Dell Inspiron 1525 Motherboard Replacement
Use this guide to help you replace the motherboard in a Dell Inspiron 1525.
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Remove the two 5.75 mm Phillips #1 screws securing the keyboard to the laptop.
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Gently slide the keyboard towards the display until the tabs on its front side are free.
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Remove the two 3.60 mm #1 Phillips screws securing the hard drive and hard drive tray.
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Slide the hard drive and hard drive tray out of the laptop.
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Remove the 5.75 mm #1 Phillips screw securing the optical drive.
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Pull the optical drive straight from the laptop.
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Remove/loosen the eight 4.80 mm Phillips #1 screws securing the bottom panel.
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The screws may only need to be loosened, as they are generally retained by plastic washers.
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Remove the bottom panel.
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Disconnect the five antennas from their respective cards.
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De-route the antennas from their routing retainers.
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Remove the nine 5.75 mm Phillips #1 screws on the bottom side of the laptop.
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Remove the two 5.70 mm Phillips #1 screws on the top side of the laptop.
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Eject your ExpressCard or ExpressCard dust shield if you want to transfer it to the new ExpressCard cage. Eject the card by pressing it in until it clicks, releasing it, then sliding it out.
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Remove the 3.80 mm Phillips #1 screw securing the ExpressCard cage.
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Remove the two 3.70 mm Phillips #1 screws securing the ExpressCard cage.
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Lift the ExpressCard cage out of its connector.
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Loosen the five #1 Phillips screws securing the heat sink and clean it with compressed air
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Gently lift the heat sink from side indicated in the picture.
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Use a spudger to push the retaining latch of the central control button connector towards its cable.
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Pull the cable out of the connector.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Thank you for these directions!!! They made the tedious job of replacing the motherboard in my Inspiron 1525 much easier....only had to remove the motherboard one extra time to remove the modem and WIFI modem off the back as well as one cable that wasn't mentioned or needed to just get the motherboard out...Thanks again!!!
Hey, thanks for the kind words. I added a note on the last step as a reminder for folks to transfer any remaining components onto the new motherboard!
Thanks so much!!! This was perfect. I've never done anything like this before and you made it work!!!!