A:AnswerRaise it up off your desk or lap higher
If you dont need gaming graphics you can turn off the auto enabled for graphics card in the bios.
I personally think you cant use silent mode for almost anything on this laptop. Definitely needs a better design and better bios update in my opinion.
A:AnswerYes you can, please note that this unit uses a M.2 PCIE Drives only. It has two M.2 slots, SSD slot one which supports Gen4 speed and SSD slot two which supports Gen3 speed.
A:AnswerIt likely depends on your power savings settings. So, check them up right and you should get more out of the batteries.I use mine as a desktop replacement so don't really have actual experience.