Add me to the list of Dell 1526 Laptop owners whose motherboard died 3 months after the warranty expired. And it was a gift to my neice which makes it all the more painful. From what I've read the battery MAY be the problem, but I am beginning to believe that the battery in these laptops is a poor design and is overheating and damaging (destroying) the motherboard. I would love to see Dell step up and take responsibility for the repairs but I doubt they will. I've read page after page of complaints about this model but to be fair I'm not sure if the performance record of this model is better or worse than any other model. As it stands now - I've just ordered a Dell 1550 for my wife but had I know about the problems the 1526 was having, I would have ordered an HP or Toshiba instead. I doubt it will be worth replacing the battery and/or the motherboard in this unit - you can get a new laptop for just a little more than the cost of the repairs you will need to make on the 1526.
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