According to this post your battery and charger are working normally i.e. an unmodified EC will give these numbers. Type the same command when you encounter the slow charging below 60% and see what you get
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really wanted to do a quick check and at 77%, I did a quick check. It’s charging at about 40W
sudo ectool chargestate show
ac = 1
chg_voltage = 17600mV
chg_current = 3840mA
chg_input_current = 10256mA
batt_state_of_charge = 77%
Then, I disconnected it and now I’m waiting for it to go all the way down to 60%
I made it to 68%
sudo ectool chargestate show
ac = 1
chg_voltage = 17600mV
chg_current = 3840mA
chg_input_current = 10256mA
batt_state_of_charge = 70%
Now, I’m hitting 50W for charging, so does that mean it is working as normal?
I charged it back up to 73% and it shows this
Because it dropped to 45W, is that an indicator of any issues?
Normal value if the battery voltage is above 16.6V
When the battery is above 70% charging is going to be slower due to voltage approaching 17.6V. The charging circuit is very basic, it doesn’t have steady state error correction so instead of maintaining 3840mA then transition to maintaining 17.6V, it’ll slowly reduce current as the voltage approaching 17.6V.
Therefore if you can’t replicate 20W charging at below 60%, the problem is likely due to YAFI incompatible with the latest BIOS, causing bugs
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and then 35W
sudo ectool chargestate show
ac = 1
chg_voltage = 17600mV
chg_current = 3840mA
chg_input_current = 10256mA
batt_state_of_charge = 83%
Normal, the battery is approaching constant voltage (CV) charging voltage 17.6V
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Perfect! I’ll just avoid those apps that mess with the EC, I’m OK with a slight cost to my battery health leaving it plugged in. Thank you so much for your help
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You can always set a manual limit in BIOS.
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Correct, but I cannot continuously reboot my laptop because I have a lot of sensitive assignments through Canvas because my campus is Windows heavy and not Linux friendly and love web apps. Automatic saving in Word is not that bad, but Canvas built in stuff is worse than hotdog water. I also need to have as much battery life as I can get when I am at my school. I only get 2.5 hours of battery life and will have to do around 2 hours of not being close enough to an outlet to charge the laptop. I wonder if removing the Graphics Module would make the battery life that much longer. The graphics module says it only pulls 3 watts on idle, would that significantly improve battery life?
Also, at 90% it says that it will take 20 minutes to charge, is that normal? I’m pretty sure that’s a bit slow, but I’m not sure. Wattage is back down to 17
It’s recommended to close all monitoring software and use $ upower -i $(upower -e | grep battery) periodically to check the wattage as those monitoring software may keep your dGPU from sleeping, draining more energy.
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upower -i $(upower -e | grep battery)
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 09:42:59 AM MDT (14 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 67.5857 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 73.174 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 15.4955 W
voltage: 17.538 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to full: 21.6 minutes
percentage: 92%
capacity: 86.0863%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787326979 15.495 charging
1787326949 15.774 charging
1787326919 16.068 charging
1787326889 16.455 charging
Forget to mention: I have been monitoring the battery for some time every hour in a cron job. It’s all outputting to a file for each day
=== Fri Aug 21 12:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 11:59:34 PM MDT (27 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 77.6477 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 77.6477 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.559 V
charge-cycles: 247
percentage: 100%
capacity: 91.3495%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Fri Aug 21 01:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 12:59:31 AM MDT (30 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: discharging
warning-level: none
energy: 65.8984 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 77.8799 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 40.2944 W
voltage: 15.886 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to empty: 1.6 hours
percentage: 85%
capacity: 91.6227%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-symbolic'
History (charge):
1787295541 85.000 discharging
History (rate):
1787295571 40.294 discharging
1787295541 44.180 discharging
1787295511 42.059 discharging
=== Fri Aug 21 02:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 01:59:56 AM MDT (5 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 31.5018 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 77.8799 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 36.8734 W
voltage: 16.03 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to full: 1.3 hours
percentage: 40%
capacity: 91.6227%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-good-charging-symbolic'
History (charge):
1787299136 40.000 charging
History (rate):
1787299196 36.873 charging
1787299166 37.554 charging
1787299136 38.421 charging
1787299106 39.969 charging
=== Fri Aug 21 03:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 02:59:58 AM MDT (3 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 64.6754 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 77.8799 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 27.1829 W
voltage: 17.483 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to full: 29.1 minutes
percentage: 83%
capacity: 91.6227%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
History (charge):
1787302768 83.000 charging
History (rate):
1787302798 27.183 charging
1787302768 27.740 charging
1787302738 28.313 charging
1787302708 28.901 charging
=== Fri Aug 21 04:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 04:00:01 AM MDT (0 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 76.9666 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 77.8799 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 4.28796 W
voltage: 17.6 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to full: 12.8 minutes
percentage: 99%
capacity: 91.6227%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787306401 4.288 charging
1787306371 4.350 charging
1787306341 4.412 charging
1787306311 4.505 charging
=== Fri Aug 21 05:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 04:59:53 AM MDT (8 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 72.3845 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 72.3845 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.554 V
charge-cycles: 247
percentage: 100%
capacity: 85.1575%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Fri Aug 21 06:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 05:59:55 AM MDT (6 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 72.3845 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 72.3845 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.544 V
charge-cycles: 247
percentage: 100%
capacity: 85.1575%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Fri Aug 21 07:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 06:59:58 AM MDT (3 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 72.3845 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 72.3845 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.542 V
charge-cycles: 247
percentage: 100%
capacity: 85.1575%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Fri Aug 21 08:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 08:00:01 AM MDT (0 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 72.3845 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 72.3845 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.54 V
charge-cycles: 247
percentage: 100%
capacity: 85.1575%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Fri Aug 21 09:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 08:59:38 AM MDT (23 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: discharging
warning-level: none
energy: 54.1181 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 72.2297 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 29.0095 W
voltage: 15.847 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to empty: 1.9 hours
percentage: 75%
capacity: 84.9754%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-symbolic'
History (charge):
1787324348 75.000 discharging
History (rate):
1787324378 29.010 discharging
1787324318 28.963 discharging
1787324288 28.855 discharging
Yesterday
=== Thu Aug 20 12:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 19 Aug 2026 11:59:41 PM MDT (20 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 70.465 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 71.1925 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 2.60064 W
voltage: 17.603 V
charge-cycles: 244
time to full: 16.8 minutes
percentage: 99%
capacity: 83.7552%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787205581 2.601 charging
1787205551 2.616 charging
1787205521 2.647 charging
1787205491 2.678 charging
=== Thu Aug 20 01:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 12:59:44 AM MDT (17 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 71.1925 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 71.1925 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.543 V
charge-cycles: 244
percentage: 100%
capacity: 83.7552%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Thu Aug 20 02:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 01:59:46 AM MDT (15 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 71.1925 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 71.1925 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.538 V
charge-cycles: 244
percentage: 100%
capacity: 83.7552%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Thu Aug 20 03:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 02:59:49 AM MDT (12 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: fully-charged
warning-level: none
energy: 71.1925 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 71.1925 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 17.536 V
charge-cycles: 244
percentage: 100%
capacity: 83.7552%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charged-symbolic'
=== Thu Aug 20 10:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 09:59:50 AM MDT (11 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: discharging
warning-level: none
energy: 17.6008 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 71.3318 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 45.2635 W
voltage: 13.959 V
charge-cycles: 244
time to empty: 23.3 minutes
percentage: 25%
capacity: 83.9191%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-low-symbolic'
History (charge):
1787241560 25.000 discharging
1787241500 26.000 discharging
History (rate):
1787241590 45.264 discharging
1787241560 45.233 discharging
1787241530 45.496 discharging
1787241500 45.140 discharging
=== Thu Aug 20 11:00:01 AM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 10:59:54 AM MDT (7 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 31.3934 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 75.7901 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 58.8395 W
voltage: 16.865 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to full: 45.3 minutes
percentage: 41%
capacity: 89.1641%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-good-charging-symbolic'
History (charge):
1787245164 41.000 charging
1787245134 40.000 charging
=== Thu Aug 20 12:00:35 PM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 12:00:16 PM MDT (19 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: discharging
warning-level: none
energy: 61.0222 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 75.7901 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 14.4583 W
voltage: 16.559 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to empty: 4.2 hours
percentage: 81%
capacity: 89.1641%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787248816 14.458 discharging
=== Thu Aug 20 01:00:12 PM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 01:00:06 PM MDT (6 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: discharging
warning-level: none
energy: 42.1056 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 75.7901 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 27.508 W
voltage: 15.242 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to empty: 1.5 hours
percentage: 56%
capacity: 89.1641%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-good-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787252406 27.508 discharging
1787252376 13.437 discharging
1787252366 0.000 discharging
=== Thu Aug 20 02:00:01 PM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 01:59:53 PM MDT (8 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: discharging
warning-level: none
energy: 26.9971 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 75.7901 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 18.3283 W
voltage: 14.801 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to empty: 1.5 hours
percentage: 36%
capacity: 89.1641%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-good-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787255993 18.328 discharging
1787255963 18.297 discharging
1787255903 18.251 discharging
=== Thu Aug 20 10:00:01 PM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 09:59:33 PM MDT (28 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 63.7466 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 75.7901 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 13.0032 W
voltage: 17.534 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to full: 55.6 minutes
percentage: 84%
capacity: 89.1641%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787284773 13.003 charging
1787284743 13.143 charging
1787284713 13.328 charging
=== Thu Aug 20 11:00:01 PM MDT 2026 ===
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Thu 20 Aug 2026 10:59:47 PM MDT (14 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 69.7684 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 75.7901 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 3.43656 W
voltage: 17.606 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to full: 1.8 hours
percentage: 92%
capacity: 89.1641%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787288387 3.437 charging
1787288357 3.545 charging
1787288327 3.622 charging
1787288297 3.700 charging
At full charge it says I have 2.4 hours of battery life
upower -i $(upower -e | grep battery)
native-path: BAT1
vendor: NVT
model: FRANDBA
serial: 0091
power supply: yes
updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 10:12:26 AM MDT (21 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: discharging
warning-level: none
energy: 70.1863 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 73.2359 Wh
energy-full-design: 85.0007 Wh
energy-rate: 29.7061 W
voltage: 16.626 V
charge-cycles: 247
time to empty: 2.4 hours
percentage: 96%
capacity: 86.1592%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-symbolic'
History (rate):
1787328746 29.706 discharging
1787328716 17.090 discharging
1787328706 0.000 charging
Check
/sys/class/drm/card1/device/power_state and
/sys/class/drm/card2/device/power_state
One of them should be D3cold. If both are D0 something is preventing the dGPU from sleeping
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Damn, you’re right. Something is preventing the GPU from sleeping. I got D0 for both
So far, testing for today, you have seemed to have solved my issue. Thank you bunches kind stranger. Going to continue my studies unabated by bad EC and poor app download decisions