Massive battery drain on Teclast F7

[Chris G]

That does not sound right. Never seen an Apolo Lake consume that figure even when I have no power limit set and gaming then it’s still around 15W max. Sounds like a lemon to me. Very odd this fault.

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[tesherx]

Thanks for the reply.  That’s what I was thinking as well.  It’s unfortunate because i quite like the laptop otherwise.  Hopefully the vendor will come up with a reasonable solution.

[Hualalai]

My advice… try to get a refund, not an exchange.  If you ask for an exchange from a CN vendor, you’ll get a new set of problems in somebody else’s returned unit.  Get your money back, then try the slot machine again (order another F7).

[Chupa]

close down all battery and  monitoring apps.

and then see my post here

if it drains as much as you report than while plugged in there should be a discharge shown – take a picture and show.
worst case scenario, full brightness full processor power with unlimited turbo time (my setting) and 2 external hdd. Thant can easily bring you over 20 watts.

I noticed on a new computer windows does a bunch of tasks in the background what drains a lot and makes the uncooled pc quite hot. open the task manager and resource monitor and you should find what is draining your juice.

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