Acer Nitro V ANV16-41 battery drain while on turbo mode

Ahmedfaraz
Ahmedfaraz Member Posts: 12

Tinkerer

edited October 2024 in Nitro Gaming

Hi .

I saw a number of posts about battery drainage while on turbo mode and everyone was recommending to get a high wattage charger. Did this solution worked for anyone. I contacted the acer support and i got the worrst response saying that you should not run your laptop on turbo mode and leave it to default settings. If i cannot get the best performance from my laptop then what is the point of going with high end gaming laptop. Below is the SS of the email i received!

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  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 18,831 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓

    Hi, Acer is correct: 130 Watt for the RTX 4060 + 45 Watt for the Ryzen 7 you would need at least a 180-W power adapter. The 135W barrel plug adapter provided cannot handle the battery charging while you are fully "blasting" the system to maximum performance. I also recommend getting a larger power adapter for $80 at Amazon: Amazon.com: 230W Charger Fit for Acer Nitro 16 AN16-41-R3ZV AN16-41-R148 Nitro 17 AN17-41-R8N5, ConceptD 7 CN715-73G-737S, ConceptD 7 Ezel Pro ConceptD CC715-92P-X9EF CC715-92P-X8ZG Laptop Power Supply Adapter : Electronics

  • Ahmedfaraz
    Ahmedfaraz Member Posts: 12

    Tinkerer

    Indeed acer is correct but the thing is what acer is doing on R&D if they cant even give us the correct wattage charger for maximum performance?

    Moreover i just ordered this one (link below) as m not from US so the above link is for US citizens. Is it good to go.

    https://amzn.eu/d/fs0kCzX

  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 18,831 Trailblazer
    edited October 2024 Answer ✓

    Yes that is the same adapter with a U.K. plug. If this answers your question don't forget to click on "Yes Answered" 😉

  • Ahmedfaraz
    Ahmedfaraz Member Posts: 12

    Tinkerer

    Hi mate, the new charger just arrived, and it is 230w and still the battery is draining at almost the same rate. i just wasted my 63 quids:<. No offense, but stop recommending everyone to buy a high wattage charger. I was only gaming and nothing else, even no discord, and still the battery drained almost 5% after only two quick matches in R6s at low graphics.

  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 18,831 Trailblazer
    edited October 2024

    I don't consider that a waste of money, most of us have a spare power adapter for traveling or using the laptop in an office. Did you check your background processes in Task Manager yet? If that shows much more than 75 apps all running at the background that will be a drain on your resources, uninstall the pre-installed programs, 3rd-party browsers, virus checkers, trial versions and bloatware. 😉

  • eGomes
    eGomes Member Posts: 6,003 Guru

    @Ahmedfaraz,

    Attach here HTML reports generated by these commands bellow in Command Prompt / Terminal (Admin mode):

     powercfg /energy
    

    And:

    powercfg /batteryreport
    
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  • Ahmedfaraz
    Ahmedfaraz Member Posts: 12

    Tinkerer

    I started gaming at around 11 50am on 17 october till 1 30am 18 october with the new adapter. Rest of the record is from previous adaptor!

    In the battery report i dont know why it does not shows the battery percentage also went to 88% at around 12 45am!

  • Ahmedfaraz
    Ahmedfaraz Member Posts: 12

    Tinkerer

    And during the session i also restarted the laptop to give it some time to recharge.

  • eGomes
    eGomes Member Posts: 6,003 Guru

    Yes, your report doesn't show this 88% drop in battery charge. However, it is possible to see that there was an alternation in the source used (AC and Battery). And also a linear reduction in battery charge (100% ~ 93%), even when in AC mode.

    Modern laptops use a controller called Hybrid Power Boost (HPB). It allows battery discharge energy to system, when system power demand is temporarily higher than adapter maximum power level.

    This implementation allows the system provide a "quicker response" and "minimize the impact" of the overload period in the input power source (drain), when the CPU and GPU they are in Turbo Boost mode. And so, provides a more "constant" and "stable" output voltage.

    Perhaps your Nitro V16 ANV16-41 isn't extract the full benefit of its new power supply (230W) that you bought. And this can be optimized with a new firmware update.

    I think it would be worth trying to contact Acer Support, so they can check if there is a possibility and/or need to optimize the programming of the source circuit or the EC.

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  • Zampen79
    Zampen79 Member Posts: 7 New User

    Sorry to say but seems like the laptop is way underdimensiode regarding power. Fake marketing if you ask me

    Thanks for contacting Acer Technical Support!

    Unfortunately the computer model, according to the Product specifications on our Support Page, lists that the unit you have has a Maximum Power Supply Wattage of 135W. As such, it is not compatible with the 180W one.

    Best regards,
    Christian Blom