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    Dell Inspiron 1525 dropping WIFI, AGAIN!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by dkris2020, Feb 17, 2013.

  1. dkris2020

    dkris2020 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 and for some reason the WIFI connection keeps dropping. This happened before when I got the mb wet and everything started messing up but since then I had it replaced and it was working fine. The only thing that can help determine the problem is that I bought a different cpu and tried using it on my computer but it wouldn't work and it started after I tried this. Is there any way to find out the problem and fix it?
     
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  2. StormJumper

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    Whats the service tag and what wifi do you have installed? What drivers do you have installed and what O/S are you using? We need some basic starting block to see what is happening...
     
    StormJumper, Feb 20, 2013
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    Problem fixed: in my ventures of trying to swap the cpu out, I put the heatsink in, but didn't screw it in ^^" dropped due to cpu overheating (fail).
     
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    A unscrewed heatsink might have caused some kinda long term damage to your CPU that probably won't appear to sometime down the road when your using it. A overheated CPU is a sign there will be some failure in the future.
     
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  5. dkris2020

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    Well, you see, my cpu is *drum roll* 4 YEARS OLD! So yeaaaah.
     
    dkris2020, Feb 20, 2013
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