Laptop crash-freezes regularly when on battery power

[Candescence]

Recently when my laptop is on battery power, and only on battery power, it's been crashing on a semi-regular basis. The screen freezes, all sound stops, Windows is completely unresponsive to any kind of input. It seems to stay this way indefinitely until I'm forced to turn the laptop off manually and restart. It doesn't seem to be related to any specific action or application, just whether it's running on battery power or not.I don't think it's the battery itself, the battery still works fine and I've been running it on maximum lifespan mode for pretty much the vast majority of its lifetime. B

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