24.04 LTS update: battery on laptop drains

[Wade Smart]

On Thursday 20 March 2025 08:25:25 PM (-05:00), Jeffrey Walton wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My main laptop - a Thinkpad E525 - has had no issues. I used it on Sunday,
> > shut the lid around noon
> > and opened it at 1930 today and it had 6% battery left off a full charge.
> > That is good for this older unit.
> > My mom has a Thinkpad P15S and after the update to the 24.04 LTS the
> > battery can lose up to 30%
> > in an hour. A friend of mine has a HP laptop that I put Kubuntu on and he
> > think his battery has been
> > draining far faster than before. What are some things I can look for with
> > these battery issues?
> 
> Is the firmware up to date?
> 
> The firmware implements the ACPI, including deeper energy states like
> S3, S4 and S5. The first thing to fix before chasing kernel and
> userland software issues is the hardware. Make sure you are running
> the latest firmware.
> 
> Jeff
> 

The P15S is up to date but the HP is older .. Ill have to check.
I know my firmware is like.. 2013 for the last update. Odd how 
mine is doing better than theirs. But Ill check - thanks.

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