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In this guide I explain how to disassemble a HP Pavilion tx2000 Tablet PC and remove the motherboard. I’m removing the motherboard in order to repair failed NVIDIA chip.
Before you start, make sure the laptop is turned off and battery removed.
STEP 1.
Loosen five screws securing hard drive, memory and wireless card covers.
Remove all three covers.
STEP 2.
Lift up one side of the hard drive by the black tab to disconnect it from the motherboard.
STEP 3.
Remove the hard drive assembly.
By the way, it’s a regular 2.5″ notebook SATA hard drive. There is an adapter connected to the hard drive. That’s why the hard drive connector doesn’t look like a regular SATA connector.
STEP 4.
Both memory modules can be accessed though a door on the bottom of the laptop.
Remove both memory modules.
STEP 5.
Disconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card.
Remove two screws securing the wireless card.
STEP 6.
Pull the wireless card from the slot.
STEP 7.
Unlock the DVD drive and remove it from the laptop.
STEP 8.
Remove four screws securing laptop keyboard on the bottom.
STEP 9.
Carefully lift up the keyboard from the laptop case.
STEP 10.
Now you can access the keyboard cable connector which is located underneath the keyboard.
STEP 11.
Before you can remove the keyboard cable, you’ll have to unlock the connector.
On the following picture the connector shown in the locked position.
In order to unlock the connector, lift up the right side of the brown clip at a 90 degree angle.
STEP 12.
On the following picture the connector is shown in the unlocked position.
Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.
STEP 13.
Remove the keyboard.
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STEP 14.
Remove four (red) screws securing the hinge cover.
Remove three (yellow) screws securing the display hinge and cable cover.
STEP 15.
Under the cover you’ll find two display cables.
Disconnect both cables from the motherboard.
STEP 16.
Turn the laptop display and start removing the hinge cover.
STEP 17.
The hinge cover removed.
STEP 18.
Disconnect LCD cable from the motherboard.
STEP 19.
Remove two screws securing the display hinge.
STEP 20.
Lift up and remove the display assembly.
STEP 22.
Remove screws from the bottom of the laptop.
STEP 23.
Remove two screws securing the top cover.
Disconnect two cables from the motherboard.
STEP 24.
Remove the top cover assembly.
STEP 25.
Disconnect two cables from the motherboard.
STEP 26.
Make sure the Express Card slot cover removed.
STEP 27.
Carefully lift up the left side of the motherboard.
STEP 28.
Remove motherboard from the laptop base.
STEP 29.
The motherboard has been removed.
On this side of the motherboard you can access the CMOS battery.
STEP 30.
On the other side of the motherboard you can access and remove the cooling module (heatsink with fan).
STEP 31.
Remove four screws securing the heatsink assembly.
Disconnect fan cable from the motherboard.
STEP 32.
Carefully lift up and remove the cooling module.
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If the heatsink is clogged with dust, you can blow it off using compressed air.
STEP 33.
After the cooling module is removed, you can access and remove the CPU (processor).
October 20th, 2012 at 9:27 am
It´s an excellent video
thank so much!
greetings from México
August 13th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
I kicked in $10 for the help. I can only suggest that you give a little more detail on removing the hinge cover and then the LCD cable. The hinge cover didn’t come off easily and I thought it would snap; the LCD cable has a pull-tab at the top that makes it much less stressful to extract. Anyway, I agree with above poster that this walkthrough helped lower my overall stress. Too bad cleaning my fan n heatsink didn’t really help too much… I might need a new fan I guess.
May 13th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Help!! On step 15 I plugged out the cabble on the left and it pulled the whole thing out eve the cap thing its soppuse to go inside of, I bassically dmged all the pind on the left. When I turn on the computer it beeps 3 times the buttons on the screen light up but the monitor doesn’t. I tried connecting an external monitor to the computer and it doesn’t work either. HELP!!
April 20th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Wow great step by step, found it very useful, I have one with video issue, Laptops lights all the blue buttons lights and seems to be reciving power ok but main LCD is black, once everything open and mother board is out how do you resolve video issue do you replace mother board?
December 7th, 2011 at 9:07 am
Used your tutorial to get at the heatsink and fan. Would havet been a major headache without it. Now it was just a bit scary. =) Thanks!
November 3rd, 2011 at 7:04 am
adaptor is charging battery but no power supply to motherboard when switch on this.problem maybe cause of fuse or power circuit [smell burn] how to fix this [tx1115au]
August 28th, 2011 at 3:17 am
Hi, I do not speak your language, I used a translator. I have a black screen. I do not work with another monitor. I trer hard drive and I mount again, verifying that fit well. Like I did with the memory card. I think it must be the trageta graphics. Do you know if integrated into the motherboard? If so I can buy on the market? In your opinion correct in my diagnosis and I think my problem lies elsewhere and if so, what would you say to me? Thanks. Best Regards
July 3rd, 2011 at 3:10 pm
I need to replace my keyboard after a juice spill. I cannot seem to figure out how to remove my keyboard. Do you have any video, instruction sheet or any clear instructions to help me. My laptop is the emachines e725.
Thanks
Al Lenore
May 30th, 2011 at 1:24 pm
@ Paul,
I have. You’ll find instructions in the service manual. For some reason it’s in recycling chapter on the page 109.
Before replacing the webcam, try reconnecting the cable. Maybe it’s just bad connection.
May 30th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
It doesn’t appear that either connector has any damage and wires are in good condition. The webcam is not showing in the device manager. Have you taken the display apart before? I am looking at replacing the internal webcam. Thanks again for your response and suggestions.