Reference Guide

• 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 System Utilities

6 Click Download to download the DPM application for your computer.

7 After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved the DPM

file.

8 Double-click the DPM file icon and follow the instructions on the screen.