Customizing Your Power Settings
1.Click Start 
→ Control Panel.
2.Click All Control Panel Items.
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4.Select a power plan from the options shown. To customize specific settings, click Change plan settings next to the selected power plan.
Reducing Power Consumption
Although your laptop (together with the operating system) is capable of power conservation, there are measures you can take to reduce the power consumption:
•Lower the intensity of the display backlight. A very bright screen translates to higher power usage.
•Use the Go Dark option in the Alienware Command Center.
You can also create application profiles for any application on your computer. This may be required for newly released games or applications that do not have a default application profile.
Changing the Application Profile Settings
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2.In the NVIDIA Control Panel window, click 3D Settings to expand the selection (if not already expanded) and then click Manage 3D Settings.
3.In the Program Settings tab, click Add and browse to select the application’s executable file (.exe). Once added, you can change the settings for that application.
To change the settings for a specific application, locate the application in the Select a program to customize: list and make the desired changes.
NOTE: For more information on the NVIDIA control panel options and settings, click Help.
Free Fall Sensor
Free fall sensor protects your computer hard drive from possible damage, by detecting a free fall state caused by accidentally dropping the computer. When a free fall state is detected, the hard drive is placed in a safe state to protect against damage to the read/write head and possible data loss. Your hard drive returns to normal operation, when the free fall state is no longer detected.
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