Dell Power Manager; Improving Battery Life; Dell Longevity Mode - Dell Alienware Series Manual

Dell Power Manager

NOTE: This software is only supported on computers running on Windows 10 operating systems.
Dell Power Manager is a software that enables you to efficiently manage the power settings for Dell notebooks and tablets. The software
offers these key features:
• Battery Information–Display health information for up to six installed batteries, depending on system capabilities, and edit battery
settings or create a custom battery setting.
• Advanced Charge–Control battery charging to prolong battery life.
• Peak Shift–Reduce power consumption by automatically switching the system to battery power during certain times of the day, even
when the system is plugged into a direct power source.
• Thermal Management–Control processor and cooling fan settings to manage performance, system surface temperature, and fan
noise.
• Battery Extender–Conserve battery charge by adjusting CPU power level, screen brightness and keyboard illumination levels, and by
muting audio.
• Alert Settings–Restore to default alert settings.
For more information on Dell Power Manager, see the Dell Power Manager User Guide at www.dell.com/support.

Improving battery life

The operating time of a battery, which is the time the battery can hold a charge, varies depending on how you use your laptop computer.
The operating time of your battery significantly reduces if you use:
• Optical drives
• Wireless communication devices, ExpressCards, media cards, or USB devices.
• High-brightness display settings, 3D screen savers, or other power‑intensive programs like complex 3D graphics applications and
games.
You can improve the battery performance by:
• Operating the computer on AC power when possible. Battery life reduces with the number of times the battery is discharged and
recharged.
• Configuring the power management settings using Microsoft Windows Power Options to optimize your computer's power usage (see
Power management).
• Enabling the sleep/standby and hibernation features of your computer.
NOTE: The life of the battery decreases over time depending on how often the battery is used and the conditions under which it
is used. You can configure the battery‑charging behavior to increase the battery life.

Dell longevity mode

Frequently connecting and disconnecting your computer from a power source without allowing the battery to fully discharge may reduce
battery life. The longevity mode feature protects the battery health by moderating the extent to which your battery charges, and prevents
your battery from frequent charge and discharge cycles.
Your Dell laptop automatically monitors the charging and discharging behavior of your battery, and if applicable, displays a message to
enable longevity mode.
NOTE: Dell longevity mode may not be supported on all laptops. To configure Dell longevity mode:
1 Right-click the battery icon on the Windows notification area and click or tap Dell Extended Battery Life Options.
The Battery Meter dialog box appears.
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