Dell INSPIRON PP05XB Owner's Manual

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Using a Battery 49Selecting a Power SchemeNOTE: The Network Disabled power scheme disables your internal network and wireless activity when yourcomputer is running on battery power. When your computer is connected to an electrical outlet or docking device,the Network Disabled power scheme disables only your wireless activity. You must select the power schemethrough QuickSet (not Microsoft® Windows®) for the Network Disabled power scheme to work.The Selecting a Power Scheme screen allows you to create, edit, and switch between power schemes. Inaddition, you can delete power schemes that you create, but you cannot delete Dell™ QuickSetpredefined power schemes (Maximum Battery, Maximum Performance, Presentation, NetworkDisabled, and Balanced).NOTE: QuickSet automatically adds the word QuickSet after the names of power schemes created usingQuickSet.All QuickSet power schemes are displayed in a drop-down menu near the center of the screen. The powersettings for each scheme are below the name of the current selection. The power settings are listedseparately for when the computer is running on battery or connected to an electrical outlet.The Power Management Wizard also allows you to associate the display brightness level with a powerscheme. You must enable brightness-level power schemes through QuickSet in order to set thebrightness level.The display brightness, internal network-card activity, and wireless activity features are not availablethrough the Control Panel power schemes. In order to make use of these features, you must set themthrough QuickSet power schemes.NOTE: Brightness key combinations only affect the display on your portable computer, not monitors that youattach to your portable computer or docking device. If your computer is in CRT-only mode and you try to change thebrightness level, the Brightness Meter appears, but the brightness level on the monitor does not change.Setting Battery Alarms and ActionsThis screen allows you to enable the low-battery and critical-battery alarms and to change settings for thealarms. For example, you can set the low-battery alarm to 20 percent to remind you to save work andswitch to AC power, and you can set the critical-battery alarm to 10 percent 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.