Dell Inspiron 1526 Released

The Dell Inspiron 1526, the PC maker’s new AMD-powered 15.4-inch notebook, is now available.

The Inspiron 1526 is priced at $749 after instant savings and can be purchased through Best Buy. It comes with the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor at 2GHz, 2GB of system memory expandable to 4GB, a 250GB hard drive, DVD burner, and the ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 integrated graphics, which manages the notebook’s 15.4″ 1280-by-800 glossy display.

According to the product specifications, the 1526 has a built-in 2-megapixel web camera, an 802.11b/g wireless module, and Eternet LAN and 56k modem connections. There are also four USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, 8-in-1 media card reader, Firewire port, and VGA and S-Video outputs.

The Inspiron 1526 has the same chassis design as the Intel-based 1525. It weighs 6.2 pounds and is 1″–1.5″ thin, which is lower than 1.47″-1.65″ in previous Inspiron 1521 series. The laptop comes in seven different colors and runs Windows Vista Home Premium operating system.

The new notebook is not available through the Dell’s official online store.

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1526 - A very good laptop. I give good ratings but mine came with a defective motherboard and it took Dell about ten weeks to rectify the problem before returning unit to me
During this time I was without the use of a computer.
Indeed this was poor service Dell.
This has definitely tarnished your reputation. As a result, many of my friends and associates, have sworn that they would never purchase any product from Dell now or in the future.

I purchased the Dell 1526 for my mother while I was away in Iraq. A few days after the one year warranty I returned home and took the computer into Best Buy where I purchased it. It had been acting erratically since I bought it but since I was in Iraq and the computer was back in the US with my mother there was not much I could do about it. Mom does not drive so it was up to me to get it done. The motherboard was faulty on this computer and the repair stated that it was put in improperly from the start. They wanted over $500 to fix it. I told them to shove it and promptly bought a Toshiba. I will NEVER again buy a Dell and will no longer shop at Best Buy because of this.

AVOID buying a Dell, especially a Dell Inspiron 1526. My motherboard failed too, only a little more than a year after I bought it. unbelievable — upon doing some research, this is an incredibly common problem with this poorly made laptop. go with something else.

My motherboard failed also - 2 weeks out of warranty.

Never buy this laptop. In the first three months of buying this, the hardrive had to be replaced. They changed that and now the motherboard keeps playing up. It is a very common problem with this laptop. I will never buy Dell again. Am looking at getting a Toshiba

I have a dell 1526 for 8 mounths not and have no complants on it. I got water on the bottem of it a few mounths back but useing a hot air dryer on it got it quickly dryed out and working ok. I will have it a year in dec so perhaps something bad could still go wrong with it in the first year.

Gee, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that my motherboard died 2 weeks after the warranty concluded. What a load of crap!

Don’t buy this laptop. I’ve had the same problems with it. It was faulty since i bought it, overheating, shutting off randomly, it wouldn’t read any cd’s or dvd’s. I took it to best buy after i bought it because there was something wrong and i was told it would cost over $500 to fix it. I will never shop there again, i’m not paying for them to fix a problem that it came with. Now just a month over warranty the graphics card is going crazy and as i type there’s blue and pink lines pulsing on the screen. Dell laptops are poorly made and they have terrible customer service, do yourself a favor and buy something else.

Had my dell 1526 one year and a half now and the motherboard went bad it powers on but no screen and nothing seems to be a very common problem ! Stay away from it !!!!

So sorry to hear so many problem about this laptop, especially since I own this piece of doo doo. Classic symptoms. Powers up but no screen. Bought as a demo from Best Buy (what was I thinking). The Mac is lookin better everyday……

I love my dell 1526. I have never had a problem with it, and Have had the computer since May 2008. The only thing I did have go wrong with my computer was my 3 year old son popped of 3 of the keys on the keyboard. I called dell, and had a new one shipped to me, at their cost, overnight. Thank You Dell…I purchased mine at Staples not Best Buy.

Hi - how about at 7months old, the motherbaord and the hard drive replaced and now again 11 months later, the same thing - AGAIN! Dell will not own up to the repair. Per a Dell Service Rep. somewhere in Asia - I guess, “it is not uncommon for a computer to go through up to 10 motherboards in one year.” Really?! I guess if it’s a Dell!!! JUNK

I would also have to chime in and say to not purchase this computer. Mine also just crashed, most likely due to overheating. I took it to a computer guy (friend of family) and he said it’s completely done. The fan on this model takes air from underneath and pumps it out the back. If it overheats, will burn out the computer. (mine received the blue screen of death, and will now turn on, but no images on screen). Some pre-cautions are to place the computer on a hard surface (not your bed, or anything) so that you get good air flow. Secondly, make sure there is no dust/dirt clogging the air intake…this may require removing the bottom of the computer once in a while to gently blow away all the fuzzies. These AMD powered laptops are apparently more prone to being destroyed when overheated. Go with Intel processor. Don’t know whether to even bother to try sending to Dell to get fixed, or just buy a different brand of computer. Probably the latter. Good luck to everyone else who has also had this problem. I wonder if it’s worth submitting any formal complaints? My computer was only 18 mos old.

Hi Melanie. I have the same problem with my inspiron 1526. What did you did about it?
Thanks.

I bought my wife a “pink” 1526 for mothers day at Staples in 2008. 1 year and 3 months later… Bad Mother board!! Dell will not apply any goodwill. I own 4 dell laptops and 1 desktop. Service after trying for days and waiting more than 1/2hr each try on hold, was unbearable. Bought my first Gateway last week, take that!

Motherboard needs to be replaced after 1 year 6 months. Unbelievable. Time to move to a different brand computer. Dell is dead to me.

ı bought a dell 1526 and now ıt has been 18 months and ı need a motherboard. thıs ıs not the only problem ıt overheatıng ı contact wıth the servıce but they dıd not help me out. dell ıs dead to me ı ll never buy a dell product agaın. ı dont know what else to do wıth thıs computer ıs a pıece of shıt.

Hi all, i got the Inspiron 1526 for x-mas 08, the hinges connecting the moniter failed today, it overheats no matter what, its slow, and to my suprise NO WEBCAM!!! mine didn’t have one. I don’t know if my motherboard is acting up or not i got the blue screen once and it recovered fine but PLEASE refrain from buying, gifting, REVIEVING this load of crap. GOD i hate it i just wanted a nice computer!1!

Oh and the battery only lives off the grid for about 30 minutes, i don’t know where they got that length of battery unless they just let the computer sit there. using Google Chrome shouldn’t kill the battery that fast, right!

PLEASE READ! I have to share this….My Dell Inspirion 1526 is out of warranty. I have had it 1 1/2 years.. I have replaced the hard drive…still had the same problem.. Since I do not have warranty, they said I needed to replace the motherboard at my own cost. But before I ordered it, he said we could try a couple of things first. so the service tech asked me to open up the back and take out my memory cards.. I opened it up, and inside were 2 sticky tab looking things that surely did not belong in the computer! Took them out, and guess what? My computer is working so much better now! Hmmmmm!

Dell Inspiron 1526 is a poorly made laptop. A month before the warranty ran out the harddrive went bad and had it replaced. About a month after that I started having problems again. When I go to turn it on the fan and the power light comes on but the screen is black. After a few tries of turning it off then on it finally comes on. Dell says there is nothing they can do about it and I will have to pay to have it fixed or even talk to someone about it. I am very disappointed with the service from Dell and will NEVER buy or reccomend anyone buy a Dell computer. I put a complaint in with the Better Business Bureau. Hopefully if they get enough complaints something will get done about this matter.

I bought a dell 1526 powers up black screen. Its a yr old. There have been many problems with this comp. VERY POORLY MADE!! I will be going 2 newsday and Ch. 12 news. They are not gonna rip me off. NOWAY I also will be contacting a lawyer. It has been diagnosed with many problems of how it was made. I will be proven this. So every one who is having these problems with there fairly new comp NOT TO WORRY

I bought Dell Inspiron 1526 in Micro Center Chicago for my son’s use. a week after a year the the motherboard is dead. An expensive lesson to learn. I’ll never buy dell laptops again, never again!

Add another bad 1520 motherboard to this list (I am speechless!!) This one died at 1 year and 4 months!! How many motherboards need to fail before there is a recall ?? Pretty laptop - but apparently a real P.O.S.

It’s ironic that I am typing this review on a Dell Inspiron 1721 that I bought in July 0f 2007 and have NEVER had a problem with it - not ONCE!!

Unbelievable!!! I am having the same black screen issue and mine is 18 months old. Something is definately wrong with the way these 1526 were made if we are all having the same issues!!! Dell should pay to have them fixed!! ughhhhhh :((

Something is DEFINITELY faulty in the production of this computer. How many black screen/motherboard failures does there have to be before all of us consumers can band together for a class action lawsuit and force DELL to issue a recall of this computer? It cannot be a coincidence that this many consumers are all having the exact same issue after only 18 months (some less) of owning this laptop. Dell will now not even allow me to issue comments on the Dell Community webpage where people continue to contact me about this exact same issue. As I said before, Dell is Dead to me.

I purchased the Dell 1526 for my daughter in college. It died 1 year and 3 months later. It appears to be the motherboard. Very frustrating indeed! From reading these posts, I’m afraid to fix (throwing good money after bad).

Same as everyone else. I’ve owned this laptop for 13 months and it no longer works as it should. I keep getting the fatal error blue screen and then it won’t even boot up. Dell is not helpful. They want me to pay almost the cost of the laptop to fix it. I’m just going to buy a new one. Will no longer purchase dell.

hi all
it good to say i have been using my Dell inspiron 1526 from apri 2008. recently i have face a problem which computer not on even i given power (no boot).
so i kept some time the push power button until it off then on agan it will bootup.
do u know what is went wrong ???
no need to pay more money to repair peopl simply replace mother board battery which keep bios live.
when u using more than a year you may face this prob.
do not blam to dell
thank you

To all of you that have the power up and black screen problem. Change your CMOS battery! I’m not crazy and before this computer I never heard of a dead CMOS battery keeping a computer from booting. It is a standard CR2032 button cell. I ripped mine from a musical greeting card. Also, your hinges are not bad. They are loose. Tighten the screws by removing the screen bezel. It will take 10 minutes. Trust me. Here is my email so you can thank me when your laptop is as good as new.

P.S. It isn’t as hard as the service manual makes it out to be. There are shortcuts.

Ravin, thats incorrect. I replaced my AC adapter, My battery, downloaded the new bios and all because DELL TOLD ME TOO! Then they TELL me its the motherboard that went out one month AFTER warranty expired. Your complaints arn’t even the ones we’re complaining about. I will blame dell when I’ve spent as much money on a computer as I have and in 13 months DELL tells me its the motherboard. Furthermore, I suspect you work from dell considering your spelling.

Hello,everyone.
I have had the same problem with mine for the last 2 or 3 months. I purchased my Inspiron 1526 from Best Buy about 1 1/2 year ago, and it has been kindda frustrating with the powering it on and off, on and off, etc. I would turn it on, the fan would run but after the Dell Logo the screen stays black. I tried another thing which works, leaving the computer on for 15-20 minutes on, then turn it off and immediately turn it back on and it would boot normaly. But now i noticed is begining to be a pain, and my next thing would be to replace the Coin-Cell Battery which is located on the Systems Board. It will take a little bit of time but, there’s shortcuts in removing parts from just about anything, like if you use a hammer you will get to it quickly, but i don’t want to do that yet. that would be a last choice. I will replace the battery sometime today, and if it works i will definitely get back to you guys with the updates. I came across this blog while searching for answers to this laptop problem and it really caught my eyes. And since am not alone on this I, will get back to you guys as soon as I get results. So please don’t smash yours yet. Let’s try to find an answear to this problem. I just can’t believe how many owners, and who knows how many more have the same problem. Good luck guys!!

why do I find this website after I purchase my dell 1526 off EBAY no less! LOL I’m screwed so everyone has the 2 ghz processor right? thats the faulty one?… DAMNIT LOL I knew I shoulda went with Intel hahahaha effin AMD!

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