Setting Battery Alarms And Actions; Completing The Power Management Wizard; Power Management Modes; Standby Mode - Dell Latitude D800 User Manual

Power Management
NOTE: Brightness shortcut keys only affect the display on your portable computer, not monitors that
attach to your portable computer or docking device. If your computer is in CRT only mode and you
change the brightness level, the Brightness Meter appears, but the brightness level on the monitor
not change.

Setting Battery Alarms and Actions

The screen allows you to enable the low-battery and critical-battery alarms and to change settings for the
alarms. For example, you can set the low-battery alarm to 20% to remind you to save work and switch to AC
power, and you can set the critical-battery alarm to 10% to enter hibernate mode. From the screen, you can:
Select whether the alarm will notify you by sound or text.
Adjust the power level at which you want the alarm to notify you.
Select how the computer will respond when the alarm notifies you:
Choose no action.
Enter standby mode.
Enter hibernate mode.
Shut down Windows and turn off the computer.

Completing the Power Management Wizard

The screen summarizes the QuickSet power scheme, sleep mode, and battery alarm settings for your
Review the settings you have selected and click Finish.
For more information about QuickSet, right-click the

Power Management Modes

Standby Mode

Standby mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive after a predetermined period of
inactivity (a time-out). When the computer exits standby mode, it returns to the same operating state it was
before entering standby mode.
NOTICE: If your computer loses AC and battery power while in standby mode, it may lose
To enter standby mode:
In the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, click the Start button, click Turn off computer,
then click Stand by.
In Windows 2000, click the Start button, click Shutdown, click Standby, and then click OK.
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icon in the taskbar and click Help.
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