Fixing a 2009 laptop

[captain_to_fire]

So when I was in college, I used to own a Dell Inspiron 1525 for school work. Despite my woes with Windows Vista back then, it did everything from school works and even did a light video editing. That's why when Windows 7 was announced, I saved money to buy the legit Windows 7 Home Premium DVD.

 

For the most part it worked until in 2011, the fan is spinning so loud and during that time I knew nothing about repairing computers but because I'm quite stubborn, I decided to remove the back cover and maybe clean the fan or something.

 

So yeah, I seemed to have butchered it. I removed the heat sink from the processor and I don't have a thermal paste. The battery is no longer functioning but it still turning on as long as it's plugged into the power brick. Right now, it turns on but after the log in screen has shown, it turns itself off. So is there any hope of fixing it? I want to try and run Ubuntu on it.

[themctipers]

does it boot? atleast into the bios splash screen?

[The Sloth]

is your computer getting enough power from power brick ?

[JefferyD90]

4 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

So when I was in college, I used to own a Dell Inspiron 1525 for school work. Despite my woes with Windows Vista back then, it did everything from school works and even did a light video editing. That's why when Windows 7 was announced, I saved money to buy the legit Windows 7 Home Premium DVD.

 

For the most part it worked until in 2011, the fan is spinning so loud and during that time I knew nothing about repairing computers but because I'm quite stubborn, I decided to remove the back cover and maybe clean the fan or something.

 

So yeah, I seemed to have butchered it. I removed the heat sink from the processor and I don't have a thermal paste. The battery is no longer functioning but it still turning on as long as it's plugged into the power brick. Right now, it turns on but after the log in screen has shown, it turns itself off. So is there any hope of fixing it? I want to try and run Ubuntu on it.

Just purchase some $5 thermal paste, then turn around and blow the dust off, clean the old paste off the CPU and heatsink... then slap that baby back on!

[Droidbot]

CPU is probably booting, hitting 90 or 95, the CPU is calling 'PROCHOT' (overheating) and then the entire system is halting. You can probably tell by feeling the CPU - it'll be really fucking warm. 

 

If it still boots, you'll need:

- Isopropyl alcohol to clean the CPU itself

- Thermal paste

- Elbow grease

 

Clean off the old paste on both of the chips and put the new paste on, put the cooler in, reassemble, then boot. 

[captain_to_fire]

9 minutes ago, themctipers said:

does it boot? atleast into the bios splash screen?

Yes. It even reaches the Windows 7 boot screen where the 4 spheres meet.

9 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

is your computer getting enough power from power brick ?

I think so since turning it on reaches the Windows 7 boot screen.

7 minutes ago, Droidbot said:

CPU is probably booting, hitting 90 or 95, the CPU is calling 'PROCHOT' (overheating) and then the entire system is halting. You can probably tell by feeling the CPU - it'll be really fucking warm. 

 

If it still boots, you'll need:

- Isopropyl alcohol to clean the CPU itself

- Thermal paste

- Elbow grease

 

Clean off the old paste on both of the chips and put the new paste on, put the cooler in, reassemble, then boot. 

 

10 minutes ago, JefferyD90 said:

Just purchase some $5 thermal paste, then turn around and blow the dust off, clean the old paste off the CPU and heatsink... then slap that baby back on!

How will I remove the existing thermal paste? Should I get denatured alcohol? I'm afraid if I use rubbing alcohol (70% ^v/_v), it will corrode since it still has water in it. What's an elbow grease for?

 

Thank you very much for the replies.

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, hey_yo_ said:

Yes. It even reaches the Windows 7 boot screen where the 4 spheres meet.

I think so since turning it on reaches the Windows 7 boot screen.

 

How will I remove the existing thermal paste? Should I get denatured alcohol? I'm afraid if I use rubbing alcohol (70% ^v/_v), it will corrode since it still has water in it. What's an elbow grease for?

 

Thank you very much for the replies.

 

I'd recommend that you use 91 or 99 instead of 70. I've heard stories of 70 corroding heatsink bases, etc, so I'd stay away from it personally.

[JefferyD90]

46 minutes ago, hey_yo_ said:

Yes. It even reaches the Windows 7 boot screen where the 4 spheres meet.

I think so since turning it on reaches the Windows 7 boot screen.

 

How will I remove the existing thermal paste? Should I get denatured alcohol? I'm afraid if I use rubbing alcohol (70% ^v/_v), it will corrode since it still has water in it. What's an elbow grease for?

 

Thank you very much for the replies.

Honestly...  you can use 90% iso alcohol or watered down white vinegar...  Don't use Elbow grease for anything.