Tag Archive | "dell"

Hardware Mod: Adding a second Hard Drive to my Inspiron 1525

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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Hardware Mod: Adding a second Hard Drive to my Inspiron 1525

That's right, I've added a second Hard Drive. But you've got to read on to find out how.

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Hardware Mod: Spray painting my Inspiron 1525 bezel black

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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Recently, user Alexander Brown decided to mod his 1525 by painting his bezel black. I have just made my 1525 look more like a MacBook Pro. I painted the bezel black! Intrigued by this, I decided to follow Alexander’s example and paint my bezel black also. 4 coats of spray paint, one angry neighbor (I [...]

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OS X 10.5.8 Installation Guide

Monday, August 10, 2009

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The first time I tried installing 10.5.8, my keyboard and trackpad didn’t work. I reinstalled OS X, and tried again. My keyboard and trackpad worked fine after the update. When Thomas updated, he kept getting kernel panics until he booted into safe-mode (-x) and installed the audio drivers. Just goes to show that this can be [...]

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How to Remove a Dell Inspiron 1525 Keyboard

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Since most of the people visiting this site are probably rocking an Inspiron 1525, I figured we should write some hardware-related stuff. Having OS X running on non-apple hardware means nothing if your hardware doesn’t work. One of my gripes with the 1525 is that the keyboard is prone to getting dirty; the keys almost [...]

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Taking advantage of that expensive warranty

Friday, April 10, 2009

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***Just note that this only applies to users who purchased their computer and warranty directly from Dell. If you bought it from BestBuy or some other store, stay away because their policies may be different. It also helps if your warranty includes in-home service so that you can be up and running again in 30 [...]

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Improving HackBook Battery Life

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

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After playing around tonight getting the battery meter and speed step working on XxX 10.5.6, I decided to unplug for the first time and see how long my battery life is. I’m not exactly sure how powerful the battery is in my Dell Inspiron 1525 HackBook. Honestly, when I bought the computer I was shopping [...]

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Dell HackBook Media Keys Working

Friday, March 13, 2009

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After reading up on some information from Google and InsanelyMac, I decided to take a dive into getting the media keys working myself and now I’m writing about my success and how you too can get s to play nice with your touch sensitive media keys on the Dell Inspiron 1525. For this tutorial, we’re [...]

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