The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Disabling Dell Battery Desktop Mode

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Acceptable, Sep 3, 2015.

  1. Acceptable

    Acceptable Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have an AW15 which I upgraded to Win10 and then did a clean re-install of Win10.

    I remember before the clean install, I got a pop up asking me if I want to enable the battery desktop mode whereby the laptop discharges the battery to 75% and holds it there when it detects that the AC is plugged in for prolonged periods of time.

    After the re-install, I did not receive this notification, but the laptop went ahead and enabled this feature anyways.

    The battery dropped to 75% today and is being held there saying "plugged in, but no charging" even when the AC is connected.

    Is there anyway to disable this feature? Are there any software/drivers I need to download that was removed during the clean re-install in order to control this feature?

    I don't mind wearing out my battery early.
     
    Acceptable, Sep 3, 2015
    #1
  2. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

    Reputations:
    285
    Messages:
    1,477
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    56
    It's still in the Power Option, aka the Battery icon in the taskbar tray, Right click it and you should see "Desktop mode battery charge" listed on the top, click it then disable in the popup dialog.

    Here is a picture of where it is and what it look like.
    [​IMG]
     
    CGSDR, Sep 4, 2015
    #2
  3. Acceptable

    Acceptable Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    So mine doesn't actually have the "Desktop mode battery charge option." It has the other 3 though.

    I suspect it's probably because I did a clean re-install of Win10 and removed the pre-installed software that controls that function. Do you know what software/driver I need to download to get that option back?
     
    Acceptable, Sep 4, 2015
    #3
  4. Game7a1

    Game7a1 ?

    Reputations:
    529
    Messages:
    3,159
    Likes Received:
    1,040
    Trophy Points:
    231
    On-Screen Display App. You may have it installed, so a uninstall and reinstall may do the trick. Otherwise, just install it.
     
    Game7a1, Sep 4, 2015
    #4
    CGSDR and Acceptable like this.
  5. Acceptable

    Acceptable Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Ah perfect, that did the trick! Thanks!
     
    Acceptable, Sep 4, 2015
    #5