Comments on: How to take apart Dell Vostro 1510 notebook

By: Dixon

Dixon — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:39:59 +0000

help, which is the name of the integrated chip bios?

By: Johney

Johney — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:17:20 +0000

thanx a lot lot lot

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:06:20 +0000

@ Jethro,

My 1510 has died and will not power up. I’v done all the usual checks and can confirm battery and psu etc. are OK. Any idea on what caused sudden death.

Probably this is motherboard related failure.

Is there a replaceable internal fuse that can blow?

Fuses in laptops soldered to the motherboard, not easily replaceable. I think there should be a fuse located somewhere close to the DC jack. You can check the fuse with a multimeter.

By: Jethro

Jethro — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:03:58 +0000

My 1510 has died and will not power up. I’v done all the usual checks and can confirm battery and psu etc. are OK. Any idea on what caused sudden death. Is there a replaceable internal fuse that can blow?

By: Sohail

Sohail — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:17:31 +0000

awesome guide! i take it to remove the hard drive i only need to undo 2 screws? Also after i reformatted the laptop using the recovery disks i cant now get video playback as it cant locate the drvers nor any sound. any idea where i can get them from to download or evenbuy if need be? i have tried dell websites but nothing that works

cheers

By: AJ

AJ — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:34:54 +0000

The graphics card on my Vostro 1510 seems to have failed. It boots up at minimal resolution and shows two identical desktop windows on top of one another.

Is it seperate or part of the mother board?

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:31:51 +0000

@ Pearl,

My Dell Vostro laptop’s battery needs to be replaced. Since I could not find an original one

New batteries available on Dell website. Just google for “Dell laptop batteries and adapters” and you’ll find the place.

By: Pearl

Pearl — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:01:56 +0000

I have problem. My Dell Vostro laptop’s battery needs to be replaced. Since I could not find an original one, for the time being I have been working on it by plugging it to the power. Yesterday while I was browsing suddenly a blue screen came on and then it went off, after that i switched it on and it is not booting. I got it checked by a technician and he says that its hard disk needs to be replaced. do you think that is the problem. I had such a lot of data stored in it and if at all the hard disk needs to be replaced where can I find the right one for vostro 1510.Could you please help me???

By: Miranda

Miranda — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:25:56 +0000

Um, Is there any way to fix my speaker/headphone jack? I have tried several headphones and speakers, It works, but only when I press the plug to a certain direction, and it gets so frustrating as I always use headphones to listen to music on my laptop. I’m thinking that the jack might be loose? Do I have to take the whole laptop apart in order to get to it? (can’t see clearly in the images above.) Might sound like a simple problem, but it’s driving me nuts! Lol.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:59:57 +0000

I have a Vostro 1510; aprox 3 years old. Similar to another post, the screen developed a jerky LCD display which at first was intermittent, then became permanent and would freeze in place. If I apply and hold pressure to the upper left hand corner of the screen’s frame, it works normally. I assume the screen does not need replacement since I can get it to function, albeit awkwardly. I did take it to a professional Geek, who said there wasn’t anything he could do and I had to listen to his litany of how Dell laptops have been notorious for problems in the past, but had thought that they had made improvements in their quality. Eitherway, I am basically left with an external hard drive, as the system does operate on a remote screen.

Any suggestions and/or help out there? Any brains to pick out there?