Quick Reference Guide

Power Manager 17
NOTE: In both the depleted and caution states, the Battery Health tab of the Battery
Meter window provides options for purchasing a battery online and for disabling
the pop-up window. However, once disabled, the pop-up window will not re-appear
unless the Please do not remind me again check box is unselected.
All Day Battery Life
Dell All Day Battery Life allows you to derive maximum backup time from
your battery.
•Click Enable to enable All Day Battery Life.
•Click
Disable to disable All Day Battery Life.
NOTE: To enable All Day Battery Life even after rebooting your computer, select the
check box.
Activating All Day Battery mode enables all the advanced battery life settings.
To view and modify the settings, first disable All Day Battery mode and then
click Settings to select or deselect the following options:
Power
• Put Windows into Max Battery power plan. Select this option to change
the power scheme to Max Battery.
•
Put audio in lower power state . Select this option to put some of the audio
devices in lower power state.
Display
• Reduce LCD refresh rate. Refresh rate is the number of times a display's
image is refreshed per second. Select this option to reduce the refresh rate,
thereby reducing the power consumption.
•
LCD brightness reduces during inactivity —Select this option to reduce
the screen brightness during inactivity.
•
Set Color resolution to 16 bits —Select this option to reduce the color
resolution to 16 bits, thereby reducing the power consumption.
Installed Devices
• Power down security devices. Select this option to turn off any such devices
in your computer.
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