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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by VortexDream on Friday September 24, 2021 @06:47AM (#28640724)
It's something about modern standby. I have a laptop with a 10th Gen i7. I put it in my bag once and when I pulled it out after my trip, the fans were running at full blast and the laptop was extremely hot. I'm also fairly sure it damaged the fan because it's never been able to run at higher speeds ever since.

I'm also not sure if it's a bug or something else. I do feel like there's something problematic about modern standby. I didn't have this issue under Linux, which actually does standby properly.

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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by CoastalCoder on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:42PM (#28645566)
Perhaps one root cause is that popular reviewers dig into battery life while the laptop is being used, but not when it's sleeping and/or powered down.

So manufacturers just neglect this side of things, or cut corners to save money.

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