Not everyone is keen on shutting down their laptop after completing some work. Putting your laptop to sleep makes it ready to use in a few seconds when you wake up. Sometimes you may notice that your Windows laptop loses an abnormal percentage of battery when you close the lid. If you experience the same, here are ways to fix battery drain when you close your Windows laptop lid.
Have you put your laptop to sleep at night and lost 10%-15% of its battery power by morning? This isn't normal, and before you waste your morning hours charging your laptop, you can follow the tips below and fix your battery drain issues once and for all.
1. Disable fast startup
As the name suggests, Fast Startup helps your computer start up faster. Sometimes, the feature can go wrong, causing your laptop to stay awake even when you close the lid or turn it off. When you start your computer, the battery may be dead. Let's disable Fast Startup on your laptop.
Step 1: Click on Windows key and search for Control Panel.
Step 2: Locate Hardware and sound.
Step 3: Click Power Options.
Step 4: Define what he does Close the lid from the left sidebar.
Step 5: Disable playback Fast startup option And click Saving changes at the bottom.
2. Make sure all Windows processes are suspended.
Are you trying to update apps on your laptop or download a large file from the web? Before closing your laptop lid, complete the task or pause the download. Some services may continue running in the background after you close the lid, and this can drain the battery quickly.
3. Run the power troubleshooter.
Windows 11 comes with a built-in power troubleshooter to fix battery-related issues on laptops. Here's how to run the power troubleshooter and fix a drained laptop battery when you close the lid.
Step 1: Open Windows 11 settings and select the system from the left sidebar.
Step 2: Click find the mistakes and resolve it.
Step 3: Open Other troubleshooting tools.
Step 4: turn on Power Troubleshooter let Windows Fixes the problem.
4. Put your laptop to sleep when you close the lid.
Some users don't put their laptop into sleep mode but instead close the lid, assuming it will go into sleep mode automatically. If you select "Do nothing" while the lid is closed in the Control Panel menu, the laptop will remain awake and consume battery power. You'll need to make an adjustment from the Control Panel.
Step 1: Open Control Panel and go to Power Options (See section one).
Step 2: Choose what he does Close the lid.
Step 3: From a list When I close the lid You have two options.
On battery: use Drop-down menu and select stillness.
Note: Locate do nothing Or Sleep mode when connected (Although we recommend selecting sleep mode.)
5. Don't open too many applications at startup.
After opening your laptop lid, do you notice high battery usage and louder fans? It's possible that too many services are opening when your laptop starts up. You need to Disable irrelevant apps and services from opening at startup from the settings menu.
Step 1: Open Windows 11 Settings menu (use Windows + I keys).
Step 2: Locate Applications from the left sidebar.
Step 3: Click startup At the bottom.
Step 4: Verify Applications and Services Which opens at startup and its effect on the system.
Turn off unnecessary apps and close the menu.
6. Disconnect external devices from the laptop.
Have you connected USB devices or external hard drives to your laptop? When you close the lid, the connected devices may wake up the laptop frequently and drain the battery. You need to disconnect the external devices from the laptop and then close the lid.
7. Check battery health
Every laptop battery has a fixed number of charge cycles. Most modern laptops will typically see 1000 charge cycles, after which the battery will deteriorate. You can check your laptop battery's remaining cycles using the steps below.
Note: The steps for checking battery health (charge cycles remaining) vary from one OEM to another. In the screenshots below, we'll be using an HP laptop.
Step 1: Click on Windows key and search for HP Support Assistant.
Step 2: Click on Enter key and open List.
Step 3: Locate the battery From my dashboard under Device Health menu.
Step 4: turn on Battery Check.
Step 5: of List of results , Locate Show advanced information.
Step 6: Verify Number of left turns from the following list.
If your laptop battery is running low, you'll notice: heavy battery drain During daily use and when the cover is closed, it will need to be replaced by the company.
Stop battery drain on your laptop
You don't want to spend hours of your work being stuck to a power adapter. Windows laptop battery drain is not a normal occurrence. You should use the above tricks to fix the battery drain when closing the lid on your Windows laptop.
