going on. Could it be the OS? Is there a way to revert back to the complete original OS that is came with?

Thanks in advance!

Jack22

If battery life is the concern than you can try doing power drain and check

power drain: Just check the back of the unit, you can find a pin hole , unplug the charger and turn off the unit. now put a paper clip in the small pin 

hole and press and hold it for 30 sec.

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Redicebergz

Jack22 said:

If battery life is the concern than you can try doing power drain and check

power drain: Just check the back of the unit, you can find a pin hole , unplug the charger and turn off the unit. now put a paper clip in the small pin 

hole and press and hold it for 30 sec.

Hit 'Like' if you find the answer helpful!   

Click on 'Yes' if the comment answers your question!

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately that didn't seem to help much. Fans still run with simple video playback decently loud, and battery life still hovers around 6 hours. Is there any possibility that it's a software problem? I upgraded to Windows 10 Pro instead of Home edition with a separate ISO, might this be a cause? If so, is there a way to get the stock OS back completely?

Jack22

Hi Redicebergz
Try this and check and reply 

1.Shut down the Aspire.

Plug in the AC adapter.

Wait until the charging LED indicates that the battery is fully charged.

Start up the Apsire.Uplug the AC adapter.

Click the battery icon in the system tray (near the clock) and select "More Power Options."

Click the radio button next to "High Performance" if it's not already filled.

Click "Change When the Computer Sleeps" in the left pane.

Use the drop-down list boxes to select "Never" for each item in the "On Battery" column. Click "Save Changes."

Click Start and type "cmd" without quotation marks.

Right-click "cmd.exe" in the search results and select "Run as Administrator."

Enter the following line at the command prompt and press "Enter:"powercfg.exe /hibernate off.

Allow the Aspire's battery to completely drain.

Plug in the AC adapter and allow the battery to charge fully, completing the calibration.

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Redicebergz

Okay, I have completed doing that, doesn't seem to have changed anything.