Battery for Microsoft surface pro 8 drains when computer powered off

Carl Vanwalraven 1 Reputation point
2022-03-12T09:49:24.463+00:00

Yesterday the batter for my new Microsoft surface pro 8 (windows 11) started draining to 0% even after it is powered off.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-12T11:48:13.997+00:00

    The product group for Surface hardware actively monitors questions over at
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/surface-devices/ct-p/SurfaceDevices

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  2. Darrell Gorter 2,136 Reputation points
    2022-03-12T20:37:07.707+00:00

    Hello,
    Open an Elevated CMD prompt
    Run powercfg /batteryreport

    Also run powercfg /energy

    Both of these commands generate reports that can show battery scenarios

    Thanks
    Darrell


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