The issue is that you are sleeping the computer vs hibernating it. Sleep is still powering the ram. Hibernate writes the ram contents out to a file and shuts t

The issue is that you are sleeping the computer vs hibernating it. Sleep is still powering the ram. Hibernate writes the ram contents out to a file and shuts the computer off. It often takes some tinkering to get hibernation to work, if at all. That is why your computer kills the battery in a few days.