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    What's Function-F2 for?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Omroth, Nov 12, 2010.

  1. Omroth

    Omroth Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys. Why can I "disable" and "enable" the battery with function-f2?

    Thanks,
    Ian
     
    Omroth, Nov 12, 2010
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  2. WaR

    WaR Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's to have it not charge while you are connected to an outlet.

    Is that what you meant?
     
    WaR, Nov 12, 2010
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  3. rippeer

    rippeer Notebook Evangelist

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    oh sweet, I'm going to start using so that in the event I ever want to use this off power my battery is not totally thrashed
     
    rippeer, Nov 12, 2010
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  4. Turmoil

    Turmoil Notebook Evangelist

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    So what does the Color Battery, and Blue Battery mean when you press this? Obviously the Battery with a line through it means not charging, but the difference in Colored Full and Blue Full battery is an enigma to me.
     
    Turmoil, Nov 12, 2010
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  5. WaR

    WaR Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, well from experience I can say the Green icon just tells you the status, like how much it is charged. The Blue image is the one that actually enables the charging.
     
    WaR, Nov 12, 2010
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  6. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The breakdown of the icons are in the manual - I dont have it on hand, but check. Its all there.
     
    BatBoy, Nov 12, 2010
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