Acer Swift 3X battery draining too quickly

user3102
user3102 Member Posts: 2 New User
edited November 2023 in 2020 Archives
Hello

I bought an Acer Swift 3X about a week ago, and have been facing problems with its battery.

Even on 95% charge, it shows a battery life of about 3hrs.
I've not been using anything other than Chrome browser and a music player.

Right now at 81%,it shows a battery life of 2hrs 50mins,and all I'm using is google chrome.

Can anybody guide me on how to resolve this issue?

Thank you

Answers

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 34,246 Trailblazer
    What is running in the background? Often the antivirus app sucks up power when scanning, and if it's been off overnight it will scan while you are using the laptop. It can also be Windows just needing to recalibrate the battery, that's handled by doing a full discharge (until Windows shuts you off due to the low battery) then charging full while the computer is off, then repeating until the numbers look good enough. Windows will often be off on it's duration calcs when it hasn't seen enough full power cycles.
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