Dell Inspiron 1525

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Contents 1 Hardware 2 Order hints / linux compatibility 3 Hardware Status Overview 4 Dell Laptop guides 5 Generic Laptop guides 6 Troubleshooting 6.1 Dell Wireless 1490 USB 6.2 Sound

[edit] Hardware

15.4 inch display @ 1280x800 or 1440x900 or 1680x1050
Intel Core 2 Duo or Celeron processors
Intel 965GM chipset (ICH8M)
Up to 4 GB RAM  	
Intel GMA X3100 or NVIDIA Geforce 8400 GS / 8600M GT
ALPS GlidePoint touchpad
hard drive
DVD+/-RW or Blue-Ray optical drive
Marvell 88E8040 Gigabit Ethernet
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG / 4965AGN or Dell Wireless 1390 / 1490 / 1505 wifi
Connexant modem
Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth
Dell Wireless 5520 HSDPA or Dell Wireless 5720 EVDO card
Intel High Definition Audio  with Sigmatel STAC9228 codec and built-in microphone
USB 2.0
ExpressCard slot
Ricoh R5C832 Firewire controller
Ricoh R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro adapter
Ricoh R5C592 Memory Stick adapter
Ricoh xD-Picture Card controller
OmniVison webcam

[edit] Order hints / linux compatibility

When you order this model, some hints on some of the available components:

• Graphic card:
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100: It offers basic 3D acceleration. There is an opensource drivers integrated into Xorg: xf86-video-i810.
  • NVIDIA Quadro NVS 135M: This is a dedicated graphic card and offers advanced 3D acceleration. There is a proprietary driver available: nvidia-drivers.
• WLAN card:
  • Dell Wireless 1490 USB: There is basic support by ndiswrapper.
  • Intel 3945 802.11a/g: This card is supported by the kernel driver iwl3945.
  • Intel 4965 802.11a/g/n: This card is supported by the kernel driver iwl4965.

All other hardware devices are fully supported.

[edit] Hardware Status Overview

	Device	Working	Driver	Troubleshooting
Processor	Processor
Drives and Storage	Hard Drive		ahci
	Optical Drive		ata_piix
	Firewire		ohci1394
	SD and MMC card readers		sdhci
	Memory Stick reader
	xD card reader
USB	USB		uhci, ehci
Graphics	Intel		i915, intel
Input Devices	Keyboard		keyboard
	Touchpad		synaptics
	Functions Keys
Networking	Ethernet		sky2
	WLAN: Intel		iwlwifi
	WLAN: Dell		ndiswrapper	See below
	Modem		hsfmodem
	Bluetooth		hci_usb
	EVDO		airprime
Sound	Sound		snd_intel_hda	See below
Other	ExpressCard		pciehp
	Webcam		ucvideo
	Hardware Sensors	unknown	i8k
	Suspend to RAM	unknown
	Suspend to Disk	unknown

[edit] Dell Laptop guides

Dell specific laptop guides:

• Dell Function Keys
• Dell Hardware Sensors
• Dell BIOS Upgrade
• Dell Utility / System Restore / MediaDirect
• Dell Docking Station

[edit] Generic Laptop guides

Some generic laptop guides:

• ACPI
• Power Management

[edit] Troubleshooting

[edit] Dell Wireless 1490 USB

Use the driver provided by Dell. The DRIVER_US folder contains the right driver file bcmwl5.inf.

[edit] Sound

To activate the microphone you have to enable all Capture and Mux channels (left and right) and also set Input Source to Digital Mic.