Comments on: How to replace damaged keyboard on Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop

By: usernamepassword

usernamepassword — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:08:22 +0000

This tutorial is fantastic!!! Thank you for taking the time to put this togather, it took me no more than 15 minutes to replace the keyboard.

By: Death Metal Nightmare

Death Metal Nightmare — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:02:09 +0000

thanks for this. took about 5 minutes to do.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:24:10 +0000

You can find the hinges on ebay and they are pretty reasonable.

By: Ray Rankin

Ray Rankin — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:31:27 +0000

I am another victim of a Dell 1525 L-hinge failure, which puts pressure on the R-hinge, which breaks its way out of the case. I feel this is directly due to Dell’s idea of screwing the 2 L-screws into rubber grommets, instead of metal as on the R-side hinges. So far I have my machine back online with a new lid and bezel, but the 2 so-called grommets had broken in half, causing this mess in the 1st place, and I can’t find any reference to these parts online. Dell acts as if they never existed, and I am crazy. I can’t find a schematic or part number, so I will have to prowl local repair people, if any exist. I also need the R-bracket for the display, and it is also not listed anywhere. This is an obvious design failure by Dell, and they will do nothing to answer any questions. I get worried each time I slowly open my laptop, with super-glued grommets. Anyone out there have any ideas?

By: Sul T.

Sul T. — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:25:00 +0000

THANK YOU ! I had just found a job after a year and a half unemployed and spilled water in the keyboard! the 4, 5, F J and CTRL keys had failed ! I had not yet caught up so I had no funds to send my laptop to Dell. Your instructions were so great I decided to try – what could I lose right? I ordered the recommended keyboard for less than $20.00 and when it arrived I took out my tools and your instructions and DID IT! Easy as you said….the fear of not being able to do it faded with each step. And here I am using the newly installed keyboard. I had never worked on the interior of any computers and I had no experience. YOU ROCK

By: Joe Szczerba

Joe Szczerba — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:36:55 +0000

I broke the latch that that holds the keyboqrd cable in place (dell inspiron 1525) where can I get the latch. I dont want to buy the whole assembly.

By: loord74

loord74 — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:37:19 +0000

Amazing : Would any one please show me how to unpack my laptop inspiron 1525 to check my USB or replace them??my laptop fall down and i started to loose usb connection!!!

By: Dan-o

Dan-o — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:23:08 +0000

Worked first time and took less than ten minutes to do!

By: Azum

Azum — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:08:39 +0000

will you be willing to sell me ur old keyboard .. if not the entire just 2 retainer clips and hinges?
let me know! thankx! the insperon 1525 one !

By: Jean Wilcox

Jean Wilcox — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:12:35 +0000

This made it one of those rare tasks on a computer … it was really easy to do, worked the first time, and only took about 8 minutes altogether! Wow! Thank you.