Comments on: A review of my new Dell Vostro 1510

By: Patrick K mwangi

Patrick K mwangi — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:22:46 +0000

I need motherboard for the above dell vostro 1510 service tag 75ZQGJ1

By: venkatesh

venkatesh — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:17:24 +0000

my dell has not having battery charging&fan not working

By: Mae Bailey

Mae Bailey — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:10:43 +0000

I had my vostro 1510 for almost two years, and the only problem I am having is with the sound. The sound keeps coming and going. The last time it went it never returned. Any suggestions?

By: denise

denise — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:09:26 +0000

I have a Vostro 1510 and the keypad became locked and I cannot unlock it (the lock with the “A” in the middle is lit). The manual does not tell me how to change this. Does anyone have the solution?

By: venkatesh

venkatesh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:19:06 +0000

I have bought new dell laptop vostro 1520 last week when I run songs from the internet or system then I am feel like speakers are noisy is thr any setting needs to be done or any driver needs to be activated.Please help.
the Graphics card is 256 MB nVidia® GeForce™ 8400M GS
Thanks
Venky

By: maddy

maddy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:55:07 +0000

hi, vielen dank fuer ihre bewertung des vostro 1510.

ich habe es auch vor sechs monate gekauft und bin sehr zufrieden damit.

habe aber eine frage, welche speaker sind am besten kompatible mit vostro 1510.

danek

By: damian

damian — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:25:08 +0000

got a vostro 1510 from work 3 months back.
Was quiet impressed that dell can make such a machine for this money.

I use it with an ubuntu 9.04 OS apart from a little keyboard bug on the initial install. it works flawless on the 1510.

A very good buy if you are on a tight budget

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:52:53 +0000

I was still looking for a way to install XP, received the info that in de setop the type of harddisk should be changed from AH.. to sata but my setup didn’t give that option.
So, fool as I am, I decided to upgrade the bios from A13 to the lkatest, A15. And I paid the price: the laptop doesn’t recognize the battery anymore so it has slowly ran empty at the times that there was no AC voltage. Returning to the old A13 bios didn’t solve the problem, neither did introducing a newly downloaded A13 version. So I flashed the A15 once more and have to live with the fact that my laptop has no more battery function…

By: Sarah Ehab

Sarah Ehab — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:03:31 +0000

AM Thinking About Getting the vostro 1510 am a 2nd year college student , i study programming and i do lots of typing ….My Uncle Recommended it for me , but am afraid about the CPU fan noise thing , i do like to work in a quiet mood , so what do u think about its Cpu fan ? is it noisy ?

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:54:36 +0000

My vostro 1510 is about 2 months old–I’ve had trouble with it freezing up. Had to turn if off manually and restart. Called Dell and they walked me thru a fix–now two weeks later it’s freezing again. Also had a problem with the cusor jumping back several spaces while typing–thought it was me and the new keyboard. Turns out that it is a known problem and Dell does have a new driver to fix this problem.
All in all, I think I have a lemon because the freezing problem has returned and I’m going to talk to Dell about a new computer. I’ve lost my work too many times because I had to just shut it down.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:25:40 +0000

I’m not an expert but it seems clesr that the one jack can only provide ordinary stereo unlee I’m very mistaken.

I have two questions to ask:
1. I seem to have understood that the only way to use XP would be to downgrade my laptop to a BIOS-flash below 10, is this correct? If so, is that also true if I want to clean up my laptop by re-installing Vostro? Drive D doesn’t seem to allow this, only to repair the installed version of Vista which doesn’t resolve speed problems due to remnants of past installations and virus attacks.

2. My internal battery only loads when the laptop is conneted to 220V but not in use, but when power fails which happens regularly in Romania where I work for longer periods, the battery doesn’t take over. The laptop then dies instantly as if there were no battery, even if the screen claims it’s 100% charged. Any suggestions?

By: bhumitra

bhumitra — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:34:35 +0000

can u attach a 5.1 channel speaker system to vostro 1510???

1 want to buy speakers but got to know that onl one jack is there in the laptop.

is there any way that i can use 5.1 channel speakers with my vostro1510 notebook

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 02 May 2009 02:17:29 +0000

Hi Johannes,
I mustered up some courage to pry the Backspace key cover and guess what, I found a 3mm-long piece of dirt underneath. I didn’t have any problem putting the cover back. Now it works fine.

By: Johannes

Johannes — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:35:06 +0000

Hi liz – My numeric 5-key was not working properly after about a year of usage. Called DELL support and told them about it – Next business day i received a new keyboard via UPS. Changing the keyboard is no rocket science either.

Think they would have sent a technician if wouldn’t had be able to change it by myself…

By: liz

liz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:52:40 +0000

Hi. I got my Vostro 1510 last month and havent been able to use it much because I got 2 kids. I just doscovered that my Backspace key is stuck and I have to press it hard for it to work. It has started to give me pain on my right wrist.

Do any of you have that problem? Is there a quick and easy solution rather than sending it to Dell?

Thanks.

By: Rafa

Rafa — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:34:50 +0000

Hello: I am an owner of a Vostro 1510 since april (2008). I can not tell you very much about it because my english is very bad. But my Vostro 1510 is a very good computer. I think that this notebook is a very good purchase option. The only things I regret are that it has not an inbuild modem and that the Dell AC/DC adapter is too much big.
Saludos.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:56:51 +0000

The sound quality is far poorer then my Inspiron, I find the speakers very tinny, invest in good quality headphones and tweak your WinAmp Equalizer etc until it’s acceptable. If the inbuilt speaker audio quality is extremely important to you than I wouldn’t recommend this laptop.

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:51:56 +0000

The only issue I have is that the keyboard doesn’t have dedicated Home and End keys. I copy and paste a LOT so now need to Ctrl-Shift-Fn -> instead of Ctrl-Shift-End. It’s more of an annoyance than a showstopper.

By: suman reddy

suman reddy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:35:04 +0000

To take videos could you suggest me the path that to find in the dell vostro 1510

SUMAN

By: Johannes

Johannes — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:51:37 +0000

Ordered a vostro 1510 for a friend recently: The DVD-drive swallowed his office 2007 CD and didn’t spit it out anymore :-( Called dell support – tried some of their suggestions but nothing helped. They sent a technician who arrived the next day, replaced the drive and released the office CD – That’s the cause why i order all DELL products with a extended 3 years warranty: The service is excellent.

If you owned the vostro for five months you still should have full warranty – Just call them and they will send you a technician who replaces the drive if it can’t be solved via telephone.