So I tested all the solutions in this thread but still could not fix my extreme drain of Battery on my HP Victus laptop. But I came up with the perfect solution. My Victus was new and even on idle state, the discharge rate was almost -20W. If you have the same problem, follow the steps below.
- Recalibrate the battery (but it still does not solve the problem fully)
- Clean installation of Windows 11 (not from the hp cloud recovery app, download windows 11 from the official Microsoft website, this the most important step)
- Do not download any NVIDIA or HP apps (Update the drivers from NVIDIA website and download only the specific drivers for your device. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY EXTRA HP SUPPORT ASSISTANT APP OR WHATEVER. Just update the drivers directly from HP website)
- You May Download HP OMEN GAMING HUB (in my case, it even game me better battery life, BUT MAKE SURE TO DISABLE HP OMEN OVERLAY FROM THE TASK SCHEDULER APP ON WINDOWS).
After following all these steps, even when I have Microsoft edge running and writing this post, my discharge rate right now is less than -10W. AMAZING IKR. I attached the ss of my discharge rate rn. Hope this fixes your problem :)