Dell — Inspiron 1526 Laptop Motherboard Dies

Dell — Inspiron 1526 Laptop Motherboard Dies

C Carmine Fazzari

Add me to the list of Dell 1526 Laptop owners whose motherboard died 3 months after the warranty expired. And it was a gift to my neice which makes it all the more painful. From what I've read the battery MAY be the problem, but I am beginning to believe that the battery in these laptops is a poor design and is overheating and damaging (destroying) the motherboard. I would love to see Dell step up and take responsibility for the repairs but I doubt they will. I've read page after page of complaints about this model but to be fair I'm not sure if the performance record of this model is better or worse than any other model. As it stands now - I've just ordered a Dell 1550 for my wife but had I know about the problems the 1526 was having, I would have ordered an HP or Toshiba instead. I doubt it will be worth replacing the battery and/or the motherboard in this unit - you can get a new laptop for just a little more than the cost of the repairs you will need to make on the 1526. Was this information helpful? No (0) Yes (0)

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Susan Banks

FULL HEARTEDLY AGREE. I am a widow, mother of two and full time student that has purchased several Dells in my past. I never had a problem with my 2005 desktop. Except that now its getting outdated. But as far as laptops go, they're garbage. My motherboard on my laptop died, and after paying 300 I got a replacment laptop (I was under warranty at the time.) Of course, one month after the warranty expired, my motherboard FRIED AGAIN! DELL REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. Im going to BBB on Monday.

alan dole

I do not own one of these but i just got done troubleshooting one for a friend. After getting a new battery and charging it up the computer was dead. I have taken the thing apart and finally discovered the MB to be the culprit. Of course it is out of warranty. It is possible that the battery change didn't cause the problem but I bet it did. After looking for broken ones for parts guess what every one has in common... I have a dell laptop that has never given me a problem from 2005. I won't be getting another.

spiff

my wifes 1526 did the same thing.

roslifarid

Yes I`m agreed that Dell never responbility for their motherboard conflicd with nvidia display, they only offer an extended warranty that kind of business to exploit their customer, that stupid motherboard should be damm again after a few month passed their warranty.So you better choose another brand, and be careful with nvidia