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Alarms Tab, Power Meter Tab

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Power Management: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650 Power Schemes Tab The Power schemes pull-down menu displays the selected preset power scheme. Depending on your operating system, typical power schemes are: q Portable/Laptop q Home/Office q Always On q Presentation q Minimal Power Management q Max Battery Windows XP controls the performance level of the processor depending on the power scheme you select. You do not need to make any further adjustments to set the performance level. Each preset power scheme has different time-out settings for entering standby mode, turning off the display, and turning off the hard drive. For more information on power management options, see the Windows XP Help and Support Center (Windows Helpin Windows 2000). Alarms Tab HINT: To enable audible alarms, click each Alarm Action button and select Sound alarm. The Low battery alarm and Critical battery alarm settings alert you with a message when the battery charge falls below a certain percentage. When you receive your computer, the Low battery alarm and Critical battery alarm check boxes are selected. Dell recommends that you continue to use these settings. See the battery section in the Tell Me How help file (see "Accessing Help") for more information on lowbattery warnings. Power Meter Tab The Power Meter tab displays the current power source and amount of battery charge remaining. file:///F|/Service%20Manuals/Dell/Inspiron/2600-50/power.htm (4 of 7) [2/28/2004 6:52:04 AM]

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Power Management: Dell Inspiron 2600 and 2650
Power Schemes Tab
The
Power schemes
pull-down menu displays the selected preset power scheme.
Depending on your operating system, typical power schemes are:
●
Portable/Laptop
●
Home/Office
●
Always On
●
Presentation
●
Minimal Power Management
●
Max Battery
Windows XP controls the performance level of the processor depending on the power
scheme you select. You do not need to make any further adjustments to set the
performance level. Each preset power scheme has different time-out settings for
entering standby mode, turning off the display, and turning off the hard drive. For
more information on power management options, see the Windows XP Help and
Support Center (Windows
Help
in Windows 2000).
Alarms Tab
HINT:
To enable audible alarms, click each
Alarm Action
button and select
Sound alarm
.
The
Low battery alarm
and
Critical battery alarm
settings alert you with a
message when the battery charge falls below a certain percentage. When you receive
your computer, the
Low battery alarm
and
Critical battery alarm
check boxes are
selected. Dell recommends that you continue to use these settings. See the battery
section in the
Tell Me How
help file (see "
Accessing Help
") for more information on low-
battery warnings.
Power Meter Tab
The
Power Meter
tab displays the current power source and amount of battery charge
remaining.
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