Dell Inspiron 1525 Issues

Question

My Inspiron has been having problems and I wanted to get help with things things that are possibly fixable: 1: My trackpad is acting erratic, it skips around the screen and I had to resort to using a usb mouse which I don't like. 2: The Keyboard skips every other key stroke making it hard to type without corrections (even now). 3: The media buttons light up when pressed but not on startup, and they don't work. 4: My fan is running but not enough to cool the system so its heating up to 100 C. at times. 5: When I start my computer up, a dash flashes for a few seconds before showing the startup screen,and I can't restart it, if I do it stays at a black screen with everything else running and I have to do a battery pull. To be fair, some of the issues happened when I took my laptop apart to remove the CMOS battery o try and reset the BIOS admin password, which failed in the end. I'm hoping there's a way to fix this, otherwise I'll have to replace the entire base of my laptop.

Travis299 · Answer

Rajath N Your BIOS update worked perfectly on my 1525.  Went from 16 to 17, thanks.

DELL-Rajath N · Answer

Hi dkris2020,

I am sorry that you are having many issues with your computer.

First, you may perform a diagnostics on the computer to check if there is an issue with any hardware components. For the steps to perform the diagnostics, please visit the following link and click on “Dell Diagnostics”:

http://dell.to/QNuJMM

If the system passes all the tests, then visit the following link to download and install the BIOS:

http://dell.to/NkXW0k

Note: Follow the steps provided in “Installation Instructions” section to install the BIOS.

Installing the BIOS may fix the issues with Touchpad, Keyboard, Media Keys and Fan. Reply to this message if you need further assistance.

Thanks and Regards,

Rajath N

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dkris2020 · Answer

Hi, I did the test and installed the bios (I re-installed it) and the problems persist. I got my new touchpad but to my surprise the touchpad is still erratic at times and my keystrokes still have trouble registering on every other key press. Unless there's another solution I'd have to replace the motherboard.

DELL-Rajath N · Answer

Hi dris2020,

This is Rajath N from Dell regarding the TouchPad and Keyboard issue with Inspiron 1525 laptop.

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