Talk:Dell Inspiron 1525

Low Battery Life?
I Think this should get a say. i owned a 1525, before it would'nt charge. google it and you'll see thousands of people have the same problem.--DerynJones (talk) 16:58, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

The 1525 had a sustantially better reliability rating than industry standard. As the article stated, it was a step down from the i1520 which was designed as a budget workhorse. The 1525 was designed to appeal to a younger CONSUMER market. The case was given a rakish angle and was made smaller and lighter.

Dispite your claim, there is NO statistical anomoly with charging on this unit. If you have an issue please call tech support. ALL notebooks, no matter which brand, have issues with people who trip over power cords which may damage the mobo. Accidental damage is NOT covered by any mfgrs hardware warranty unless you buy a seperate insurance plan with the computer.

There is NO design flaw in the touchpad. The process of replacing a "palmrest sub assembly" is a COMMON engineering solution used by almost all notebook manufacturers. Nor is there statistical anomoly with complaints of fan noise.

The claim of fan placement is a falacy. As with MOST notebooks, there is only one fan, directly on the CPU/heatsink. There is no case fan that would blow across a video card. The 1520 did have more dead air space to disapate heat but marketing research stated it was big and bulky and so the case was trimmed for cosmetic reasons, not engineering reasons.

Claims of webcam/mic issues should be atributed to user competancy. The SAME cam/mic subassembly was shipped to several competing notebook mfgrs by the subcontractor who is THE major mfgr of webcams. Analysis of parts replacement for that subassemby do NOT support the claim that there was an issue, indicating that tech support resolved it as software or user competancy. IF the claim that the webcam/mics assemblies were defective, competing notebook mfgrs would have had the SAME issue, because it was the SAME part.

Upgrade to 8GB RAM
The Upgrade section claims the laptop can be upgraded to 8GB RAM but does not cite references and I suspect it is wrong. However nowhere online sells 4GB RAM for an Inspiron 1525, there are a few forum posts of people trying and failing to use 8GB RAM. Most damning of all is the following Intel page for the Chipset GM965 quoting a maximum RAM of 4GB. http://ark.intel.com/products/29821/Intel-82GM965-Graphics-and-Memory-Controller Therefore I suspect this number to be wrong. 155.91.64.11 (talk) 12:34, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

On closer inspection the section quoting a maximum of 8GB RAM was added by an IP Address user that has made no other edits. Aside from corrections to spelling and adding links that section has not been changed since and still lists 8GB RAM without any references. I would prefer not to edit the number to say 4GB as I do not have a proper reference for it. Can someone add the 'citation needed' tags, I do not remember how. 155.91.64.11 (talk) 12:38, 26 February 2015 (UTC)


 * Added Template:Citation needed-span around the information on RAM and USB 3.0. I'll check for a source, but the tag is added for now. @ND  Killa  ^^^  12:46, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

What are the multiple issues?
Noob here. I was sent here by Wikipedia to help fix multiple issues, but I don't see where those are tagged. CraeftSmith (talk) 03:30, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

ran these for a decade case hinge blows power in wears out. why they made the power in connector fat on later models. the case hinge on the more expensive 'office' dell = more like the thinkpad. the case hinge on the inspiron was an issue apart from that they = robust light, fast machine. still very useful with xubuntu Aspidistra9812 (talk) 12:35, 26 July 2023 (UTC)