HomeThe following video created by Rebootit.biz explains how to fix video failure in HP Pavilion dv2000, dv6000, dv9000 series notebooks.
Video failure is a very common issue with HP Pavilion dv2000, dv6000 and dv9000 series notebooks. It happens because of poor design of the cooling module. The video chip overheats and separates from the motherboard.
VIDEO FAILURE SYMPTOMS:
1. Notebook turns on, all LED lights light up properly but nothing appears on the internal LCD screen. The notebook LCD screen is completely blank and black. Also, there is no video on the external monitor attached to the notebook.
2. Video on the notebook screen and external monitor is garbled.
HP KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM:
HP knows about this problem with dv2000, dv6000 and dv9000 notebooks. Some qualified models HP fixes at no charge by replacing the motherboard. This offer from HP is over.
Basically you have two options:
1. Replace the whole motherboard with a new one.
2. Fix the failed video chip as it shown on the video.
As an example the author is fixing an HP Pavilion dv9000 notebook but same technique can be used on HP Pavilion dv2000 and dv6000.
NOTEBOOK DISASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS:
HP Pavilion dv2000.
How to disassemble HP Pavilion dv2000 notebook.
HP Pavilion dv6000.
You can use these disassembly instructions.
HP Pavilion dv9000.
1. Disassembly instructions shown in the video above.
Compaq Presario v6000.
How to disassemble Compaq Presario v6000 series laptop.
For the video chip repair you’ll need aluminum foil, new thermal compound (thermal grease) and hand soldering flame torch.
I haven’t tried this fix myself but according to the video it should work pretty well. Proceed at your own risk! If you are not careful enough, you can permanently damage the motherboard..
UPDATE: here’s another way to tix the failed video chip by baking the motherboard in an conventional oven.
March 30th, 2010 at 11:55 pm
Hi
From Sweden
Watched your video abt heating the video chip,
Will it work on for example HP NC6220 and
6715B also , I have some of them laying here
with most probably faulty video chips.
Thks
March 24th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
I just happened to stumble on to this web site cause my compaq has overheating problems…what a great web site…keep up the good work!!! ps. I love the videos!!!
March 23rd, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Hi, I have an hp pavilion entertainment dv9700 laptop. A few weeks back my computer would only show a white screen which over a 30 second period became a screen of blue and black bars. I tried reseating the ram, hard drive and all that but it didn’t seem to work. When i connect to an external monitor it nothing shows up. I was wondering if this was also due to the video card failure. I bought mine back in august of 2008. Hp said I wouldn’t be covered since it was past the 1 year warranty. Also any suggestions on what i should do?
March 23rd, 2010 at 1:38 pm
I can’t believe that I just fixed a dead laptop with a heat gun and a penny! I used a heat gun in place of a torch and shimmed the video chip with a penny. Loading windows right now! Thanks for the great tutorial!
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:19 am
I have a HP Compaq 6735s it works good but i noticed that if i do not have an external fan cooling the laptop after approx 30 min of running the laptop gets hotter then it should in my opinion and the screen will go black and the only thing i can do is shut it down and reboot i usually have to have a cooling pad running and another fan directly on the pc to prevent it from happening would that be the cooling fan malfunctioning or is it a problem with the video card?
March 21st, 2010 at 8:57 am
I have the hp dv9000 and was sitting working one day and the screen just went blank
and started flickering colors across the lcd….turn it on now and only backlight shows
on the lcd but no picture. I plugged in an external monitor but nothing shows on the external
monitor….does this sound like the chip problem from the video????
March 15th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Hello. great video showing the video chip reflow. I have a few of these and this is a well known issue. I do haveone though Im a bit stumped on. It has some kind ofpower issue somewhere. I can plug the power adapter in and get blue lights no issue nothing happens if I press the power button. Now if I put a charged battery in the unit it boots up just fine.Take the battery out it shuts down just the blue lights.Anyone had this issue come up?
March 12th, 2010 at 6:52 am
I have same problem. My client’s can turn on but no display (blank). The Service center said to client that the problem related with power of motherboard. If it wanna service, u must wait until 40 days or but a new one (expensive). The client had canceled it and decided to fix with me. Ok, I try it with the external monitor is not working fine. I think the problem is related with motherboard. I founded some reference on internet and got it. I try the way of internet to blow up the BGA chip with rework station. After that, I turn on the laptop and it running normally. Nice job !!!. Thank’s.
March 11th, 2010 at 6:12 am
Hey, watched your video.
But I might have something different here. This problem appeared yesterday.
I have Pavilion dv6 – 1231 eo
My picture is also flickering a little. But it´s like in certain areas. For certain colors it is different.
For example when I have black background, there is little red sparks flickering all over the screen. Like a movie effect.
Mostly are those red/blue sparks in areas, where one color is going over to another color.
I tried an external monitor and it´s pic is fine.
I remember some automatic updates yesterday just before this problem appeared and I tried to do system restore 2 times to my Vista, just in case. But in didn´t let me do it. it said windows cound not finish, because some problems appeared or something.
I also went alt+F8 when restarting my computer and piced repair from that menu – and what is strange, the flickering was gone. I did nothing there.
Then I restarted my computer again and flickering was gone (almost). There was only a very little area in the middle of my screen with blue sparks.
Then after 2 minutes all the red sparks and flickering was back again.
Any idea where can be the problem?
Thanks.
March 5th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Mark,
This video was created by http://www.rebootit.biz/ not by me.
Yes, it’s a custom made copper piece. They make it from a copper sheet.
But if the repair is done correctly the laptop should work even without those copper pieces.
The aluminum foil protects all other components on the motherboard from being damaged by the torch. When you heat the graphics chip with torch, you basically melt solder underneath the chip and the chip gets resoldered to the motherboard.
After resoldering the graphics chip, the aluminum foil must be removed.
They put a customer made piece of copper for better graphics chip cooling.
By the way, here’s another fix for video chip in dv2000, dv6000, dv9000 and tx1000 also known as “Penny fix”.