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In the following guide I explain how to disassemble HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, dv6700, dv6800 notebooks. In this particular case I’m taking apart an HP Pavilion dv6700 notebook.
I believe this guide will work for some other models in the Pavilion dv6000 line.
You can use these instructions for removing and replacing all main notebook components.
If you need spare parts for HP Pavilion dv6500/dv6600/dv6700/dv6800 notebooks, you can search here.
Turn off the notebook and unplug the AC adapter.
STEP 1.
Remove the battery.
Remove four screws securing the hard drive and memory (RAM) covers. Remove both covers.
STEP 2.
Lift up the right side of the hard drive assembly to disconnect it from the motherboard.
Remove the hard drive assembly.
STEP 3.
Remove both memory (RAM) modules.
Disconnect two antenna cables (black and gray) from the wireless card. Remove two screws securing the wireless card to the motherboard. Remove the wireless card.
By the way, in this step you can access the CMOS (RTC) battery.
STEP 4.
Remove one screw securing the CD/DVD drive to the laptop base.
Pull the CD/DVD drive from the notebook and remove it.
STEP 5.
Remove all screws from the bottom of the notebook.
Do not forget:
- three screws in the CD/DVD drive bay (yellow).
- one screw in the hard drive bay (green).
- two hex studs under memory slots (orange). Use 3/16 nutdriver.
Mark all removed screws somehow so you don’t forget their location when assemble the notebook back together.
STEP 6.
Carefully lift up the right side of the power button board cover.
There are two cables connected to the motherboard. We’ll disconnect these cables after removing the keyboard in the STEP 8.
STEP 7.
Now, when the power button board cover separated from the laptop case, you can remove the keyboard as it shown on the picture below.
STEP 8.
Carefully disconnect the keyboard cable from the motherboard.
For more detailed keyboard removal instructions please follow this guide for HP Pavilion dv6000 laptop.
These instructions should be identical for HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, dv6700, dv6800 notebooks.
STEP 9.
Disconnect two cables running from the power button boar cover.
There are no locks on these connectors. Simply pull both cables from connectors.
STEP 10.
Turn the cover upside down and disconnect one cable from the power button board.
STEP 11.
Remove the cover.
STEP 12.
Disconnect the video cable connector from the motherboard.
This connector is located close to the left display hinge.
STEP 13.
Pull both wireless card antenna cables through the opening in the top cover. Unroute both antenna cables.
Remove two screws securing the display assembly hinges.
STEP 14.
Lift up and separate the display assembly from the notebook base.
In one of the previous posts I explain how to disassemble the display assemble and remove the LCD screen from an HP Pavilion dv6000.
These instructions should be identical for HP Pavilion dv6500, dv6600, dv6700, dv6800 notebooks.
STEP 15.
Remove five screws securing the top cover assembly.
Disconnect the touch pad cable from the motherboard.
STEP 16.
Start separating the plastic cover from the notebook base. You can use a piece of soft plastic (I’m using a guitar pick) to separate the cover from the base.
The cover has been removed.
STEP 17.
Separate the top cover assembly from the notebook base.
Again, as a case cracker I’m using the same guitar pick.
STEP 18.
Remove the top cover assembly.
The top cover assembly has been removed.
STEP 19.
Disconnect the Bluetooth module cable from the motherboard.
Remove two screws securing the Bluetooth module.
Remove the module.
STEP 20.
Remove four screws securing the express card slot.
Slide the slot board to the right and disconnect it from the motherboard.
STEP 21.
There is only one screws securing the motherboard to the notebook base.
Remove these screw.
STEP 22.
Start removing the motherboard as it shown on the picture below.
When the motherboard is lifted up, disconnect one cable from the audio board.
There are two more cables connected to the motherboard and we’ll remove them in the next step.
STEP 23.
Turn the motherboard upside down and disconnect two more cables.
STEP 24.
The motherboard has been removed.
The audio board and power connector board are still connected to the notebook base.
STEP 25.
Loosen four screws securing the cooling assembly (heat sink and fan) to the motherboard.
STEP 26.
Lift up and remove the cooling assembly.
Now you can access the processor (CPU).
In this model the power connector (DC power jack) is not soldered directly to the motherboard.
The power connector is mounted on a separate board.
If the power connector fails, you can desolder it from the board and replace with a new one or replace the entire power connector board.
March 4th, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Henry,
Video failure is a known issue with dv6000 series.
First, I would try reseating memory modules. If you have two modules, try removing them one by one.
If the laptop still has no video even when only one (either one) memory module is installed, probably this is the video chip failure.
HP knows about this problem and you can get a free repair from HP if your laptop qualify.
March 4th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
I have a hp dv6245 lap top. When I was using it the other day it powered off and would not come back on. I attached the the power cord to it and plugged it to the outlet, the blue light at connection at the lap top came on but noting would come on. When I pressed on the power button board cover, (Altec Lansing label area) that section would light up but would not do anything else when pressure was put on the power button board cover. Is it possible that there is a wire loose. I took the lap top to the Geek squad, they said it was probably the motherboard. Is this true.
March 4th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
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February 28th, 2010 at 11:41 am
bautz,
I believe this model fails because the video chip separates from the motherboard. I think Chris did the trick in order to re-flow the video chip.
There are many different DIY-tutorials for fixing video problems in HP Pavilion dv2000, dv6000, dv9000 series notebooks.
Here’s one of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MGvJCMQFis
here’s another one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnkQNmKauEc
Not sure if it works, never tried it myself. Proceed on your own risk.
February 28th, 2010 at 1:23 am
@Chris (comment 40)
How did you fix your nvidia problem?
I think I have a similar problem, but I have a HP dv6366ea.
Can you link me a guide or how to to solve that?
Removing the hard drive, starting the pc in a towel and let it run for 1 hour it’s enought to solve?
Thanks
February 27th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Chris,
I guess you should have used this guide for HP Pavilion dv2000 series.
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/take-apart-hp-pavilion-dv2000-notebook-pc/
February 27th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Brilliant guide, a few days ago my HP DV2630EA died with the infamous nVidia chipset problems on the G84 and G86 – graphics corruption, even in the BIOS – making the laptop useless.
After using the towel trick (wrap the laptop in a towel, turn on minus hard drive, leave for one hour to allow system to get VERY hot – hot enough to remelt solder on graphics core and fix problem), I dismantled my laptop using your guide to replace the default thermal pad on the graphics chip with a copper spacer (from eBay) and some AS5.
I have now put the laptop back together and she’s now doing just fine. Thanks for the guide, even if the design of my laptop is slightly different to the one shown above.
Cheers!
February 25th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
I never took out the cpu from its socket but I’ll chk again….also, I didn’t take away any heat sinks…but the one on top of cpu is completely gone anyway. I already reseated both RAM chips but to no avail….
February 25th, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Sol,
Did you remove the heat sink for cleaning? Maybe you accidentally pulled the CPU from the socket. If that’s the case, you’ll have to reseat the CPU.
Also, check memory modules. Maybe one of them is not connected correctly. Try reseating both memory modules.
February 25th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Hi,
I have dv6600. Yesterday I disassembled it to clean the fan. When I put it all back together and turned it on, the display would not power up…and the system seems to be powering up but all processing stops withing the first 3 seconds as the hard disk light stops blinking.
If display cable is not hooked up properly, can it stop the system from loading the operating system? I already checked all the cable connections and they seems ok…Could anyone help? What else should I check?