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Dell XPS 13 strange power behavior - won't shut down, BSOD upon attempting to hibernate

I have a Dell XPS 9310 2-in-1 laptop running Windows 10. I generally keep it up to date but have been getting BIOS update fail messages occasionally that I haven't been able to fix. It is otherwise ...
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Laptop powers down instead of hibernating when battery charge runs out

I have my laptop's "Critical battery action" set to "Hibernate" when running on the battery. The Low and Critical battery levels are default (10% and 5% respectively). The "...
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Laptop Hibernate every time switch to "not charging" because of wrecked battery (0% available)

Recently, my Asus laptop's battery wrecked: 2 days ago, my battery reached 79%, I thought the battery led indicator would turn from red to white soon, but then boom, battery turned to 0%, then I knew ...
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Battery drainage and Suspension/Hibernation issue

After some time searching for a solution and arriving at none, I come to your help. I possess a Lenovo Thinkpad T14, and it's been giving me some problems for which I cannot identify the source. ...
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Windows 10 hibernates because of the battery

And by "actively" I do mean I'm typing or moving the mouse. When it happens, windows shows me a dialog box. But before I can read it, the pc is going into hibernation. I ran powercfg /...
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Laptop constantly draining its battery by turning on randomly

Occasionally I try to use my laptop when I've fully charged it the night before and unplugged it, then in the morning it is so dead that I get the BitLocker prompt for a key and my previous ...
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Laptop is locking itself randomly only when plugged in

i have a Dell Inspiron 17 7000 Series 7746, and recently i change my battery because it was old(approx 5 years)and didn't stay charged more than 10 min,so i took my laptop to a local pc service and ...
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Windows 10 - Issues with Airplane Mode + Hibernation Crashes

I have an odd combination of issues with my acer nitro 5 spin 2019 laptop - I seem to have the airplane mode issue that is frequently identified. When my computer hibernates (when I close the screen)...
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Asus laptop wake from Hibernate fails while on battery

My Asus X556U laptop running Windows 10 refuses to wake from hibernate (using a wake timer) while on battery. It has no problem waking if the laptop is plugged in. I've tried running the power ...
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What happens when laptop is suspended and battery runs out?

I would like to know what happens when I have suspended my laptop and then - say 10 hours later battery runs out as suspended state still consumes battery and power was not plugged in. Does computer ...
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Why is my computer out of battery when I wake it from hibernation?

I use hibernate, I don't know what happens, with other modes. Sometimes (not always) when I turn the computer on, it says, that battery is too low (like 4% or something). I use the computer mostly ...
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Fully discharging your laptop battery on Linux

I'd like to fully discharge my laptop battery (to comply with a vendor instruction to fully discharge after first full charge). What's a simple way to do this on Linux (that is, prevent the laptop ...
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Windows 8.1 Sony vaio with no CMOS battery

I have an issue with one of my screws that prevents me from opening my PC for any hardware maintenance; therefore, I can't plug the CMOS battery back. Why I removed the battery? I had forgotten my ...
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Hibernation turned to shut down in Windows 10

The critical level of my battery is 7%. But recently, the laptop shuts down at 17% although I have set to hibernate from the Power options when the battery reaches 7%. Any ideas?
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Laptop screen turns off when unplugged

I have windows 10 on my laptop and I have had windows 10 on my laptop for 4 years now. recently, my laptop screen randomly turns of after about 2-5 minutes when not plugged in (power cord), however, ...
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