Question My laptop is drawing nearly 30000 milliwats while idle , is that normal ?

[diackichan]

i have a dell precision 5680
i7 13800H
Nvidia rtx 2000 ada generation
1080p Oled

somehow when starring just at the dekstop this laptop is drawing up to 30000 milliwats of power. is that normal ?

https://imgur.com/a/uC7xbdd

https://imgur.com/aTYY4W0

 

[Rokinamerica]

That is 30 Watts. Normal.

 

[diackichan]

n

That is 30 Watts. Normal.

no way thats normal, im getting 2h battery life on a 100mwh battery. just yesterday the system used to say 10hours , now its dropping like water, i dont know whats causing this.

 

[Rokinamerica]

There may be things going on behind the scenes. Anything change to the system or updates since you saw 10 hours?

 

[helper800]

n

no way thats normal, im getting 2h battery life on a 100mwh battery. just yesterday the system used to say 10hours , now its dropping like water, i dont know whats causing this.

30 watts idle is actually really good. Your battery on the other hand may be dying. How old is the laptop?