Title. It seems excessive. Even when I fully power it down it tends to drop a lot more than I’d expect.
Thanks.
It’s the stanby/quick restart that’s doing it. It’s literally staying on. Best to use the power/shut down option in the menu vs just hitting the power button. Same was happening to me before I figured it out.
Thanks for that. I’ve been thinking of it as a sleep/hibernate function but obviously it’s not. Linux still hasn’t seemed to figure that one out for some reason. Not Steam’s fault.
Linux has a hibernate function, but the power button activates Sleep, which is higher-consumption. There may be a way to set it to actually hibernate on button press, but I’ve only seen Hibernation via Desktop Mode.
Sleep = keep processes in memory = more power consumption.
Hibernation = write most processes to disk and keep only vital system processes in memory = less power consumption.
The OLED model has a special Bluetooth module that can wake the system from standby. This causes excessive power drain. You can try disabling Bluetooth if you’re not using any Bluetooth accessories.
Bluetooth is disabled, as is the Wi-Fi antenna. Which I always do with any devices I turn things off that I don’t need.