Charging and Power Light Blinking Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53

Akshat108

Hi 
I am using Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53 (i7-10870H + RTX 3060), last night I was gaming and suddenly experienced extreme fps drop (below 10) and saw that both charging and power light were blinking and the device was not charging. When I unplugged it and plugged in again it was working fine. What is the reason behind this is it overheating or something else ? 
Thanks !  
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JackE

>>> I always charge my battery above 50% (around 60 to 80%) >>>

No, Battery doesn't fully recover until 100% charged. Why do you do this? At 60%, battery will drop very quickly to below 50%  and then CPU/GPU throttling will start. Throttling won't stop until you stop playing to reduce power demand. Then let the battery charge back to 100%. Not 60%. Not  80%. But 100%. Then you can resume playing until it starts throttlling again.

JackE

While gaming under heavy loads, both the charger and the battery must supply power to meet the CPU/GPU power demands. At those times, the battery is actually draining even though plugged. When battery discharges below about the 50% charge level, charging the battery takes precedence over CPU/GPU power demands and throttling starts to happen until battery is back to almost 100% charge. This is normal.

So, for maximum gaming time, you should start out with a 100% charged battery and plugged in BEFORE starting having gaming load. Once throttling behavior starts below the 50% charge level, it's time to stop gaming and allow the battery to charge back up to 100%.

Akshat108

I always charge my battery above 50% (around 60 to 80%) first, then open any game. I thought this happens on turbo mode but even after turning off the turbo mode this happens after some time, I checked the temps on the predator sense app it was around 75-80 deg which is normal while gaming. Here i am attaching a gif

Commodore_1995#

Colleague jacke is correct. However, I think this problem would be solved, if you buy a power adapter with more amperage and more power, as long as the voltage is the same as the original adapter. That way, I believe that an adapter with more power and amperage would be able to supply the demand for more energy!

Akshat108

egydiocoelho said:

Colleague jacke is correct. However, I think this problem would be solved, if you buy a power adapter with more amperage and more power, as long as the voltage is the same as the original adapter. That way, I believe that an adapter with more power and amperage would be able to supply the demand for more energy!

Thanks for replying ! 
But I am using the standard 230w charger which comes with this laptop. I've played other graphic intensive games before and this didn't happen.
I searched more on this and found a post on nitro community, they say that "charger is unable to provide enough power to the laptop".
I'm not sure if this is the main reason.

JackE

>>> I always charge my battery above 50% (around 60 to 80%) >>>

No, Battery doesn't fully recover until 100% charged. Why do you do this? At 60%, battery will drop very quickly to below 50%  and then CPU/GPU throttling will start. Throttling won't stop until you stop playing to reduce power demand. Then let the battery charge back to 100%. Not 60%. Not  80%. But 100%. Then you can resume playing until it starts throttlling again.

Akshat108

JackE said:

>>> I always charge my battery above 50% (around 60 to 80%) >>>

No, Battery doesn't fully recover until 100% charged. Why do you do this? At 60%, battery will drop very quickly to below 50%  and then CPU/GPU throttling will start. Throttling won't stop until you stop playing to reduce power demand. Then let the battery charge back to 100%. Not 60%. Not  80%. But 100%. Then you can resume playing until it starts throttlling again.

Thanks ! 
I'll try doing this.

JackE

OK. Please report back on results. Thanks.

Nikhilnick

Akshat108 said:

Hi 
I am using Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53 (i7-10870H + RTX 3060), last night I was gaming and suddenly experienced extreme fps drop (below 10) and saw that both charging and power light were blinking and the device was not charging. When I unplugged it and plugged in again it was working fine. What is the reason behind this is it overheating or something else ? 
Thanks !  
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Akshat108 said:

Hi 
I am using Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-53 (i7-10870H + RTX 3060), last night I was gaming and suddenly experienced extreme fps drop (below 10) and saw that both charging and power light were blinking and the device was not charging. When I unplugged it and plugged in again it was working fine. What is the reason behind this is it overheating or something else ? 
Thanks !  
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Hey did you found a solution? If yes then please revert back.