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Laptop plugged in fully charged in Sleep constantly warm
I have an issue with a new Lenovo laptop and I'm trying to troubleshoot whether this may be related to power settings in Windows and its handling of Sleep or something else.
The reason I even suspect Windows at all is because my install(Windows 10 Pro x64 22H2) has been cloned from my previous laptop and is not a fresh install. I had several issues I had to work through as a result that took several days, including one where the laptop would immediately go to sleep when unplugged even with full battery(now resolved) and a whole lot of power options missing from the power plan in Control Panel(also resolved).
What remains now is that leaving the laptop plugged into the charger overnight it remains quite warm at all times. In my experience with phones and laptops once a device has finished charging, it cools down, and if it's in sleep the infrequent, brief power draws to refill the gradual battery discharge are nowhere near enough to make it heat up. This laptop however feels like it's undergoing a constant battery charging operation.
Looking at the battery when plugged in I notice that the battery is rarely ever at 100% and tends to hover around 93-98%. I first assumed this is some protection mechanism since I know charging a battery in a manner that prolongs its lifespan involves not keeping it at full charge all the time and allowing it some leeway to discharge. But this doesn't look right. I also can't imagine it being good for the battery to be constantly warm like that.
Please help me troubleshoot the sleep states and battery behavior of Windows, so I can figure out whether this is the OS's fault or something else.