Top 10 Dell Inspiron 1525 Notebook Questions & Answers

I work for the Wal-Mart PC Care program. The PC Care program is free, it provides assistance in installing a year worth of virus protection. Anything beyond that is on a pay for fee service. It does not replace the original Dell warranty (which as pointed out) you were under. The little card board disk hold clearly states that you should save your receipt here. The receipt can be generated again at the local store. A customer can also purchase an extended service that comes info effect after the original warranty expires. It is not a bad plan, but it does pay to read and know what the plan covers. You still need to contact Dell as you are under their warranty. Pre-existing conditions are not covered by any extended service plan.

you are experiecing with your CMOS battery so:

try taking the CMOS battery out
leaving for 30 seconds
make sure it's all unplugged from the wall
do that first
then press the power button after the 30 seconds
to drain all power
then put battery back in
and plug in and turn on

and if still problem remains then you need to change your CMOS battery.

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Take the battery out Short the battery terminals or shorting points .Reinstal battery and the pass word wil be gone. 

Hi, You can try this out to reseat the Hard Drive

First safety Steps:

1. Ensure that the work surface is flat and clean to prevent the computer cover from being scratched.


2. Click Start , click the arrow icon, and then click Shut Down to turn off your computer.
3. Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets
4. Disconnect any telephone or network cables from the computer.
5. Remove any installed cards from the ExpressCard slot and the 8-in-1 memory card reader
6. Turn the computer over.
7. Slide the battery release latch until they click into place.
8. Slide the battery out of the battery bay.
9. Turn the computer top-side up, open the display, and press the power button to ground the system board.
   
   
   
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   battery
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   battery release latch
   

1. Turn the computer over and remove the two hard drive screws.

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screws (2)
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hard drive


2. Slide the hard drive out of the computer.

3. Slide the hard drive into the hard drive bay until the drive is fully seated.

4. Replace the two screws to secure the hard drive Then again you can try

I've worked on this model before. When your looking at the screen on your laptop, you need to take off the front bezel. Use a flathead screwdriver to gently pry it off. Pull gently in different places to get it off.

Then after that there will be either 3 or 4 screws on the left hand side of the screen and the right hand side of the screen. You'll need a phillips head screwdriver to take off those screws. Then there will be an LCD cable that comes off from the back of the LCD, you can gently pull this off.

Then go ahead and line up the new LCD with the screw holes and start putting the screws back and hook back up the LCD cable. After this you may want to turn on the laptop to make sure you have video. Once you verify this, then you can do the last step and put the front bezel back onto the lcd screen, and that should be it. Hope this helps.

1525 owners (possibly other models) DO NOT replace the mobo before reading this! Just read step 3 and 3a.

The Dell 1525, 600 series, and probably all other models using PA10 or PA12 power supplies have a power jack that uses the center pin to detect the presence of a genuine Dell power adapter. There have been considerable writings on the problems with this 3rd pin on the internet.
The symptom is that you can run the laptop when plugged in but the battery won't charge and you get a warning message that you are not using the proper power supply or it can not be identified.
The best place to see power supply status in the BIOS under battery status.
You MUST use a genuine Dell adapter, period. None of the non OEM supplies have the center pin enabled (proprietary chip).
CAUSES:
1. The power adapter sensing line can be damaged by static electricity but I find this to be rare.
2. The center pin in the power supply is loose or the wires are breaking (test by wiggling the power cord at the strain relief while holding the plug steady in the laptop - replace the power supply for $<20 on eBay.
3. The center pin connector on the laptop jack is loose - symptom is that it works sometimes and not others. Requires a full breakdown and replacement of the jack. Can be done yourself if you are very handy AND WILLING to FOLLOW DIRECTIONS which are excellent on the Dell web site. Does require soldering on most laptops.
3a. At least on the 1525 there is a sub board for the power and USB which you can get for $80 on eBay and just plugs in - still requires pretty much total breakdown. The board itself is usually the problem so replacing the connector won't help - it is in the multilayer trace from the power jack to the mobo connector. There is a bypass wiring method that requires super close tolerance soldering - I will post that if asked.
4. On some older models (P4 1 core) you can go into the BIOS and turn off Intel speed step to get the laptop running - it will run slower but you probably won't even notice the diff.
This whole mess is the result of Dell trying to protect the mobo and battery (life and fire prevention) but packing too much wiring into a too small package. They should have used a larger, 3 prong type power jack knowing how much strain is put on the power cord.

go to support.dell.com, choose drivers and downloads, then type in the service tag of your dell laptop. you can find that number on a sticker at the bottom of your laptop. then you will have all the drivers for your laptop. download and install the modem driver.

Here ya go, the instructions straight from Dell.

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/SM/display.htm#wp1180071

It is about a 30 minute job.

hey Buddy Follw this Link it with Help u remove the LCD of ur 1525 and put it back its a Step by Step instruction.well we dont knw how Flexible r u with system.but if u r compleatly new with the system

DONT TRY THIS AT HOME.

link

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/SM/display.htm#wp1179838

Hi,
This is one of the known issues with the Inspiron 1525 computer.The problem is caused by faulty cmos battery. If you computer is in warranty kinldy call Dell to get the same replaced . if the system is out of warranty. You would need to replace the CMOS battery ie below the keyboard.
You can follow the instructions below

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/SM/coinbatt.htm#wp1179839

Thanks
Proton