Dell Inspirion 1525- Battery Required

kravmaga

Anybody know where I can purchase a new battery for my Dell Inspirion 1525 Laptop.

To purchase a battery from Dell online is way too expensive.

What about Ebay? Good or bad

Has anybody any ideas?

kravmaga

Any techies on here at all?

Battery is nearly gone.......

Need a replacement asap.......

There is one in China but that is on EBay

Any feedback from anyone with knowledge of Dell Inspirion 1515 Laptops?

duckysauce

blueeyedboy wrote: »

Any techies on here at all?

Battery is nearly gone.......

Need a replacement asap.......

There is one in China but that is on EBay

Any feedback from anyone with knowledge of Dell Inspirion 1515 Laptops?

ring dell and haggle

darkmaster2

Dealextreme do pretty decent laptop batteries cheap. Price includes delivery.
I bought one for my dell recently and its great.

http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.Dell%20Inspirion%201525

Redisle

Bought one for a 1525 on ebay and it was fine. It was from HK but had all the proper labels, was still probably a fake.

However, you would want to be sure your battery is actually gone, in my case the original battery turned out to be fine, it was the laptops charging circuit was screwed (Coming up with "Plugged in, not charging" the whole time). This is a very common problem with these laptops and a new battery won't help..

John mac

Redisle wrote: »

Bought one for a 1525 on ebay and it was fine. It was from HK but had all the proper labels, was still probably a fake.

However, you would want to be sure your battery is actually gone, in my case the original battery turned out to be fine, it was the laptops charging circuit was screwed (Coming up with "Plugged in, not charging" the whole time). This is a very common problem with these laptops and a new battery won't help..

yea mine is saying that ,(d600)

i got a new battery from Deal Extreme last week worked fine but wont charge now. :mad:

is there a fix for the charge circuit?
i only use the lappy for tinternet . so not essential,
but would be nice to be able to take it outside in the summer.

kravmaga

Ended up buying a new battery on EBAY for €27 with free postage and packaging from Hong Kong, China.

Dell are such a rip off

Redisle

John mac wrote: »

yea mine is saying that ,(d600)

i got a new battery from Deal Extreme last week worked fine but wont charge now. :mad:

is there a fix for the charge circuit?
i only use the lappy for tinternet . so not essential,
but would be nice to be able to take it outside in the summer.

That message can come up for a number of reasons, in the case of the 1525 it's a faulty charging circuit (which is a slot in card on the mainboard).

In your case there's a good chance it's the charger, they have a tendency to stop working and cause batteries to stop charging, best bet is to try someone else's charger.

If you still have a problem then either the new battery is screwed or you have a problem with the mainboard.. hardly worth reparing on a laptop that old.

kravmaga

New Battery arrived in the post this am from Hong Kong.

Laptop working fine with new battery , happy days.:)

For anyone considering purchasing from Dell online don,t do it.....EBAY all the way

duckysauce

blueeyedboy wrote: »

New Battery arrived in the post this am from Hong Kong.

Laptop working fine with new battery , happy days.:)

For anyone considering purchasing from Dell online don,t do it.....EBAY all the way

have you seen the pics of the hong kong batterys taken apart , they are unsafe and it wont last long

bonzodog2

duckysauce wrote: »

have you seen the pics of the hong kong batterys taken apart , they are unsafe and it wont last long

Do you have a link for us duckysauce ?
Its always a good idea to use a 'laptop' on a hard surface, or at least, making sure ventilation/fan is unobstructed. They do get hot, and some have been known to catch on fire :eek: