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Battery Drains When Running Heavy Loading Applications Some Gaming Laptops are designed to support Hybrid Power Mode which takes advantage of using a smaller, lightweight Adapter . Back to Top
When the computer's power requirement is more than the capacity of the AC adapter, the computer starts consuming the battery power without sacrificing performance. With this design, you may encounter a Battery Drain situation when the computer is running certain Applications such as 3D games which may put both Discrete Graphics and Processors in heavy loading status. Back to Top
This is working as designed as this computer has the Hybrid Power Mode as standard. Platforms that support hybrid power are, but not limited to: Inspiron 7467 Inspiron 7577 Dell G3 15 3579 Dell G3 15 3579 Dell G5 15 5587 Dell G7 15 7588 Alienware m15 R5 Alienware m15 R6 Alienware m15 R7 Alienware m15 R7 AMD Alienware m17 R5 Alienware x15 R1 Alienware x15 R2 Alienware x17 R1K Alienware x17 R2 Alienware x14 AMD DELL G15 5515 AMD DELL G15 5510 DELL G15 5520 DELL G15 5521 DELL G15 5525 DELL G15 5511 DELL G16 7620 Back to Top
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