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How to Change the BIOS Battery Charge Mode to Primarily AC Use on Alienware Laptops

Résumé: This article serves as a guide to change the BIOS battery charge mode to Primarily AC Use on Alienware laptops.

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Set Primarily AC Use to maintain battery Health

Many users have been using their Alienware laptop in AC mode during the coronavirus pandemic period. In order to maintain the battery health, you may see a notification to change the battery charge mode to Primarily AC Use. The notification (see Figure 1 [English Only]) is displayed during the BIOS update.

The notification seen during BIOS update to set the settings of express charge to Primarily AC Use
Figure 1: The notification that is seen during the BIOS update to set the settings of express charge to Primarily AC Use.

Platform Name	Implemented BIOS version	Release date	Default setting of Battery Charge Mode
Alienware 13 R3	1.12.2	July 30, 2021	Auto
Alienware 15 R3	1.12.2	July 30, 2021	Auto
Alienware 17 R4	1.12.2	July 30, 2021	Auto
Alienware 15 R4	1.13.2	July 30, 2021	Express Charge
Alienware 17 R5	1.13.2	July 30, 2021	Express Charge
Alienware Area 51m	1.14.0	June 8, 2021	Adaptive
Alienware Area 51m R2	1.8.1	July 30, 2021	Adaptive
Alienware m15 R2	1.8.1	July 30, 2021	Adaptive
Alienware m17 R2	1.8.1	July 30, 2021	Adaptive
Alienware m15	2.7.0	April 21, 2021	Express Charge
Alienware m17	2.7.0	April 21, 2021	Express Charge

Table 1: BIOS releases that would show the notification.

Set Primarily AC Use

You can follow one of the methods below to change the Express Charge settings.

Method 1: Set Primarily AC Use in BIOS

Turn the laptop on.
Press F2 key during the startup to enter the BIOS.
Switch to the Advanced tab.
Locate Express Charge (see Figure 2 [English Only]) or Battery Charge Configuration (see Figure 3 [English Only]).
- For Alienware 13 R3, Alienware 15 R3, Alienware 17 R4, Alienware 15 R4, Alienware 17 R5, Alienware m15, and Alienware m17
  
  Figure 2: Express Charge
- For Alienware Area 51m, Alienware Area 51m R2, Alienware m15 R2, and Alienware m17 R2
  
  Figure 3: Battery Charge Configuration
Change the value to Primarily AC Use.
Press F10 to save the change and exit.

Figure 4: BIOS Prompt - Save configuration and reset

Method 2: Load BIOS default

Turn the laptop on.
Press the F2 key during POST to enter the BIOS.
Press F9 to load default settings.

Figure 5: BIOS Prompt - Load Optimized Defaults
Press F10 to save the change and exit.

Figure 6: BIOS Prompt - Save configuration and reset

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Alienware 13 R3, Alienware 15 R3, Alienware 15 R4, Alienware Area-51m, Alienware 17 R4, Alienware 17 R5, Alienware Area-51m R2, Alienware M15 R2, Alienware M17 R2

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10 juil. 2024

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