I too am experience issues with charging and battery drain. I have to ask the benefit of engineering something that requires the battery to have a charge regardless if it is plugged in or not? I have worked on a lot of devices and fixed loads of laptops. I have never ran across this setup. If the battery is dead or won't hold a charge, it still boots up when plugged in. This really is a bad design choice. Just having one tab open in firefox, writing this post, i'm encountering a blinking charge light. My opinion is that this is a defective product as is. If I watch a video on Xumo, Pluto or Tubi, the battery goes down quickly.
My sub $200 Chromebook with peripherals attached: Does not do this.
My 3DS: Does not do this.
My Switch Lite: Does not do this.
My old Acer that ran Windows Vista when it first came out: Did not do this.
My cellphone: Does not do this.
Every single laptop I've fixed for friends and family: Did not do this.
Luckily, there is a fix and bypassing the battery. I've tried looking for a straightforward tutorial to run off the barrel plug. Does any one know where I can view one maybe with pictures? I have already opened up my Pinebook because I got the PCIe adapter for an NVME drive. I thought this was the root of the problem but it turns out it isn't after I removed it. This is just how this thing functions as a whole.
My sub $200 Chromebook with peripherals attached: Does not do this.
My 3DS: Does not do this.
My Switch Lite: Does not do this.
My old Acer that ran Windows Vista when it first came out: Did not do this.
My cellphone: Does not do this.
Every single laptop I've fixed for friends and family: Did not do this.
Luckily, there is a fix and bypassing the battery. I've tried looking for a straightforward tutorial to run off the barrel plug. Does any one know where I can view one maybe with pictures? I have already opened up my Pinebook because I got the PCIe adapter for an NVME drive. I thought this was the root of the problem but it turns out it isn't after I removed it. This is just how this thing functions as a whole.
