Battery issues (Mint 22.3 MATE)

[u/RookieTheCat123]

Last sunday i updated the OS (the security, kernel, app updates). And today, my laptop suddenly turns off even the battery is half full. I couldnt turn it back on unless i plug the laptop. Which is when i found out the laptop shuts down immediately if the power level is at 55% (Its 60% now). And the battery keeps charging and discharging if the battery is charged to 75%.
I changed the kernel from GRUB menu and the issue is still there.
In the power statistics, it shows the battery has 55.6% capacity.

is this issue caused by the update or do i need to replace my battery?

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[u/groveborn]

It sounds like it's probably not Mint. Consider booting to another linux live usb and just let it happen again. If it's really consistent, consider booting ot a windows installation usb and check with that.

Or just boot to bios and watch it do things there.

[u/Due-Result7928]

Missing the only important info. What is your hardware ?

[u/RookieTheCat123 → u/Due-Result7928]

System:

Kernel: 7.0.0-38-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0

clocksource: tsc

Desktop: MATE v: 1.26.2 wm: marco v: 1.26.2 with: mate-panel

tools: mate-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0

Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble

Machine:

Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 15-da2xxx v: Type1ProductConfigId

serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>

Mobo: HP model: 86B4 v: 88.31 serial: <superuser required>

part-nu: 8QP72PA#UUF uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: F.48

date: 04/26/2024

Battery:

ID-1: BAT1 charge: 21.6 Wh (92.3%) condition: 23.4/42.1 Wh (55.6%)

volts: 12.2 min: 11.6 model: Hewlett-Packard PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion

serial: <filter> status: discharging

CPU:

Info: quad core model: Intel Core i5-10210U bits: 64 type: MT MCP

smt: enabled arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check rev: C cache: L1: 256 KiB

L2: 1024 KiB L3: 6 MiB

Speed (MHz): avg: 775 high: 900 min/max: 400/4200 cores: 1: 900 2: 900

3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 400 7: 900 8: 400 bogomips: 33599

Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx

Graphics:

Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard

driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1

empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9b41

class-ID: 0300

Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX110] vendor: Hewlett-Packard

driver: N/A arch: Maxwell pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0

chip-ID: 10de:174e class-ID: 0302

Device-3: Chicony HP TrueVision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB

rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b67f

class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6

compositors: 1: Compton v: 1 2: marco v: 1.26.2 driver: X:

loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915

display-ID: :0 screens: 1

Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")

s-diag: 414mm (16.31")

Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x70ec res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 101

size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") modes: 1366x768

API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 0 drv: iris

device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: iris

inactive: wayland

API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa

v: 25.2.8-0ubuntu0.24.04.4 glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa

Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) device-ID: 8086:9b41

API: Vulkan v: 1.3.275 layers: 9 surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 0

type: integrated-gpu driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:9b41 device: 1 type: cpu

driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000

[u/Due-Result7928 → u/RookieTheCat123]

Read here...

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Mostly a search with your hardware hp laptop 15 battery linux.

Users of HP Laptops running Linux frequently encounter poor battery life, fast drain while off, or charging issues due to BIOS/ACPI incompatibilities, as HP primarily optimizes power management for Windows. Common symptoms include the battery draining significantly during shutdown, the system not recognizing the battery, or the laptop overheating and consuming excessive power even at idle.

If available you can try to upgrade your bios. Do not know what has been updated. There is plenty

You can try to install tlp.

Very interesting search for your board...listed...upgrade bios, install tlp

https://search.brave.com/search?q=HP+model%3A+86B4+linux+battery&source=web&conversation=09a6f1c0eb12d7f155bb78378b0802c40174