My laptop seems to be stuck in a low power mode

My asus vivobook was asleep. I tried to wake it up but before anything appeared on the screen I changed my mind and started to hard shut it off. While I was holding the power button I noticed the critical low power light had turned on, possibly before I touched the power button. That made it seem like it was trying to hibernate. Since then every time it is unplugged it is very slow. Things I've tried in the order I've tried them: Restart Shutdown and turn back on Boot into linux (using pre-installed refind and arch) - no change. Even with only the CLI running it was slow Change various sleep a

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