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    SXPS 16 Sleep w/ 100% Battery and Dead in AM!?!?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jmwein, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. jmwein

    jmwein Notebook Evangelist

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    I unplugged and put my new SXPS 16 to sleep around midnight last night and woke up this morning to find the computer shut down and the battery completely drained! Is this normal?!?!?!?
     
    jmwein, Apr 22, 2009
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Do you have Wake on Lan enabled?
     
    David, Apr 22, 2009
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  3. paper_wastage

    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    well, when my laptop goes to sleep on battery, it loses something like 3% of battery an hour(or more, can't remember)

    something woke the laptop up... windows update at 3am? i know that if i schedule a recording in Windows Media Center on my USB TV Tuner, it'll automatically wake up 15-30 minutes before the time scheduled

    or a scheduled defragment/virus scan
     
    paper_wastage, Apr 22, 2009
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  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    It's normal for your machine to consume power in standby, and it'll be battery power if the machine isn't plugged into an outlet. 100% use in just one night is obviously not normal. I'd say your machine didn't standby properly and just kept eating away at the battery at a normal or even accelerated rate.

    Could be WoL or a virus, though...
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 22, 2009
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  5. myrcgarage

    myrcgarage Notebook Consultant

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    Did you setup Automatic update to start early in the morning?
     
    myrcgarage, Apr 22, 2009
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    Trekster Notebook Guru

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    Mine turns on by itself, i cannot figure out why. I have checked the network cards for WOL, Windows Update isn't configured to update automaticly. Media Center isn't scheduled either.

    So i'm at a loss as to why it happens.

    The solution for me, be it a bad one, is to turn my laptop OFF instead of standby/hibernation. And this leads me to believe it's an OS thing as when i turn it off in Vista it doesn't turn back on again.
     
    Trekster, Apr 22, 2009
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