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Dell Power Manager (DPM), Downloading and installing the DPM - battery life

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5 Scroll down the page and expand Dell Command | Power Manager. 6 Click Download to download the DCPM driver for your computer. 7 After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved the DCPM file. 8 Double-click the DCPM file icon and follow the instructions on the screen. 9 Dell Power Manager (DPM) DPM is a Dell-developed application providing simplified and efficient power management capabilities for Dell computers. The key features are as follows: • Battery information: Display battery health information, adjust battery settings or create a custom-battery setting. • Advanced charge mode: Control battery charging to prolong battery life. • Peak Shift : Reduce power consumption by automatically switching the computer to battery power during certain times of the day, even when the computer 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 affecting CPU power level, screen brightness and keyboard illumination levels, and by muting audio. • Alerts Management: Enable or disable adapter, battery, docking station, thermal, and other types of alerts. • Group Policies: Easily apply default settings and/or prevent users from changing power alerts system events, power management, thermal management, battery extender, and battery settings. • Product Feedback: Provide feedback on the software. Downloading and installing the DPM 1 Turn on your computer. 2 Go to www.dell.com/support. 3 Click Product support, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click Submit. NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect feature or manually browse for your computer model. 4 Click Drivers & downloads → Find it myself. 5 Scroll down the page and expand Dell Power Manager. 19

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5
Scroll down the page and expand
Dell Command | Power Manager
.
6
Click
Download
to download the DCPM driver for your computer.
7
After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved the
DCPM
file.
8
Double-click the DCPM
file
icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
9 Dell Power Manager (DPM)
DPM is a Dell-developed application providing
simplified
and
efficient
power
management capabilities for Dell computers. The key features are as follows:
Battery information: Display battery health information, adjust battery settings or
create a custom-battery setting.
Advanced charge mode: Control battery charging to prolong battery life.
Peak Shift : Reduce power consumption by automatically switching the computer
to battery power during certain times of the day, even when the computer 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
affecting
CPU power level, screen
brightness and keyboard illumination levels, and by muting audio.
Alerts Management: Enable or disable adapter, battery, docking station, thermal,
and other types of alerts.
Group Policies: Easily apply default settings and/or prevent users from changing
power alerts system events, power management, thermal management, battery
extender, and battery settings.
Product Feedback: Provide feedback on the software.
Downloading and installing the DPM
1
Turn on your computer.
2
Go to
www.dell.com/support
.
3
Click
Product support
, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click
Submit
.
NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect feature
or manually browse for your computer model.
4
Click
Drivers & downloads
Find it myself
.
5
Scroll down the page and expand
Dell Power Manager
.
19