Dell inspiron 1525 over heats & shuts down?

I've had the same problem with my Inspiron 1525 as well. Of course when I bought it, the hardrive died 3 times within only a few months apart from the purchase date then the heat sink went. Five months later, the heat sink is causing my laptop to overheat yet again. It's a shame Dell refuses to stand behind their product and admit it's a defect. At least the customers living in California get to make them pay with a nice class action lawsuit. Maybe Dell will wake up one day. Lesson is don't buy a Dell.

better to dont buy dell laptops.......... itz waste of money

its uber common that your fan gets dirty, I have had an ispirion for about 5 years, no problem. You just have to clean the fan and it will work beautyfully. On the other hand when your computer gets to hot the system protects the computer shutting it down. So in my point of view its a very good buy (compared to an HP that doesnt shuts down and really kills your comp)

@Tomtom

Don't spew lies about HP. I'm working on an HP right now that shuts down when it gets too hot.

my sentiments actually. My daughter has a windows vista dell laptop and has only had it for two years. It overheats and shuts off too. the hard drive is slowly but surely dying because of the overheating so I guess its safe to say that they make sure that you have to keep spending your money because our warranty is up and it costs $285 to get another year added to the warranty. You even have to pay for technical support to find out what's wrong with it. They ask you about the symptoms and then they tell you they cant continue helping unless you have a credit card. They charge like $3.45 a minute for tech support so you better be a fast talker.

Hi ppl,

I am gettin exactly the same thing happening to me and I have just recievd my dell inspiron after dell took it to fix its joint (i bcame loose and eventualy broke) anyway, my laptop now shudts after evry 5 mins and I wait for it to cool and switch on!!

im callin them again, I hope its just the battery or charger that needs changing.

ps. I bought mines from canda and also have that thing that changes the plug from 2 to 3!

helpp

What the mayo burgers brand-new charger and poof! it stops working along with my laptop pc randomly turning off....Its a INSPIRON | 1501

Obviously I had the same problem with my Inspiron 1525, it was shutting down on the most random occasions (hot or not, while I was working or while it was idle and so on...). Now I think it is fine because I have tested it (even left it on the couch running for one night) and it doesn't shut down like that anymore. What I did is that first I updated my version of BIOS, it seems they had developed this update especially to prevent crashes, blue screens and computer freezing. I also checked the error log (hit Start and type "Problem Reports and Solutions" in the search box), clicked on "See problems to check" and then checked for solutions for all Windows errors to see why my system was crashing. In my case it was the ethernet controller so I went and got the latest update on that one too. So updates for BIOS and the ethernet controller worked in my case...(so far!) I hope this helps

i suppose the overheating is a major problem with 1525's from what I've noticed..but also it can be sorted because yesterday I followed Andreas instructions however I did not remove the long brown "thingymagic"...i only removed the dust from the side..however today I removed the five screws around the side of the "thingymagic" and there was a BIG dust bunny clogging up the fan.. and now I can feel a lot of more air coming up the back and the performance has increased slightly..but also another problem I have with my 1525 is that the screen is really loose and wobbly..which in all honesty is not my fault..lol..i just never really bothered about it until my friend noticed it..so before my warranty this May runs out I will get it quickly fixed..(but it takes 7 days and so that means for 7 days I'll be without my laptop..which is inconvenient..I think they should make it like a car insurance thing where they have a replacement lol..

Hey...well seeing as you know not to keep the fan blocked the only thing I can advise you is to follow Andreas instructions http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1525/en/SM/cpucool.htm#wp1179839
and try to see if there is dust inside clogging the fan. Also I believe if you were to report this problem to dell and say that a numerous amount of people have had the same occurring problem they may just replace it..you'll just have to try your luck...
and about the mouse pad issue, as far as I know my inspiron 1525 doesn't have that problem, although I googled it and a few things came up, but as I wasn't sure of your exact problem I didn't know which one to look at, so help yourself :D
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=wkQ&q=dell+inspiron+1525++touchpad&btnG=Search&meta=&gws_rd=ssl

My girlfriend's 1525 was having this shut down issue and was running scalding hot to the touch...opened up all compartments and dusted it out (hardly anything) until I popped off the heat-sink contraption and found the dust-bunny lair next to the fan, i'm surprised it was even spinning! (maybe it wasn't!) Anyways, after removing all dust bunnies her computer is able to run full-screen HD video while staying on for hours and is still cool to the touch. With that and a downgrade to XP, it's like a brand new computer! Thanks everyone for the info!

lol means it cant takes the hd so y did they feature of hd in it if it cannot take it???

i suggest you follow Andreas instructions, I just did it like a minute ago and did not find much but a bit of dust clogging up "that bit"....so just try that..or other wise be careful not to use the laptop on your bed, couch etc... as that's how mines messed up..and also presuming your laptop is under a years old then you should still have a warranty and can order a new hardrive like I did..also yesterday I ordered a belkin laptop cooling pad..which basically cools down the laptop so it doesn't over heat and shut down like ours does..here's a link..
http://search.dell.co.uk/1/2/10649-belkin-laptop-cooling-stand-notebook-fan-black.html , although I ordered mines from Amazon...a lot cheaper!!
Hope some of this info helps
Loonylovegood :D

Again, just try out the things that have been said before, and if the problem is still not solved you need to put on your angry dissatisfied customer voice and ring up Dell and tell them:
- how unhappy you are
-numerous people are having this problem
-replacing the motherboard has not solved nothing
it's very inconvenient and you're losing all your work as your not backing it(even if you are, just cheese your way around!)