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WHY DOES MY WINDOWS HANDHELD DRAIN 20% OVERNIGHT WHILE ASLEEP??

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Accepted solution by Otto Brandt — lol same thing happened to me run powercfg /a to see which sleep states are available, many Windows handhelds use Modern Standby, which…
  1. Juno
    @jjansen

    so annoyed rn i put my Windows handheld to sleep by tapping the power button, and when I picked it up later it showed this:

    Battery low

    Battery low
Connect the charger soon. The device will go
to sleep automatically at 2%.
Last full charge: 1 h 52 min ago

    It lost 20% overnight. That makes it hard to rely on as a grab-and-go device. Is this normal for handhelds, or is something keeping it awake?

    I bought a handheld specifically to be able to pick it up and play for ten minutes... right now I can't trust it to have any battery left when I need it.

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  2. Anika
    @anika_copper

    is the BIOS up to date?? ??

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  4. Ruben Rossi
    @rubenr762

    consider hibernate instead of sleep for longer breaks. enable it with powercfg /hibernate on, then add it to the power menu in Control Panels power options.

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  5. Otto Brandt
    @tensor_garage597
    in reply to @rubenr762 Accepted solution

    lol same thing happened to me run powercfg /a to see which sleep states are available, many Windows handhelds use Modern Standby, which keeps some activity running and can drain more than traditional sleep. lmk how it goes

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