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3 Inspiron 1526 - Bad motherboards galore
I picked up a dell inspiron 1526 locally to tinker with and it seems to power on somewhat but the leds are not correct and the dvd drive will not even eject. The fans spin and the wifi led flashes orange / blue. From the research i have dones there seems to have been a ton of problems with the motherboard . Has anyone had experience with this particular unit? I hope to maybe be able to repair ir if it was bad caps or bad solder joints or something instead of just parting it out. Also i love this site but is there any other online community of laptop repair people - like i see guys advertising logicboard repairs and services other than just part swapping and i would like to learn more about this myself
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I have a dead 1526 as well. Dead as in will not power on. My power button does not light up but the battery will take a charge and the dvd led's light up and seem to function. Is this the same problem you had that was fixed by replacing the cmos battery?
Charles 의
Charles,
It sounds very similar. If you hold down the function key and power up you should get flashing LED's that tell you approximately what the problem is. You'll have to search through Dell's support site to try and find what the code means, but this is what mine was (the last post).
If you're comfortable with taking your computer apart I'd suggest replacing the battery. Just be ready to spend some time on it, and DON'T skip any steps. The 1526 is like a jigsaw puzzle, and the coin battery is the last piece. It takes time and patience, but the $2 you'll spend to fix it is worth it.
That being said, if a new battery doesn't fix your problem, at least you know one more thing that isn't the problem.
Good luck.
Steve Vlaminck 의
I bought my computer when they first QVC and it was a lemon from the get go. I have been using it for the last 3 years ad nauseam and am now finally replacing it. My Dell Inspiron 1526 crashed 7 times in the first year and they wouldn't do much to help me. Customer service stinks. I am a woman who was dealing with men in India. They were very condescending towards me. On the last crash, I finally got an Indian woman and she got me a new motherboard. It had worked fine up until I picked up a virus...yes I was using protection...and had to have it serviced. It never did work well....and this made it even worse yet. The one thing that I had noticed all along was that everytime that I had to wipe it clean to start over, I never had the drivers that were basic and necessary to operate the computer. My techie was always looking up drivers for me...and not for free...I mean her services. When you multiply this by how many times I have had to do this, I could have invested in a new computer. So, I am getting a new computer. I think that I am going to give my old one away to my grandson...for all that he will use it for, it should be fine. I used a lot of graphics programs and it couldn't handle those.
opal777 의
I have what seems to be the same problem on my Dell Inspiron 1545. Would this be the same issue? I am willing to to try to replace this cmos battery. Anyone know if following the step by step is the same on the 1545?
Rick Muse 의