Dell Inspiron 1525 Battery Life
I got to know that Dell Inspiron 1525 has got nearly 3 hours battery life when run under Windows vista with continuous wireless network in action 
(i love that). 3 hours battery life and that in vista OS with high performance isn’t that bad either, at least better than my sucking Compaq presario laptop which has got 2 hours battery life. Even 9 cell lithium ion battery is available but that will increase the size and stick out of laptop from behind. But still, i consider laptop should have at least 6 hours battery life. A standard i would need is 8 hours battery life which you can find in Toshiba models. One review i heard about this model is that it got inconsistent wi-fi due to driver flaws. (HP sucks at OS XP drivers, hey did i say suck ? i mean they dont have one for any XP OS).
[...] battery life is ridiculous. You need minimum 6 hours otherwise whats the real purpose of laptop. Dell inspiron 1525 standard 6 lithium ion cell battery life is around 6 hours. That’s pretty fine. If you play [...]
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I have a brand new Inspiron 1525 and am getting 1.5 hours of Battery rundown. I have lowered all of my settings, the screen is barely visible.
Does anyone have insight as to why my battery is performing so badly.
Thanks
Comment by Michael — September 24, 2008 @ 11:49 am
How many months have you used this one? Dell Inspiron 1525 doesnt have good battery life. Several people face this problem.
Comment by admin — September 29, 2008 @ 11:41 am
I just purchased this laptop no more than a week ago with the 6 cell battery and it gets 2.5 hours running low screen brightness. Others I know that purchased the same one also get the same battery life, I have yet to see anyone get 6 hours on one of these.
Comment by dell user — October 4, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
i purchased dell inspiron 1525 2 months back,and i feel like cheated,battery backup reduced to 1.5 hrs and when i opt for shutdown,hibernate it made my laptop to restart
Comment by kauhal — October 26, 2008 @ 5:01 am
I got my laptop in June. A Dell Inspiron 1525, with a lithium battery, and I get tops 2 hours. I have it on Low battery save, and my brightness is down. And still only 2 hours. What is wrong?
Comment by Tanysha — November 9, 2008 @ 2:10 am
Well, thats what it gives.
Comment by admin — November 9, 2008 @ 9:28 am
WHAT IS THE BACK UP OF DELL 1525 BATTERY NO:-GW240
Comment by ISHAN — November 14, 2008 @ 8:09 am
As far as i know, Dell 1525 provide around 2-2.5 hours battery on full charging.
Comment by admin — November 14, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
My Dell Inspiron 1525 was getting just over an hour of life out of a fully charged battery. I called them, they delivered a new one. Charged it full – WHILE OFF – and still…just over and hour! Am really freaking pissed off.
Comment by Sandra — August 19, 2009 @ 7:03 am
Dell battery
Comment by battery — August 20, 2009 @ 10:01 am
my dell insopiran fully charged battery maximum life is 1.30 minutes
Comment by gobi — January 7, 2010 @ 3:57 am
Hello guys i have the same problem as well but i want to know that how ling this small battery life will last at least and how to enhance battery life of inspiron 1525?
thanks guys
Comment by Abdul — February 17, 2010 @ 1:02 pm
well guys…that is wht dell is providing..i changed 3 battery and still same prob persists….
moreover inspiron1525 has also got overheating prob.
Comment by sush — March 10, 2010 @ 5:30 am
I have had my dell Inspiron 1525 for 2 yrs and it does not keep charge at all. I have to keep it charging constantly when using it. Not only that, the charger just stopped working. I’m in college and I use my computer a lot. This computer also overheats. Ugh! I’m not liking this at all. I need something that will last a long time.
Comment by Ashley — April 27, 2010 @ 11:20 am
I’ve had my Inspiron 1525 for a year and a half and I hardly used the battery compared to my last laptop, an HP. I had about 1.5-2 hours of battery power when it was new. My battery will not hold any charge at all and says “plugged in, not charging”. My laptop also overheats and shuts down. I got it to charge once in the last 3 months. The computer was shut off and unplugged for two days. The battery lasted half an hour after that.
From the research I’ve been doing, this model doesn’t come with recalibration software in bios to even recalibrate the battery. Dell seems to have made numerous models with faulty batteries, AC cords and internal charging issues.
This is my first and last Dell, that’s for sure.
Comment by Jessica — June 4, 2010 @ 9:17 pm
HI, everyone,
i have got this laptop last year,
and from the first week ,my battery backup was 1 hour 20 minutes only,,
i had vista before, now i have XP system in my inspiron 1525,
Its working good, but still stuck with the battery,
and i am facing problems of wireless driver,,,,,
Comment by Sarfaraz — August 7, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
I face exactly the same battery life problem that all you folks complain about. I’m considering buying a netbook with a long battery life so I can do research on the go. Any recommendations? Warnings?
Comment by fogpup — August 18, 2010 @ 11:50 am
Hi,
I have the same problem about battery issue.
I buy new laptop last three months back.
when it is fully charged.
it remains only 1.5 hours
please any one suggest me how to get more back up of battey .
presently my machine with windows xp..
Comment by C.Mallikarjuna — September 30, 2010 @ 3:03 pm
I have the Dell Inspiron 1525, had it just over a year now, purchased new from Dell and never has the battery laster more then 1 1/2 hours and now the laptop is telling me: “your battery is able to charge but has reached the end of it’s usuable life!”
Comment by EB — October 5, 2010 @ 4:09 pm
dell are sly they have a code in the battery and when you have recharged your battery 300 times it wont allow you to use your battery even tho nothing wrong with the battery they just want you to buy new batterys off them and coincidently it happens after warranty is up. there is away to reset recharge counter but ive been looking it up and it hasnt worked on my inspiron 1545 but might work on yours while turning pc on hold ctrl and M this will take you into a different mode but dont no much after that ill do more research and get back to your guys if you figure it out before i get back to you please post
Comment by peter jones — October 10, 2010 @ 12:18 pm
Ditto to all of the above. My friend has a MAC. When she is doing word processing and simply answering emails, it seemingly will last for hours and hours.
I’m done with DELL.
Comment by dwvonelgg — November 10, 2010 @ 10:39 am
Yeah, I got this computer about 11 months ago, and my 6 cell battery? lasts 20 minutes tops. It’s complete crap.
Comment by Kate — November 14, 2010 @ 3:19 pm
Needless to say I have the same issue with terrible battery life. From DAY ONE! I got my inspiron 1525 for Christmas 2008. It’s now 2 years old. I haven’t even bothered to buy a new battery. So disappointed with the battery life.
Comment by Jason — December 29, 2010 @ 9:39 pm
same here… & it is getting worse.. but I have had my laptop since the fall of 2008
Comment by trace — February 22, 2011 @ 7:44 pm
I have the same problem as you guys with my battery, I have this laptop for a year now and the battery is dead, and when it was ok I was able to work on it for hour and a half at the most.Do I need to replase the battery or there is any solution for this???
Comment by vesna — February 27, 2011 @ 4:25 pm
The battery backup of DELL Inspiron 1525 is just pathetic. Only the name suggests Inspiron, but nothing inspirational in the book. If on for more than 3 hrs, u can jst use it to iron ur clothes. It gets heated so much. Worst thing is, batter does not last for more thatn 30 minutes MAX. While buying, i thought this is an investment, now i feel it is an expense. The battery backup is JUST PATHETIC. DELL need to replace all our batteries else, sure that dell is going to see its decline because of the comments of its users like we ppl. DELL…PLEASE REPLACE MY LAPTOP…
Comment by Sethu — February 27, 2011 @ 6:52 pm
M quite relieved to know m not the only who faced 1.5hours of initial battery life which has finally died out since the past few months. My laptop is two or three years old.
M doing pretty fine with the plug in thing but lately i’ve been thinking ov replacing the battery. many websites claim the 6 cell to last upto 3 hours and the 9 cell, almost 6. is this true?
mvrs102@hotmail.com
Comment by Vajih102 — March 31, 2011 @ 5:16 am
buy a new one. if it doesn’t give you quality service
Comment by charice — April 19, 2011 @ 3:40 am
My inspiron 1525 doesnt even give 1 hour….it’s been 2 years since i ve bought it and its already giving battery problems…
Comment by Karthik — July 16, 2011 @ 11:30 pm
I had to have a replacement battery from Dell 2-months after I bought the laptop from them. Replacement battery (under warranty) from Dell lasted about 3-months. Have had the ‘plugged in not charging’ message for the last six months at least. I used to like Dell products but this was my last – I have switched to ACER products now – excellent battery life – 8-hours min, up to 12hrs if I turn off wifi (while working). Combined with VISTA OS, the 1525 is a real ‘dud’. Thought about buying a replacement battery – but why bother if it is only going to last a few months!
Comment by Roger101 — August 6, 2011 @ 7:47 am
i bought inspiron 1525 in september 2008..and got the bettery problem from the starting time…and on 1st march 2011 i purchased a new battery for my laptop… n it sucks…. giving me a backup of 35 mins… fuck u dell…. 3800 ki battery li or ab saali chal hi nahi rahi dhang se…. dell cheats.!!
Comment by Prashant — November 10, 2011 @ 9:22 am
hey friends buy a 9 cell battery and u will get max 5 hours of battery life(depending on how u use)
see details and customer reviews here:
http://reviews.dell.com/2341n/312-0626/dell-9-cell-primary-battery-for-dell-inspiron-1525-laptop-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=helpfulness
!gud luck!
Comment by Bapin — January 16, 2012 @ 7:26 am