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Maximizing your battery’s life cycle

November 5th, 2011

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Admit it: the Inspiron 1525 is an aging laptop. For many of you, it’s probably pushing its third year. Laptop batteries, much like most Dell laptops, only have a 1-year life expectancy. After that first year, their capacity begins to slowly decrease. For anyone still using the original battery, I laud you; mine stopped holding […]

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Hardware Mod: Upgrading your Wireless Card- How To

November 7th, 2010

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**This is Part 2 of the “Upgrading your Wireless Card” guide and is continued from part 1. Part 1 explains the benefits of upgrading your wireless card while part 2 is simply a How To.** This post was delayed by about 10 months due to forgetfulness and procrastination. My apologies for the delay, though I believe many […]

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

September 1st, 2010

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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

June 29th, 2010

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Recently, user Alexander Brown decided to mod his 1525 by painting his 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 did it out behind my apartment complex), and 12 hours of drying later, I had a black […]

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Enabling OS X’s Bluetooth On/Off Switch

June 19th, 2010

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One of the vast options available to you when you purchased your Inspiron 1525 was the addition of an integrated Broadcom Bluetooth chip. Dell was offering it for an extra $25, so I jumped on the opportunity of having one extra means of connectivity. Three years and many experiences later, I’ve probably used the Bluetooth […]

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