Manual

Contents 11
11 Power (Power Settings, Power
Protection Devices, and Batteries)
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Setting Power Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Windows Vista
®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Windows
®
XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Power Protection Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Surge Protector
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Power Line Conditioner
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
. . . . . . . . 141
Laptop Computer Batteries
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Using Your Laptop Computer for the
First Time
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Preserving the Life of a Battery
. . . . . . . . . . 142
Replacing a Battery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Checking the Battery Charge
. . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Conserving Battery Power
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Charging the Battery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Storing a Battery
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
US Department of Transportation (DOT)
Notebook Battery Restrictions
. . . . . . . . . . . 146
Dell™ ControlPoint Power Manager
. . . . . . . . 146
12 Networks (LAN, Wireless,
Mobile Broadband)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Local Area Networks (LAN)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
What You Need to Set up a LAN
. . . . . . . . . . 151
Setting up a new LAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN)
. . . . . . . . 153